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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 1247 m/e 05/1899
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 4247 m/e 08/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8846 m/e 12/1946
British Railways 68846 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer P. Stirling
Class J52
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0ST
Builder Sharp Stewart
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 4492
To Service During 05/1899
Withdrawal Fri 08/05/1959
Service Life 60 yrs , 8 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1899
DON   Doncaster on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
NWE   New England w/e 21/01/1950
34B   Hornsey 5w/e 24/03/1956
34A   Kings Cross w/e 28/02/1959
     Withdrawn on 08/05/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NWE New England w/e 21/01/1950
ALLOC 34B Hornsey 5w/e 31/03/1956
ALLOC 34A Kings Cross 4w/e 21/03/1959
WDN   on 08/05/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Preservation
Current Status Unknown
Status Date 17/09/2018


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/10/1958 E.R. locomotive news C12 67352 is now acting as Station pilot, Grantham and is ex-works, fully lined out; J52 68846 is ex-works, fully lined out at Hornsey; L.T.S.R. 4-4-2T 41969 is ex-works in unlined black at Plaistow; 61632, Belvoir Castle has been renamed Royal Sovereign and was ex-Stratford mid-October whilst 61671 was still in scrap yard with nameplates Royal Sovereign. SLS/195811

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1899 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 1247
Built at Sharp Stewart, Works Number 4492
   
08/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 4247    
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8846    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Doncaster (DON)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 68846    
21/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to New England (NWE)    
24/03/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Hornsey (34B)    
28/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Kings Cross (34A)    
08/05/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 68846    

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