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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 4786 on 20/10/1937
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 1st) 715 on Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 2nd) 815   28/11/1946
British Railways (BR Tmp) E815   19/02/1948
British Railways 60815   11/07/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class V2
Company History LNER
Wheels 2-6-2
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1713
To Service Sat 20/10/1937 to New England (NWE)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 05/05/1962 off Leicester (G.C.) (15E)
Service Life 24 yrs, 6 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Fri 07/09/1962 at Locomotive Works (Darlington)

Notes
Notes In for cutting up Darlington Works, 7/9/62

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
NWE   New England (New) on 20/10/1937
KX   Kings Cross on 28/11/1943
DON   Doncaster on 11/11/1946
38E   Woodford Halse on 09/04/1950
36A   Doncaster on 10/06/1951
36A   Doncaster w/e 16/06/1951
38E   Woodford Halse on 09/10/1955
38C   Leicester (G.C.) on 17/11/1957
38E   Woodford Halse on 08/12/1957
15E   Leicester (G.C.) on 25/07/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 05/05/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC DON Doncaster w/e 16/11/1946
ALLOC 38E Woodford Halse w/e 09/04/1950
ALLOC 36A Doncaster w/e 16/06/1951
ALLOC 38E Woodford Halse 4w/e 05/11/1955
ALLOC 38C Leicester (G.C.) 4w/e 30/11/1957
ALLOC 38E Woodford Halse 4w/e 28/12/1957
LOAN 2G Woodford Halse on 01/02/1958
ALLOC 2G Woodford Halse on 23/02/1958
ALLOC 15E Leicester (G.C.) 8w/e 05/09/1959
WDN   w/e 05/05/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
20/10/1937 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 2905)
20/03/1943 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 2931)
20/01/1945 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 3293)
11/07/1949 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 8930)
17/12/1953 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29388)
20/09/1955 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29448)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Darlington Works 03/11/1937 10/12/1937 38 days Unclassified Cylinders rebored
 
Darlington Works 15/07/1938 19/07/1938 5 days Unclassified    
Doncaster Works 01/04/1939 13/05/1939 43 days General    
Doncaster Works 09/03/1940 16/03/1940 8 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 09/11/1940 14/12/1940 36 days General    
Doncaster Works 20/02/1943 20/03/1943 29 days General Boiler number 2931 (Diagram 109)
 
Doncaster Works 02/12/1944 20/01/1945 50 days General Boiler number 3293 (Diagram 109)
 
Doncaster Works 12/10/1946 02/11/1946 22 days General    
Doncaster Works 16/01/1948 19/02/1948 35 days General Renumbered to BR (BR Tmp) number E815
 
Doncaster Works 25/05/1949 11/07/1949 48 days General Boiler number 29379 (Diagram 109)
Renumbered to BR 60815
 
Doncaster Works 19/09/1951 23/10/1951 35 days Heavy Intermediate    
Doncaster Works 01/09/1952 24/09/1952 24 days General    
Doncaster Works 23/03/1953 01/04/1953 10 days Light Casual    
Doncaster Works 16/11/1953 17/12/1953 32 days General Boiler number 29388 (Diagram 109)
 
Doncaster Works 11/08/1955 20/09/1955 41 days General Boiler number 29448 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 20/06/1957 20/08/1957 62 days General    
Darlington Works 24/11/1958 13/12/1958 20 days Light Casual    
Darlington Works 31/03/1959 15/05/1959 46 days Light Casual    
Darlington Works 07/09/1959 29/10/1959 53 days Light Casual    
Darlington Works 17/03/1960 07/06/1960 83 days Heavy Casual    

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1961 Leicester GC V2s 60815/50/63/90 have been placed in store and replaced by Bls 61077/1177/1206. B1 61381 an 40167 are also in store here. SLS/196201

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
20/10/1937 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 4786
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1713
Allocated to New England (NWE)
Diagram 109 boiler fitted
   
03/11/1937 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 03/11/1937. Dep: 10/12/1937.
Work undertaken:
Cylinders rebored
   
15/07/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 15/07/1938. Dep: 19/07/1938.    
01/04/1939 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 01/04/1939. Dep: 13/05/1939.    
09/03/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 09/03/1940. Dep: 16/03/1940.    
09/11/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 09/11/1940. Dep: 14/12/1940.    
20/02/1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 20/02/1943. Dep: 20/03/1943.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2931 (Diagram 109)
   
28/11/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Kings Cross (KX)    
02/12/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 02/12/1944. Dep: 20/01/1945.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3293 (Diagram 109)
   
1946 Number Allocated Allocated number 715 but not taken up    
12/10/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 12/10/1946. Dep: 02/11/1946.    
11/11/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
28/11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 815    
16/01/1948 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 16/01/1948. Dep: 19/02/1948.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to BR (BR Tmp) number E815
   
25/05/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 25/05/1949. Dep: 11/07/1949.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29379 (Diagram 109)
Renumbered to BR 60815
   
09/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (38E)    
10/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (36A)    
16/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (36A)    
19/09/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 19/09/1951. Dep: 23/10/1951.    
01/09/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 01/09/1952. Dep: 24/09/1952.    
23/03/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 23/03/1953. Dep: 01/04/1953.    
16/11/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 16/11/1953. Dep: 17/12/1953.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29388 (Diagram 109)
   
11/08/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 11/08/1955. Dep: 20/09/1955.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29448 (Diagram 109)
   
09/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (38E)    
20/06/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 20/06/1957. Dep: 20/08/1957.    
17/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester (G.C.) (38C)    
08/12/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (38E)    
24/11/1958 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 24/11/1958. Dep: 13/12/1958.    
31/03/1959 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 31/03/1959. Dep: 15/05/1959.    
25/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester (G.C.) (15E)    
07/09/1959 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 07/09/1959. Dep: 29/10/1959.    
17/03/1960 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Casual) - Arr: 17/03/1960. Dep: 07/06/1960.    
05/05/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 60815 from Leicester (G.C.) (15E)    
07/09/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Darlington    

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