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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 213 m/e 07/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3213 m/e 05/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8912 on 20/01/1946
British Railways 68912 m/e 01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J50
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J51/207/1919
J50/2 (0-6-0T)08/1930
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 289
Works Number 1494
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 07/1919 to Ardsley (ARD)
Withdrawal Mon 14/09/1959
Service Life 40 yrs, 2 mths , 15 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
ARD   Ardsley (New) m/e 07/1919
BFD   Bradford Hammerton Street on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
56F   Low Moor 4w/e 08/02/1958
53A   Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 08/03/1958
53E   Goole 5w/e 14/06/1958
56F   Low Moor w/e 31/01/1959
     Withdrawn on 14/09/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 22/02/1958
ALLOC 53E Goole 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 21/02/1959
WDN   on 14/09/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1919 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 213
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1494
Allocated to Ardsley (ARD)
   
05/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 3213    
20/01/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8912    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 68912    
08/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
08/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Goole (53E)    
31/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
14/09/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 68912    

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