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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924)	265		22/12/1927
London and North Eastern Railway (1946)	2705		12/1946
British Railways	62705	w/e	15/05/1948

**Names Carried**
Date From	Name
22/12/1927	LANARKSHIRE

**Locomotive Specifics**
Designer	N. Gresley
Class	Shire/Hunt
Company History	LNER
Wheels	4-4-0
Builder	Darlington Works
Order Number	No Order ID issued
Works Number	1384
To Service	Mon 22/12/1927
Withdrawal	Mon 30/11/1959
Service Life	31 yrs, 11 mths , 8 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 01/1960

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	on	22/12/1927
HAY	Haymarket	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
	Withdrawn	on	30/11/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
WDN	DAR	Darlington	on	24/11/1945
WDN			on	30/11/1959

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

**Modifications**
Date Modified	Modification
01/1931	Steam Brake with Vacuum Ejector

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
30/11/1946	General	At this date (30/11/1946) only the following Scottish Area engines still require to be renumbered: 4488, 4491, 2745, 4819, 4891, 4898, 3658, 3682, 3692, 1996, 9765, 6897, 3057, 9499, 9886, 9384, 6398, 6399, 6401, 265, 320, 9201, 9204, 9368, 9255, 9263, 9429, 9046, 2980, 9632, 9644, 9668, 9757, 9790, 7348, 9524, 9527; a total of 37, or 3 per cent. of the total stock	SLS/194701

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
22/12/1927	To Service	To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 265, name: LANARKSHIRE Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1384
01/1931	Modification	Modification: Steam Brake with Vacuum Ejector
12/1946	Renumbered	Renumbered to 2705
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Haymarket (HAY)
15/05/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 62705
30/11/1959	Withdrawn	Condemned as 62705
01/1960	Scrapped	Scrapped

Complete BR Locomotive Database 1948-1997

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