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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 212 m/e 06/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3212 m/e 05/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8911 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 68911 m/e 01/1950
Departmental 10 m/e 02/1961

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J50
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J51/206/1919
J50/2 (0-6-0T)08/1930
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 289
Works Number 1493
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 06/1919 to Ardsley (ARD)
Withdrawal Tue 22/11/1960
Service Life 41 yrs, 5 mths , 22 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
ARD   Ardsley (New) m/e 06/1919
COP   Copley Hill (Leeds) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 22/11/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 22/11/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/12/1960 Doncaster Works (Crimpsall Yard) New Erecting Shop: E3057-63, D3329, 12125, and frames for three new diesel shunters. Stripping Road: 60113, 60507/10/32, 61083, 61141/51, 73074. Scrap Road: 61771, 62666, 63950/3, 641S2,48875 68943/7, 69293, 69581. Erecting Shop: 43148, 60004/15/25/74/86, 60109, 60539, 61044, 61177, 61314, 61807, 73097, D3475/86, D8020. Erecting Shop Yard: 60058/66, 60144/5, 61266/85, 63923, D3487. Crimpsall Yard: 63944, 68911/4. Paint Shop: 60006, 60531. 61279, 61366, 61862, 62022/56, 63935, D312, D2113, D2207, D5675-7, E3056. SLS/196102

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1919 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 212
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1493
Allocated to Ardsley (ARD)
   
05/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 3212    
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8911    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Copley Hill (Leeds) (COP)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 68911    
22/11/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 68911    
02/1961 Renumbered Renumbered to 10    

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