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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1195 m/e 10/1902
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8195 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5545 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 65545 m/e 06/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J16
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J1610/1902
J17 (0-6-0)07/1926
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number B54
To Service During 10/1902
Withdrawal Mon 26/10/1959
Service Life 57 yrs , 26 dys
Information Vacuum Ejector and Steam Heat connector fitted in order to allow passenger work on the M&GN

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1902
SL   South Lynn on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
31A   Cambridge 5w/e 22/09/1951
30A   Stratford w/e 01/12/1951
33A   Plaistow 4w/e 22/03/1952
33C   Shoeburyness 4w/e 19/04/1952
30A   Stratford 4w/e 23/01/1954
30E   Colchester w/e 20/12/1958
     Withdrawn on 26/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 31A Cambridge w/e 22/09/1951
ALLOC 30A Stratford w/e 01/12/1951
ALLOC 33A Plaistow 4w/e 22/03/1952
ALLOC 33C Shoeburyness 4w/e 19/04/1952
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 23/01/1954
ALLOC 30E Colchester 4w/e 27/12/1958
WDN   on 26/10/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1942 L.N.E.R. Notes (March Area) March Area.-'V.2's' appear quite often, the following having been noted in Oct./Nov.: 4772/96, 4813/7. 'J.17' 8195 has been fitted with carriage heating and vacuum brake. 2859 East Anglian was here 31/10/42 fresh from Plant. It has ordinary whistle. A 'Pacific' visits us regularly on Sundays, examples noted being 4472/4 an 2571. 'E.4's' 7408/16/66/92 an 7503 are stationed here for working on the Joint line to Spalding, &c.-the first ones shedded here for a long time. Our regular station pilot 8062 is often in shops and its place is taken by 'D.16' 8805 or by 'D.9' or 'J.15' classes. SLS/194302
25/03/1950 Stratford Works One of the two 0-4-0T tram engines-No. 68083- has just been through shops. The crest is on the undercarriage, below the wooden body. One of the 0-6-0T tram engines has the words 'British Railways' in the same position, and does not look as neat. Locomotives in the new shops were Nos. 61004/42/50/54/89, 61332/35. 1639. 62531, 3040. 63101, 7160, 68527, 69704, 90013, 90502. ex-W.D. 77013, 79312 and outside awaiting shopping were Nos. 61235, 61559, 8386, 8647, 9684, 90392. The three Crane locomotives are now renumbered; No. 68667 noted 3/49, No. 68668 2/50 and No. 68669 3/50 (with crest). These dates are not given in the official lists, and the actual dates will be slightly earlier. In the Paint Shop were Nos. 61540 (lined), 61554. 68088, 68225, 68651, 69641, 69728; and in the old Works Nos. 61058, 61336, 61558, 62509, 2584, 2601. 62790, 2794, 4644/83, 65462, 65545/57, 7155, 7226, 8375, 8519/61, 8772, 8874/81, 9639/69. SLS/195005

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1902 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1195
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8195    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5545    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - South Lynn (SL)    
06/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 65545    
22/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
01/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
22/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Plaistow (33A)    
19/04/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Shoeburyness (33C)    
23/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
20/12/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
26/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 65545    

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