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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924)	595	m/e	07/1939
London and North Eastern Railway (1946)	8990	m/e	04/1946
British Railways	68990	m/e	05/1949

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

N. Gresley

Class

J50

Company History

GNR/LNER

Wheels

0-6-0T

Builder

Gorton Works

Order Number

No Order ID issued

Fittings (as built)

Engine Brakes

Vacuum

To Service

During 07/1939

Withdrawal

Fri 21/04/1961

Service Life

21 yrs, 9 mths , 22 dys

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	07/1939
SHF	Sheffield Darnall	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
34B	Hornsey	4w/e	01/11/1952
34B	Hornsey	4w/e	15/11/1952
	Withdrawn	on	21/04/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	34B	Hornsey	4w/e	01/11/1952
WDN			on	21/04/1961

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

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
23/04/1961	Doncaster Works (Stripping Road)	New Erecting Shop: D2390/1, D3452, E3056/61-5. Stripping Road: D2402, D3152, D3487, 60033/8/9/64/83/8/95/8, 61814/49, 62049, 68945/90, 70010/35. Scrap Road: 64208/23/36, 64804/74/82, 68903/16/27/70/81, Crimpsall: 43149, 61384, 70001. Outside Crimpsall: DEPT7, 60143, 70053, 73012. Erecting Shop: D3445/89, D5573, D8217, 13252, 13326, 43126/44, 60020/40/63/8/75/90, 60126, 60520/8, 61162, 61205/11, 61363, 61897, 62025/42/60, 63985. Outside Erecting Shop: 60015, 61927, 62011. Paint Shop: D341, D2389, D5695, E3059/60, 60047/67, 60141, 60536, 61094, 73065. Works Shunters: DEPT10, DEPT11.	SLS/196106

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
07/1939	To Service	To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 595 Built at Gorton Works
04/1946	Renumbered	Renumbered to 8990
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Sheffield Darnall (SHF)
05/1949	Renumbered	Renumbered to 68990
01/11/1952	Allocation	Reallocated to Hornsey (34B)
15/11/1952	Allocation	Reallocated to Hornsey (34B)
21/04/1961	Withdrawn	Condemned as 68990

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