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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1207 m/e 02/1903
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8207 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5557 on 11/02/1946
British Railways 65557 m/e 02/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J16
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J1602/1903
J17 (0-6-0)12/1921
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number P54
To Service During 02/1903
Withdrawal Wed 22/04/1959
Service Life 56 yrs, 2 mths , 22 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 02/1903
MC   Melton Constable on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 23/01/1954
32F   Yarmouth Beach m/e 21/07/1956
32G   Melton Constable 4w/e 20/10/1956
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 16/03/1957
     Withdrawn on 22/04/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 23/01/1954
ALLOC 32F Yarmouth Beach 4w/e 21/07/1956
ALLOC 32G Melton Constable 4w/e 13/10/1956
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 23/03/1957
WDN   on 22/04/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
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
02/1903 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1207
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8207    
11/02/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5557    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Melton Constable (MC)    
02/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 65557    
23/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
21/07/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth Beach (32F)    
20/10/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Melton Constable (32G)    
16/03/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
22/04/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 65557    

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