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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
North Eastern Railway	2175	m/e	09/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1946)	8692	m/e	06/1946
British Railways	68692	m/e	03/1948

**Locomotive Specifics**
Designer	W. Worsdell
Class	J72
Company History	NER/LNER
Wheels	0-6-0T
Builder	Darlington Works
To Service	During 09/1914
Withdrawal	Mon 02/10/1961
Service Life	47 yrs, 1 mth , 1 dy

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	09/1914
WHL	West Hartlepool	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
51F	West Auckland	5w/e	21/03/1953
	Withdrawn	on	02/10/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	51F	West Auckland	4w/e	21/03/1953
WDN			on	02/10/1961

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

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
11/11/1961	Darlington Works (Scrap Yard)	Erecting Shop: D17, D249/51/79, D3317 D4079-81, D5102/49/68-73, 43141, 60859/64/91, 60952, 61020/4, 61129/92, 61218/89, 61382, 63405, 68025, 90067, 90333/44/63, 90445, 92194/5. Works Yard: D245/74, D2246, D3228, 12113, 46450/80, 60856, 60916/23/48, 61008, 61216/20/57, 63342/59, 63419/69, 65099, 65769, 65821/60, 67647, 67762, 68007/50, 69008, 78026, 80069, 90009, 90450, 92183. Stripping Shop: 61415/47. Outside Stripping Shop: 60939, 63435, 65691. Crossing: D272, D351 D3140, D4078, D5096, D5101/67, 60806. Scrap Yard: 61411-4/9/22/3/31/6/60, 65741, 67707/13/7/22/75/94, 68675/92, 68702 intact.	SLS/196201

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
09/1914	To Service	To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2175 Built at Darlington Works
06/1946	Renumbered	Renumbered to 8692
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - West Hartlepool (WHL)
03/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 68692
21/03/1953	Allocation	Reallocated to West Auckland (51F)
02/10/1961	Withdrawn	Condemned as 68692

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