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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 164 m/e 03/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3164 m/e 01/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1945) 3187 m/e 06/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8897 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 68897 m/e 10/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J50
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J5103/1914
J50/1 (0-6-0T)04/1932
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 276
Works Number 1424
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 03/1914 to Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)
Withdrawal Sat 05/11/1960
Service Life 46 yrs, 8 mths , 7 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
BFD   Bradford Hammerton Street (New) m/e 03/1914
BFD   Bradford Hammerton Street on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
56F   Low Moor 4w/e 08/02/1958
51A   Darlington 4w/e 08/03/1958
56A   Wakefield w/e 20/06/1959
     Withdrawn on 05/11/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 51A Darlington 4w/e 22/02/1958
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 4w/e 11/07/1959
WDN   on 05/11/1960

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1914 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 164
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1424
Allocated to Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)
   
01/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 3164    
06/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 3187    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8897    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)    
10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 68897    
08/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
08/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Darlington (51A)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
05/11/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 68897    

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