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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway (1st) 559 m/e 06/1906
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7559 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5457 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 65457 m/e 02/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Worsdell
Class J15
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J1506/1906
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number A60
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Westinghouse brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service During 06/1906
Withdrawal Sun 11/02/1962
Service Life 55 yrs, 8 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1906
CAM   Cambridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 11/02/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 11/02/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
05/01/1959 Bury St. Edmunds MPD From 5th January this shed became a diesel depot for Cambridge diesel cars and a diesel shunter; the last steam engines on shed (4th January) were J20s 64661/6/95, 65457/61; B12s 61573/5 were withdrawn from here on 1st January, 1959. SLS/195902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1906 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 559
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7559    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5457    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cambridge (CAM)    
02/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 65457    
11/02/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 65457    
04/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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