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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 1198 m/e 11/1892
London and North Eastern Railway 8295 on 24/03/1946
British Railways 68295 m/e 11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Worsdell
Class J71
Company History NER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J7111/1892
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 11/1892
Withdrawal Mon 23/02/1959
Service Life 66 yrs, 3 mths , 23 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1892
WHL   West Hartlepool on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
51F   West Auckland 5w/e 20/07/1957
     Withdrawn on 23/02/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC WHL West Hartlepool w/e 08/11/1947
ALLOC 51F West Auckland 4w/e 13/07/1957
WDN   on 23/02/1959

* 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
11/1892 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 1198
Built at Darlington Works
   
24/03/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8295    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - West Hartlepool (WHL)    
11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 68295    
20/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to West Auckland (51F)    
23/02/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 68295    

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