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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 449 m/e 01/1892
London and North Eastern Railway 8275 m/e 12/1946
British Railways 68275 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Worsdell
Class J71
Company History NER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J7101/1892
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 01/1892
Withdrawal Wed 08/02/1961
Service Life 69 yrs, 1 mth , 8 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1892
YK   York (North) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
50C   Selby 4w/e 18/02/1956
55E   Normanton w/e 19/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 08/02/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 50C Selby 4w/e 25/02/1956
ALLOC 55E Normanton 4w/e 03/10/1959
WDN   on 08/02/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1948 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during December included:-Nos. 952, 1437, 1625/41, 2378, 2970 (the last 'C.7'), 3368, 5639, 5650 (badly damaged at Jervaulx), 5693, 5759/97, 5807, 7278, 7651, 8010/37, 8155, 8292, 9792, 9892, 60510, 62732/33, 65056, 67704/05/10/19/23, 69910/33, 'Austerity' 70877, 77414/69. Locomotives ex Works during December included:-Nos. 60918/42/70, 61432, 61601/29/30/51, 62344/65, 62728/31/54, 63352, 63423, 65033, 65856, 67283, 67342, 67636/39/87, 67701, 68016 (altered bunker), 68264/75, 68436, 68696, 68745, 69102, 69794, 69842/79/89, 'Austerity' 77329. Locomotives broken up: Nos. 2390 an 3327. The two Class 'V.2's' which have hitherto been used as main line pilots, have now been replaced by Class 'A.3' Nos. 70 an 76. SLS/194902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1892 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 449
Built at Darlington Works
   
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8275    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - York (North) (YK)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 68275    
18/02/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Selby (50C)    
19/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Normanton (55E)    
08/02/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68275    

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