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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 247 m/e 02/1893
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7247 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8213 m/e 04/1946
British Railways 68213 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J65
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number B32
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Westinghouse
To Service During 02/1893
Withdrawal Fri 06/02/1948
Service Life 55 yrs , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1948

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1893
YB   Yarmouth Beach on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 06/02/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC YB Yarmouth Beach m/e 31/01/1946
ALLOC YAR Yarmouth South Town 9w/e 31/03/1946
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe on 21/05/1947
ALLOC YB Yarmouth Beach w/e 18/10/1947
WDN YB Yarmouth Beach on 06/02/1948

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/02/1948 Stratford Works The following locomotives were seen stripped: Nos. *1518, 2620, 4766, 5391, *7118, *7122, *7148, 7203/18, an 9659, while in the process of being stripped were: Nos. 1623/39/52, 5522, an 8529. The following were in course of erection: Nos. 1046/7, 1609/10/21/31/53/59/61/2/3/6 an 8764; No. 4889 was complete, and No. 1553 was apparently in for examination. Awaiting Works at various points were: Nos. 1509/*44/78, 1624, 2536/63, 2590, 2602, 4663/89, *5360/*80/3, 5400/10/18/52, 5506, *7119/*20. *7130/*1/*2/*5/*6/*7/*44/*7/83, 7219/26/37, *7511/*2, 8168/74, 8213, 8372, *8485/*8/9, 8791/6, 8854 an 9604. *Officially withdrawn. The Paint Shop produced the following all newly painted, lettered 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' in yellow paint and prefixed 'E': Nos. 1056, 4687, 5565, an 8376. No. 8082 was stored here. The first locomotive to have been lettered in the above new style was No. 8619, which in addition was painted green and is now to be seen at Liverpool Street, acting as station pilot. The Running Shed produced the following additional locomotives painted in the new style: Nos. 1045, 1664, an 1667 SLS/194803
31/03/1948 Stratford Works The following withdrawn locomotives (all marked 'Darlington') were in the fields behind the new Works: Nos. 5383, 7120/37, 7511/12; with the exception of No. 7137, the rest had gone on 3/4, presumably to Darlington. Nos. 5399, 5410/18, 7130/32 an 8213 (all withdrawn) which were formerly in the fields are now dumped on the road next to the stripping shop. Nos. 7131/35 were being cut up in the Paint Shop. The following W.D. 2-8-0's were newly painted and had been through shops recently:-Nos. 70867/874, 78580, 78605/675, 79205/233. By the type of lettering some appeared to have been dealt with in Belgium. Nos. 1530, 1639, 1766, 4773 an 9652 had been newly painted, prefixed 'E' and lettered 'British Railways,' while those noted renumbered (60000 added) were:-Nos. 1574, 7202, 9639 an 9659. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1893 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 247
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7247    
04/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8213    
1948 Scrapped Scrapped    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Yarmouth Beach (YB)    
06/02/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 8213    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 68213 but not taken up    

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