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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 1761 m/e 12/1898
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8678 m/e 05/1946
British Railways 68678 m/e 10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class J72
Company History NER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J7212/1898
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 12/1898
Withdrawal Mon 20/02/1961
Service Life 62 yrs, 2 mths , 21 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date Reference
    (New) m/e 12/1898  
AUK   West Auckland on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)  
SUN   Sunderland w/e 06/11/1948  
     Withdrawn on 20/02/1961  

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SUN Sunderland w/e 06/11/1948
WDN   on 20/02/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/12/1948 Darlington Works Further new Class 'A.1' locomotives, Nos. 60134-37, ex North Road bear Works, Nos. 2053-56, in order. Locomotives awaiting Works: Nos. 970, 1642/44/72, 2344/65/90, 2715, E2718, 3292, E3311, E3314, 3399, 3420, 5100, 5856, 7283, 7636/69, 8015, 8275, 8313, 8698, 8745, 9792, 9842/89, 60942, 62737/64, 63290, 67672, 67719/23 (both light repairs), 69784. The following were sent to the scrap yard:-Nos. 3253/92/95, 3323/27, 8090 an 9103.
Locomotives ex Works: Nos. 60507 (unlined black, new chimney), 61019, 61627/38, 62371/91, 62708/47, 63140, 63344/58, 65706/17, 65803/14/32/52/83/89, 67300, 67311 (auto fitted), 67312, 67688, 68014 (altered bunker), 68245/95, 68426, 68678 (vacuum ejector), 68699, 69776, 69841/81/91, 69862 (first 'A.8' to be lined out), 69881/91, 'Austerity' 77050, 77195/99, 77329.
SLS/194901

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1898 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 1761
Built at Darlington Works
   
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8678    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - West Auckland (AUK)    
10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 68678    
06/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Sunderland (SUN)    
20/02/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68678    

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