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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway (1st) 544 m/e 06/1913
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7544 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5472 m/e 12/1946
British Railways 65472 m/e 11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Worsdell
Class J15
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J1506/1913
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number G73
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Westinghouse brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service During 06/1913
Withdrawal Sat 05/12/1959
Service Life 46 yrs, 6 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1913
YB   Yarmouth Beach on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
NOR   Norwich Thorpe w/e 06/03/1948
31A   Cambridge w/e 26/05/1951
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 16/06/1951
32B   Ipswich 5w/e 21/01/1956
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 21/04/1956
32D   Yarmouth South Town 5w/e 20/07/1957
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 21/09/1957
30E   Colchester 4w/e 13/09/1958
30A   Stratford w/e 05/12/1959
     Withdrawn on 05/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe on 23/03/1947
ALLOC YB Yarmouth Beach w/e 20/12/1947
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe w/e 06/03/1948
ALLOC 31A Cambridge w/e 26/05/1951
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe w/e 16/06/1951
ALLOC 32B Ipswich 4w/e 28/01/1956
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 5w/e 31/03/1956
ALLOC 32D Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 30E Colchester 4w/e 06/09/1958
WDN   on 07/12/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
25/09/1947 Stratford Works The following withdrawn locos. were noted in the vicinity of the stripping shop on 25/9: 'F3' 7118/21/29/38/45; 'B12/3' 1522; 'D16/3' 2500; 'J15' 5358 an 5403 (all stripped), whilst 7125 an 7148 were intact. Other locos. stripped were: 'J15' 5402/54; 'D16' 2535; 'J17' 5541/71. In the stripping shop were: 'E4' 2784; 'J15' 5472; 'J19/2' 4675 and 'J17' 5549. In the Paint shop were the 'Coffee Pot' 'Y5' 8081 and W.D. 77416. A curious sight was the crane tank shed filled by two W.D.'s 77119 an 77312 (the latter with a 15A shed plate). In the fields behind the New Works were 'F3' 7146; 'J70' 8225; 'H2' 7512; 'D16' 2591; 'B12' 1544 and 'J39' 4841, all awaiting works. W.D. 77476 was in the New Works, and W.D.'s 77302 and 77107 were in the shed yard. 'D16' 2584; 'J20' 4677/93; 'J39' 4708/61, 'J69' 8574/8632; 'F6' 7230 and 'F4' 7162 were all noted newly painted ex-works. 7162 was fitted with a tablet-catcher. SLS/194711

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1913 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 544
Built at Stratford Works 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7544    
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5472    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Yarmouth Beach (YB)    
06/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 65472    
26/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
16/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
21/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
21/04/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
20/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth South Town (32D)    
21/09/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
13/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
05/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 65472    
05/12/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
01/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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