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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2305 m/e 10/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8712 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 68712 m/e 08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class J72
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 10/1920
Withdrawal Mon 05/01/1959
Service Life 38 yrs, 3 mths , 6 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1920
MID   Middlesbrough on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
51L   Thornaby 5w/e 14/06/1958
     Withdrawn on 05/01/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 51L Thornaby on 08/06/1958
WDN   on 05/01/1959

* 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
10/1920 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2305
Built at Darlington Works
   
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8712    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Middlesbrough (MID)    
08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 68712    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
05/01/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 68712    

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