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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 331 m/e 03/1890
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7331 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8494 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 68494 m/e 03/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J67
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J67/103/1890
J69/1 (0-6-0T)09/1904
J67/2 (0-6-0T)11/1912
J69/1 (0-6-0T)07/1945
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number R24
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
To Service During 03/1890
Withdrawal Tue 08/04/1958
Service Life 68 yrs, 1 mth , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1890
KL   Kings Lynn on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 14/06/1952
32A   Norwich Thorpe 5w/e 21/06/1952
31D   South Lynn 4w/e 22/08/1953
     Withdrawn on 08/04/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 14/06/1952
ALLOC 31D South Lynn 4w/e 08/08/1953
WDN   on 08/04/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1952 Locomotives still carrying old numbers (LNER) Engines running with L.N.E. Numbers. (March 1952) 1423, 1879, 2364, 2372, 2395, 2620, 2654, 2659, 3573, 3585, 3647, 3913, 4114, 4117, 4140, 4368, 4642, 5177, 5213, 5297, 5331, 5343, 5565, 7461, 7465, 7470, 7471, 7488, 7500, 7604, 7606, 7625, 8000/1, 8091/6, 8103/8/9/10/21/24/30/31/34-38, 8142/3/5/9, 8154/7, 8161/8, 8173/6/7/8, 8249, 8298, 8316, 8343/54, 8405/94, 8504/14/25/68, 8619/64, 8788/95, 8915/74/79, 9143, 9271/73, 9322, 9707. Uncertain: 851, 6480/1, 9290, 9920 (? done and not reported). SLS/195206
29/06/1958 Stratford MPD On 29th June, the following were awaiting scrap-62536/80, 62788/97, 65442, 65508/34/5/74, 67195/212/27/30/1, 68490/1/4/5/546/55/68/607/32. In the previous week, 69496, 69609/43 were cut up. SLS/195807

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1890 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 331
Built at Stratford Works 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7331    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8494    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kings Lynn (KL)    
03/1951 Renumbered Renumbered to 68494    
14/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
21/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
22/08/1953 Allocation Reallocated to South Lynn (31D)    
08/04/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 68494    
08/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    

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