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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 1597 m/e 06/1912
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 4597 m/e 11/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 9477 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 69477 m/e 09/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Ivatt
Class N1
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 268
Works Number 1342
To Service During 06/1912
Withdrawal Thu 02/04/1959
Service Life 46 yrs, 10 mths , 2 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1912
HSY   Hornsey on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
37B   Copley Hill (Leeds) 4w/e 20/09/1952
37B   Copley Hill (Leeds) 4w/e 04/10/1952
34C   Hatfield 4w/e 21/08/1954
34B   Hornsey 4w/e 19/02/1955
56C   Copley Hill (Leeds) 4w/e 15/06/1957
     Withdrawn on 02/04/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 37B Copley Hill (Leeds) 4w/e 04/10/1952
ALLOC 34C Hatfield 4w/e 11/09/1954
ALLOC 34A Kings Cross 4w/e 11/09/1954
ALLOC 34C Hatfield 4w/e 18/09/1954
ALLOC 34B Hornsey 4w/e 26/02/1955
LOAN 56C Copley Hill (Leeds) 4w/e 15/06/1957
LOAN 91E To Eastern Region 4w/e 15/06/1957
ALLOC 56C Copley Hill (Leeds) 4w/e 13/07/1957
WDN   on 02/04/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1950 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works during February: These included Nos. 61002/64, 61350, 61742/43/57/58, 1760, 61792, 61851, 61996/98, 62215, 2431/89, 62719, 4556, 64589, 4597/99, 64613, 4922, 5903, 65926, 67455, 67605, 8956, 69139, 69203/08, 69500/96, ex-W.D. 73789. 90755/66. SLS/195004
04/04/1959 Last N1s The last GN N1s (69462/77) were withdrawn from Copley Hill (56C) on 4th April, atter a long spell of storage at Ardsley. SLS/195905

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1912 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 1597
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1342
   
11/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 4597    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 9477    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Hornsey (HSY)    
09/1951 Renumbered Renumbered to 69477    
20/09/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Copley Hill (Leeds) (37B)    
04/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Copley Hill (Leeds) (37B)    
21/08/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Hatfield (34C)    
19/02/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Hornsey (34B)    
15/06/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Copley Hill (Leeds) (56C)    
02/04/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 69477    

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