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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 1829 m/e 04/1895
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5606 m/e 04/1946
British Railways 65606 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell / V. Raven
Class J24
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Order Number No Order ID issued
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram 69 (Domed firebox)
Safety Valves Ramsbottom
To Service During 04/1895
Withdrawal Mon 28/02/1949 off Hull Dairycoates (HLD)
Service Life 53 yrs, 10 mths , 28 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1895
TDK   Tyne Dock on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
HLD   Hull Dairycoates w/e 25/09/1948
     Withdrawn on 28/02/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC HLD Hull Dairycoates w/e 25/09/1948
WDN HLD Hull Dairycoates on 28/02/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1915 7 ½" Piston Valves fitted
03/1915 Superheated LNER Diagram 69 Boiler Fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1949 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during February included:-Nos. 1274, 1605/11/18/31/45, 2745/67, 3199, 3411, 5096, 5606/28, 5800, 7262, 8708, 9105, 60816, 60133, (adjustment), 61015 (damaged), 63140, 65057 (damaged in the Crook derailment), 65712, 67705/54, 69827 (NEA), Class '8' W.D. 77320 an 79239.To scrap yard: Nos. 3291/97/99, 3301/08/17/32, 63322 (badly damaged at Old Town Jct., Middlesboro').Locomotives ex Works during February included:-Nos. 60141, 60142 (Darlington 2061/1949-the first 1949 locomotive), 60143, 60509 (light repair), 60923, 60931 (light repair), 61022 (unlined black), 61161 (lined out), 61162 (unlined black), 61181/86, 61237/58, 61400, 61635/41, 61659 (light repair), 61660, 62353/59/78, 62718/32/64, 63341/49, 65098, 65601, 65633 (repaired at Gateshead-buffer beam snow plough fitted), 65712/49, 65827/60, 67255, 67386, 67623, 67714 (light repair), 68010/39, 68160, 68260, 69933, Class '8' W.D. 90252 (ex 77352), 90344 (ex 70877), 90613 (ex 77469). SLS/194904

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1895 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 1829    
03/1915 Modification Modification: 7 ½" Piston Valves fitted    
03/1915 Modification Modification: Superheated LNER Diagram 69 Boiler Fitted    
04/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5606    
1948 Number Allocated Allocated number 65606 but not taken up    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyne Dock (TDK)    
25/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    
28/02/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 5606 from Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    

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