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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 25 m/e 12/1913
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7025 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8651 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 68651 m/e 03/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer A. Hill
Class J68
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J6812/1913
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number G75
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
To Service During 12/1913
Withdrawal Mon 19/05/1958
Service Life 44 yrs, 5 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1913
YB   Yarmouth Beach on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 19/05/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC IPS Ipswich w/e 16/11/1946
ALLOC YB Yarmouth Beach on 16/02/1947
WDN   on 19/05/1958

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1923 Vacuum Ejector fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
25/03/1950 Stratford Works One of the two 0-4-0T tram engines-No. 68083- has just been through shops. The crest is on the undercarriage, below the wooden body. One of the 0-6-0T tram engines has the words 'British Railways' in the same position, and does not look as neat. Locomotives in the new shops were Nos. 61004/42/50/54/89, 61332/35. 1639. 62531, 3040. 63101, 7160, 68527, 69704, 90013, 90502. ex-W.D. 77013, 79312 and outside awaiting shopping were Nos. 61235, 61559, 8386, 8647, 9684, 90392. The three Crane locomotives are now renumbered; No. 68667 noted 3/49, No. 68668 2/50 and No. 68669 3/50 (with crest). These dates are not given in the official lists, and the actual dates will be slightly earlier. In the Paint Shop were Nos. 61540 (lined), 61554. 68088, 68225, 68651, 69641, 69728; and in the old Works Nos. 61058, 61336, 61558, 62509, 2584, 2601. 62790, 2794, 4644/83, 65462, 65545/57, 7155, 7226, 8375, 8519/61, 8772, 8874/81, 9639/69. SLS/195005

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1913 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 25
Built at Stratford Works
   
07/1923 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7025    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8651    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Yarmouth Beach (YB)    
03/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 68651    
19/05/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 68651    
06/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    

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