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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway (1st) 554 m/e 06/1906
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7554 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5452 m/e 01/1947
British Railways 65452 m/e 05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Worsdell
Class J15
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J1506/1906
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number A60
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Westinghouse brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service During 06/1906
Withdrawal Mon 07/12/1959
Service Life 53 yrs, 6 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1906
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 07/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 07/12/1959

* 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 *Officially withdrawn.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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1906 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 554
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7554    
01/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 5452    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 65452    
07/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 65452    
01/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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