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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 225 m/e 11/1922
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3225 m/e 09/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8924 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 68924 m/e 06/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J50
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 296
Works Number 1548
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 11/1922 to Ardsley (ARD)
Withdrawal Tue 14/02/1961
Service Life 38 yrs, 3 mths , 14 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
ARD   Ardsley (New) m/e 11/1922
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
NOR   Norwich Thorpe w/e 10/12/1949
30A   Stratford w/e 09/04/1960
     Withdrawn on 14/02/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC STR Stratford 9w/e 31/03/1946
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe w/e 10/12/1949
TOSTORE   4w/e 21/03/1959
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 16/04/1960
WDN   on 14/02/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1961 Stratford Works (waiting cut-up) Steam locomotives-Old Works: 68633; waiting cut-up 67726, 68924; foundry 68612, 69690 SLS/196109

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1922 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 225
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1548
Allocated to Ardsley (ARD)
   
09/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 3225    
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8924    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
10/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
06/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 68924    
09/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
14/02/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68924    

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