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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2188 m/e 11/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8705 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 68705 m/e 04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class J72
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 11/1914
Withdrawal Thu 10/11/1960
Service Life 46 yrs , 10 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1914
BOR   Borough Gardens on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
52A   Gateshead w/e 20/06/1959
53E   Goole w/e 22/08/1959
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 14/11/1959
     Withdrawn on 10/11/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 52A Gateshead on 14/06/1959
ALLOC 53E Goole 4w/e 05/09/1959
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 28/11/1959
WDN   on 10/11/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during March included: Nos. 1173, 1240, 2343, 2703, 3005/44, 3139, 3273, 5028/36, 5091, 5668, 5715, 5821, 8180, 8705, 9107, 9374/75, 9880, 61023, 61434, 61619/43, 62730/52, 63099, 63315/80, 65119, 67709/22 (both light repairs), 69807/65, Class '8' 77499, 78578/85, 79206. To scrap yard: Nos, 3332, 5649/68, 5715, 9374. Locomotives ex Works during March included: Nos. 5629/33 (both fitted small snow ploughs at Gateshead Works), 60816, 61020 (name removed), 61216, 61422, 61618, 61644 (rebuilt 2 cyls.), 61645/47/48, 62700/21/64, 63392, 63411/17/30/65, 65094, 65656, 65800/76, 67244/68, 67344, 67615, 68265, 68409/25/32, 68708/13, 69401, 69773, W.D. 90008 (light repair), 90103, 90235, 90391, 90606. No. 5626 has been sold out of service to the Bolton Colliery, it is understood. Easingwold Rly. 0-6-OT No. 2 has been broken up in the scrap yard here by a private firm. SLS/194905
30/04/1949 Darlington Works New work April: Nos. 60146 an 60147. Locomotives awaiting Works during April included: Nos. 888, 1035, 61199, 1224, 1405, 61625, 1668, 2726, 62753. 2760, 3044, 3260, 3275, 63286, 5044/68, 5109, 65633/50, 5653, 65684, 5858, 65868, 7278, 7675, 67729 (light re-pair), 67739 (damaged), 8156, 69842, Class '8' W.D. 77037, 77178 an 79206. Broken up: Nos. 63286, 3316, 65633/84.
Locomotives ex Works during April included: Nos. 60816, 61023, 61215/40/57, 61422, 61434 (rebuilt), 61648, 62700/03/64/67, 63348/80/92, 63411, 65110, 65739, 65821/44, 67722 (light repair), 68015/27, 68409/14/32, 68705, 69107, 69391, 69835/36/88, Class '8' W.D. 90382, 90449 (light repair) and 90460.
SLS/194906

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1914 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2188
Built at Darlington Works
   
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8705    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Borough Gardens (BOR)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 68705    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Gateshead (52A)    
22/08/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Goole (53E)    
14/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
10/11/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 68705    

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