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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 43 m/e 06/1912
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7043 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8639 m/e 01/1947
British Railways 68639 m/e 09/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer A. Hill
Class J68
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J6806/1912
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number C72
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Westinghouse
To Service During 06/1912
Withdrawal Fri 17/04/1959
Service Life 46 yrs, 10 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1912
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 17/04/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 17/04/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1923 Vacuum Ejector fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1946 General An interesting double-headed train is the 5.30 p.m. Clacton, which daily leaves with any combination of 'D.16/2,' 'D.16/3,' 'B.12/3,' and 'B.17' at the head. Spitalflelds goods has not seen very many strangers, but 3806 (6601) was a change recently. 'F.3' are still seen at Liverpool Street; locos noted being 7139 (8067), 7148 (8047), 7149 (8048), and 8081, all on the Woodford line fairly regularly between the end of June till October. This line also has had 'V.1' 7675 working along it late Sept./Oct., together with various 0-6-0Ts such as 8575, 8612, 8613, and 8633. The Ilford line usually gets the 'J.68' such as 7043 25/9 and 7048 28/8, whilst even the sparse Fenchurch Street service comes in for its share (8538 noted 30/11). The most usual 'J.15' in Liverpool Street are:-7545/6/7/60/5/6, 7641/4/6 and 5453 (7555), and they usually turn up on Brentwood or Gidea Park trains SLS/194701

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1912 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 43
Built at Stratford Works
   
05/1923 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7043    
01/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 8639    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
09/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 68639    
04/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
17/04/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 68639    

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