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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 223 m/e 11/1922
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3223 m/e 11/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8922 m/e 07/1946
British Railways 68922 m/e 10/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J50
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 296
Works Number 1546
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 11/1922 to Ardsley (ARD)
Withdrawal Mon 23/09/1963
Service Life 40 yrs, 10 mths , 23 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
ARD   Ardsley (New) m/e 11/1922
BFD   Bradford Hammerton Street on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
56F   Low Moor 4w/e 08/02/1958
56A   Wakefield w/e 29/12/1962
     Withdrawn on 23/09/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 5w/e 12/01/1963
WDN   on 23/09/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1922 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 223
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1546
Allocated to Ardsley (ARD)
   
11/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 3223    
07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8922    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)    
10/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 68922    
08/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
29/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
23/09/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 68922    

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