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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
Great Northern Railway	1047	m/e	07/1896
London and North Eastern Railway (1924)	4047	m/e	04/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946)	8784	m/e	12/1946
British Railways	68784	m/e	03/1949

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

P. Stirling

Class

J52

Company History

GNR/LNER

Rebuild History

Class	From
J53	07/1896
J52/1 (0-6-0ST)	05/1924

Wheels

Builder

Order Number

Works Number

To Service

During 07/1896

Withdrawal

Mon 25/11/1957

Service Life

61 yrs, 4 mths , 26 dys

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	07/1896
HSY	Hornsey	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
36A	Doncaster	4w/e	04/10/1952
36A	Doncaster	4w/e	18/10/1952
	Withdrawn	on	25/11/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	36A	Doncaster	4w/e	04/10/1952
WDN			on	25/11/1957

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

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
10/05/1947	Doncaster Works	Locos. ex Plant, end April-May were: Nos. 16, 41, 51, 63, 86, 90, 101, 102, 113, 521, 863, 878, 890, 942, 1808, 1832, 1919, 1961, 2169, 3031, 3505, 3950, 3986, 5021, 7391, 8786 and 9492. Further locos. ex Plant include Nos. 29 (4/6) and 1949, 8784, 9464 (5/6).	SLS/194708

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
07/1896	To Service	To service as Great Northern Railway Number 1047 Built at Neilson, Reid & Co., Works Number 5018
04/1924	Renumbered	Renumbered to 4047
12/1946	Renumbered	Renumbered to 8784
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Hornsey (HSY)
03/1949	Renumbered	Renumbered to 68784
04/10/1952	Allocation	Reallocated to Doncaster (36A)
18/10/1952	Allocation	Reallocated to Doncaster (36A)
25/11/1957	Withdrawn	Condemned as 68784

Complete BR Locomotive Database 1948-1997

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