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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 1543 on 04/11/1936
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4920   05/05/1946
British Railways 64920   14/05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J39
Company History LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number 1531
Works Number 6817
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service Thu 04/11/1936 to Gorton (GOR)
Withdrawal Thu 16/11/1961 off Neville Hill (55H)
Service Life 25 yrs , 12 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1962

Notes
Notes Cut up at Cowlairs

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
GOR   Gorton (New) on 04/11/1936
NPT   Newport (Teeside) on 30/11/1936
DAR   Darlington on 28/03/1943
BLA   Blaydon on 16/07/1943
HTN   Heaton on 07/11/1948
HTN   Heaton w/e 13/11/1948
50B   Neville Hill on 12/02/1950
50B   Neville Hill w/e 18/02/1950
     Withdrawn on 16/11/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC HTN Heaton w/e 13/11/1948
ALLOC 50B Neville Hill w/e 18/02/1950
WDN   on 16/11/1961

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
10/06/1904 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number C1799)
04/11/1936 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number BP136)
24/04/1940 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number 2938)
12/06/1942 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number 2154)
14/05/1949 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number RS125)
01/11/1954 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number 27494)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Gorton Works 22/11/1937 23/11/1937 2 days Light Repair    
Gorton Works 28/02/1938 19/03/1938 20 days General Cracked cylinder casting
 
Darlington Works 28/03/1940 24/04/1940 28 days General Boiler number 2938 (Diagram 97)
 
Darlington Works 01/05/1942 12/06/1942 43 days General Boiler number 2154 (Diagram 97)
 
Cowlairs Works 15/05/1944 10/06/1944 27 days General    
Darlington Works 02/08/1945 13/09/1945 43 days Light Repair    
Cowlairs Works 18/01/1947 08/02/1947 22 days General    
Cowlairs Works 16/03/1949 14/05/1949 60 days General Boiler number 27486 (Diagram 97)
Renumbered to BR 64920
 
Cowlairs Works 28/03/1952 26/04/1952 30 days Heavy Intermediate    
Cowlairs Works 07/07/1953 16/07/1953 10 days Light Casual    
Cowlairs Works 23/09/1954 01/11/1954 40 days General Boiler number 2601 (Diagram 97)
 
Cowlairs Works 30/09/1957 02/11/1957 34 days Light Intermediate    
Cowlairs Works 30/05/1960 25/06/1960 27 days Unclassified    

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/04/1954 Wetherby Races, Easter Monday Excursion trains between Leeds City and Wetherby Racecourse station on Easter Monday were well filled and worked by the following J39's from Neville Hill (50B):-64791, 64819/35/86, 64920/22/33/35/43, and also brought in D49 62748 (50B). The excursions from Bradford and Harrogate brought in 62746/58/62 (all 50D), whilst two trains from the Huddersfield area were worked by 45218 (25A) and 42863 (25B). The excursion from Heeley (Sheffield) was, however, worked by 45015 (3B-Bushbury), rather a far cry from Wolverhampton. In addition, the 4.28 p.m. ordinary passenger service from Leeds City to Church Fenton via Wetherby, hauled by 61256 (50B), called specially at Wetherby Racecourse station to pick up. SLS/195406

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/06/1904 Modification Diagram 97 number 27483 boiler fitted    
10/06/1904 Modification Diagram 97 number C1799 boiler fitted    
04/11/1936 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 1543
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 6817
Allocated to Gorton (GOR)
Diagram 97 boiler fitted
   
30/11/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)    
22/11/1937 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 22/11/1937. Dep: 23/11/1937.    
28/02/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 28/02/1938. Dep: 19/03/1938.
Work undertaken:
Cracked cylinder casting
   
28/03/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 28/03/1940. Dep: 24/04/1940.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2938 (Diagram 97)
   
01/05/1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 01/05/1942. Dep: 12/06/1942.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2154 (Diagram 97)
   
28/03/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Darlington (DAR)    
16/07/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Blaydon (BLA)    
15/05/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 15/05/1944. Dep: 10/06/1944.    
02/08/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 02/08/1945. Dep: 13/09/1945.    
05/05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4920    
18/01/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 18/01/1947. Dep: 08/02/1947.    
07/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (HTN)    
13/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (HTN)    
16/03/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 16/03/1949. Dep: 14/05/1949.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 27486 (Diagram 97)
Renumbered to BR 64920
   
12/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (50B)    
18/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (50B)    
28/03/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 28/03/1952. Dep: 26/04/1952.    
07/07/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 07/07/1953. Dep: 16/07/1953.    
23/09/1954 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 23/09/1954. Dep: 01/11/1954.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2601 (Diagram 97)
   
30/09/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Intermediate) - Arr: 30/09/1957. Dep: 02/11/1957.    
30/05/1960 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 30/05/1960. Dep: 25/06/1960.    
16/11/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 64920 from Neville Hill (55H)    
06/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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