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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 216 m/e 07/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3216 m/e 07/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8915 on 20/01/1946
British Railways 68915 m/e 12/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J50
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J51/207/1919
J50/2 (0-6-0T)05/1929
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 289
Works Number 1497
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 07/1919 to Ardsley (ARD)
Withdrawal Tue 04/10/1960
Service Life 41 yrs, 3 mths , 4 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
ARD   Ardsley (New) m/e 07/1919
ARD   Ardsley on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 04/10/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 04/10/1960

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1919 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 216
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1497
Allocated to Ardsley (ARD)
   
07/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 3216    
20/01/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8915    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ardsley (ARD)    
12/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 68915    
04/10/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 68915    

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