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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 2822 on 30/01/1931
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1622 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 61622 m/e 05/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
30/01/1931 ALNWICK CASTLE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class B17
Company History LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B17/230/01/1931
B17/6 (4-6-0)10/1943
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1516
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam Brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service Sat 30/01/1931
Withdrawal Sat 27/09/1958
Service Life 27 yrs, 7 mths , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 30/01/1931
CAM   Cambridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
IPS   Ipswich w/e 02/04/1949
CAM   Cambridge w/e 30/07/1949
32D   Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 20/06/1953
     Withdrawn on 27/09/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe on 03/10/1947
ALLOC CAM Cambridge w/e 08/11/1947
ALLOC IPS Ipswich w/e 02/04/1949
ALLOC CAM Cambridge w/e 30/07/1949
ALLOC 32D Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 13/06/1953
WDN   on 27/09/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/01/1959 Doncaster Works (Withdrawn) Erecting Shop-60162 (64B), 60003 (34A), 60035 (64B), 60017 (34A), 60145 (52A), 60103 (34A), 62030 (52C), 73000 (41B), 73155 (41C), 61122 (36A), 61971 (32A), 61889 (31B), 61820 (30F), 61890 (31B), 68987 (34B), 61162 (36A), 61846 (53A), 61409 (40B), 60001 (52A), 61158 (36A), 60526/502 (50A), 60039 (34A), 60152 (64B), 60026 (34A), 60520 (34F). Paint Shop-D3321 (52B), D3148 (51L), D5308 (34B), D6101/2 (34B), 60117 (56C), 61925 (36A), 60160 (64B), 62032 (31B). Yard-70030 (32A), 68914 (56B), 73016 (41C), 63940 (34F), D3079 (53A), 60508 (34E), 11182 (40A), 63975 (36A), 60063 (34F), 60095 (12C), 61816 (31B), 61406 (40B). Diesel Shop-E5001/2 motors in, D2050/1 motors in, 11106 (51C), 13147/51 (51L). Withdrawn-64216/7, 61606/48/22, 69493, 67397, 69544, 64201/74/6, 69551, 69593, 64205/49, 64183. SLS/195902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
30/01/1931 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 2822, name: ALNWICK CASTLE
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1516		    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1622    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cambridge (CAM)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61622    
02/04/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (IPS)    
30/07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (CAM)    
20/06/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth South Town (32D)    
09/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    
27/09/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 61622    

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