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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2306 m/e 10/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8713 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 68713 m/e 03/1949

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 16/10/1961
Service Life 41 yrs , 16 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1920
MID   Middlesbrough on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
52B   Heaton 4w/e 14/05/1955
     Withdrawn on 16/10/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 52B Heaton 4w/e 21/05/1955
WDN   on 16/10/1961

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1920 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2306
Built at Darlington Works
   
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8713    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Middlesbrough (MID)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 68713    
14/05/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
16/10/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68713    

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