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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2325 m/e 05/1922
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8732 on 23/03/1946
British Railways 68732 m/e 09/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class J72
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Works Number 403
To Service During 05/1922
Withdrawal Mon 16/10/1961
Service Life 39 yrs, 5 mths , 16 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date Reference
    (New) m/e 05/1922  
HTN   Heaton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)  
GHD   Gateshead w/e 02/10/1948  
52C   Blaydon w/e 28/02/1959  
52B   Heaton w/e 31/10/1959  
     Withdrawn on 16/10/1961  

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GHD Gateshead w/e 02/10/1948
ALLOC 52C Blaydon 4w/e 21/03/1959
ALLOC 52B Heaton 4w/e 31/10/1959
WDN   on 16/10/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 Darlington Works Locomotives for shops during August included Nos. 507, 980, 2366, 3285, 3349, 3426/69, 5641, 5872, 7282, 7344, 7628, 8424, 8712/32, 9089, 9787, 62762, 67281 an 69798. Locomotives ex shops during the same period included Nos. 60509, 60824/25/98, 60920, 61455/61, 62706, 63361, 63418, 65647/69/92, 65708/37/41/62/63/67/89/99, 65809/16/62, 67295, 67605/16/30/78, 68305/37/60/93, 68423, 69781/82/95, 69868/73/84. No. 61461 has been rebuilt to 'B.16/3'; Paint date, August. Locomotives painted black and fully lined are Nos. 60898, 60920 an 62706, while No. 60509 has been painted green. The last 'L.1', No. 67730, is Darlington 2048 of 1948; Paint date, August SLS/194810

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1922 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2325
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 403		    
23/03/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8732    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Heaton (HTN)    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 68732    
02/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Gateshead (GHD)    
28/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Blaydon (52C)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
16/10/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68732    

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