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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2390 m/e 08/1923
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5892 on 24/03/1946
British Railways 65892 m/e 09/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell / V. Raven
Class J27
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1199
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
To Service During 08/1923
Withdrawal Mon 07/08/1967
Service Life 44 yrs , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1967

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1923
NBH   Blyth (North) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
52B   Heaton 4w/e 23/10/1954
54A   Sunderland 3w/e 16/06/1956
51L   Thornaby w/e 29/02/1964
52F   Blyth (North) w/e 30/05/1964
52G   Sunderland 4w/e 03/12/1966
     Withdrawn on 07/08/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NBH Blyth (North) on 13/04/1947
ALLOC 52B Heaton 4w/e 18/09/1954
ALLOC 54A Sunderland 4w/e 23/06/1956
ALLOC 51L Thornaby 4w/e 07/03/1964
ALLOC 52FN   5w/e 13/06/1964
ALLOC 52G Sunderland 8w/e 31/12/1966
WDN   on 07/08/1967

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
by 10/1942 LNER Diagram 57A Boiler Fitted
by 09/1948 Superheater removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
14/01/1962 Darlington Works (Stripping Shop) Erecting Shop: D11, D256/71, D3316, D4083-8, D5107/8/49/72-5, 12119/20, 43053/7, 60812/98, 61275, 61388, 61454, 63381, 63467, 65768/72, 67638, 69005, 78026, 80118, 90397, 90620. Stripping Shop: 43071, 65892, 80117. Outside Stripping Shop: 60835, 61161, 92202. Works Yard: D18, D5096, 43055, 46450, 60809/22, 60963, 64897, 65099, 65862/9, 67681, 67718, 68017/43, 92064, 92199. Crossing: D17, D270/3, D2173, D2247/65, D3140, D4082, D5113. Scrap Road: 61411-3/5/9/36/43/50-2/9/60, 64979, 65741/69, 67707/13/22/39/50/72/5, 68688/9, 68729 all intact. SLS/196203
11/02/1962 Darlington Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: D14/7/8/24/6, D3071/4, D4087-92, D5108/48/73-5, 12120, 60807/35/7, 60931, 61035, 61274, 63438/64/70/2, 65892, 67742, 80117, 90310, 90677/95, 92202, Weigh House: Nil. Outside Weigh House: 82027, Stripping Shop: 46407, 65751, 80116. Outside Stripping Shop: 46460, 61039, 61383, 67753, 68064, 68672. Works Yard: D281, D2173, D2589, 43016/53/5/71, 60954/9/77/81, 63412, 65099, 65794, 65889, 67609, 68010/43, 80119. 90603. Crossing: D257/78/80, D2247, D4086, D5107/49. Scrap Road: 61201, 61368, 61411-3/5/9/36/43/50/1/60, 64979, 65741/69, 65839, 67707/22/7/39/50/75, 68063, 68674/80/88/9/98, 68703/29/34. SLS/196204
25/03/1962 Darlington MPD (Ex-Works) Ex-Works on 51A: D3072, D3874, D5108, 43055, 43101, 60835, 60939, 61019/39, 63388, 65794, 65889/92, 68011, 80116, 90072, 90342, 90503. Waiting works on 51A: 12115, 43070/5, 46494, 60811/44, 61237, 68754, 78015, 92098. SLS/196205
05/11/1966 Allocation of J27 class (North Blyth) North Blyth: 65804/34/8/92; South Blyth: 65789/95, 65811/2/3/23/42/55/60/1/9/79/82; Sunderland: 65817/33/5/53/65/72/80/5/94. SLS/196701
02/07/1967 Eastern Region (North Eastern Section) steam stock (Sunderland) Steam stock has been reduced to 124 as from 2nd July. The allocation of following classes is as under:- Q6 Sunderland: 63395. Tyne Dock: 63344/87, 63431. J27 Sunderland: 65795, 65811/55/79/82/92/94. K1 West Hartlepool: 62045. Tyne Dock: 62005/07/11/50/60. B1 Low Moor: 61030 Nyala, 61306/37. Jubilee Holbeck: 45562 Alberta, 45593 Kolhapur, 45697 Achilles. C1.5 Holbeck: 44826/28/52/96, 44912/43/83, 45080, 45219/73, 45428. Normanton: 44824/54/57, 44990, 45075. Low Moor: 44662/94, 45208. Of the 8F remaining on the N.E. Region, 4 are at Holbeck and 24 at Royston. The W.D. 2-8-0 are allocated to West Hartlepool (6), Sunderland (7), Normanton (14) and Low Moor (D; the 2-6-4Ts to Holbeck (4), Normanton (7), and Low Moor (5) and the C1.4 2-6-0s to West Hartlepool (D, North Blyth (4), Holbeck (2) and Normanton (3). There is still one steam locomotive in Departmental Stock J72 0-6-OT Deptl. 58 (ex 69005). SLS/196708
13/08/1967 Sunderland MPD On Sunday, 13th August, the following were on Sunderland shed: 63395, 63437/58, 65789/95, 65804/11/2/55/79/80/2/92/4, 90112/35, 90321/48/78/82, 90417, 90698, D2110, D3078, D3678, D6824/8/96. SLS/196709

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1923 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2390
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1199
   
10/1942 Modification Modification: LNER Diagram 57A Boiler Fitted    
24/03/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5892    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Blyth (North) (NBH)    
09/1948 Modification Modification: Superheater removed    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 65892    
23/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Sunderland (54A)    
29/02/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
30/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Blyth (North) (52F)    
03/12/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Sunderland (52G)    
07/08/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 65892    
12/1967 Scrapped Scrapped    

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