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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3823 m/e 12/1936
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1983 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 61983 m/e 06/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class K3
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
K312/1936
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1692
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 12/1936
Withdrawal Fri 10/07/1959
Service Life 22 yrs, 7 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1936
STM   St Margarets on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 10/07/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 10/07/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1950 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works during April: These included Nos. 60529, 61103/72, 61738/68, 61854, 61909/83, 62423, 2430, 62436, 2475, 62479, 3143, 4544, 64593, 64849/54, 4865/68, 64899, 4917, 65921, 7469, 8458, 8550, 9151/62, 69174, 9182, 69553, 90071, 90306, ex-L.M.S. 2835, 42909/18, ex-W.D. 77087, 77107, 77302/99. SLS/195006
31/07/1950 Cowlairs Works Engines due into Works, July 1950: 61754/71, 1931, 61983, 62208, 62424, 4549/61, 67605/67, 68324, 8450, 69187, 69219, 77230, 90262, 90498. SLS/195010

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1936 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 3823
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1692
   
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1983    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Margarets (STM)    
06/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61983    
1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
10/07/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61983    

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