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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 500 m/e 11/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8745 m/e 05/1946
British Railways 68745 m/e 11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class J72
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Works Number 1621
To Service During 11/1925
Withdrawal Mon 04/09/1961
Service Life 35 yrs, 10 mths , 4 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1925
YK   York (North) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
53C   Hull Springhead 4w/e 13/11/1954
50B   Hull Dairycoates w/e 19/11/1960
     Withdrawn on 04/09/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 53CALEX   4w/e 06/11/1954
ALLOC 50B Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 26/11/1960
WDN   on 04/09/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
20/04/1946 Doncaster 2,000th locomotive The-2,000th locomotive to be built at Doncaster Works and numbered 500 is a 4-6-2, with a 6' 2' d.w., three cyls. 19' x 26', with each cyl. haying a separate set of Walschaert Valve gear. Boiler pressure is 2501b. sq. in., and the tractive effort (85%) 40,4301b. The classification is a 'A.2,' and the loco is painted green throughout. Further locos of the same type are in course of construction. SLS/194606
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
31/12/1948 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during December included:-Nos. 952, 1437, 1625/41, 2378, 2970 (the last 'C.7'), 3368, 5639, 5650 (badly damaged at Jervaulx), 5693, 5759/97, 5807, 7278, 7651, 8010/37, 8155, 8292, 9792, 9892, 60510, 62732/33, 65056, 67704/05/10/19/23, 69910/33, 'Austerity' 70877, 77414/69. Locomotives ex Works during December included:-Nos. 60918/42/70, 61432, 61601/29/30/51, 62344/65, 62728/31/54, 63352, 63423, 65033, 65856, 67283, 67342, 67636/39/87, 67701, 68016 (altered bunker), 68264/75, 68436, 68696, 68745, 69102, 69794, 69842/79/89, 'Austerity' 77329. Locomotives broken up: Nos. 2390 an 3327. The two Class 'V.2's' which have hitherto been used as main line pilots, have now been replaced by Class 'A.3' Nos. 70 an 76. SLS/194902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1925 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 500
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1621
   
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8745    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - York (North) (YK)    
11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 68745    
13/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Springhead (53C)    
19/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)    
04/09/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68745    

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