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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 166 m/e 03/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3166 m/e 12/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1945) 3188 m/e 06/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8898 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 68898 m/e 03/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J50
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J5103/1914
J50/1 (0-6-0T)11/1929
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 276
Works Number 1423
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 03/1914 to Ardsley (ARD)
Withdrawal Mon 04/01/1960
Service Life 45 yrs, 10 mths , 6 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
ARD   Ardsley (New) m/e 03/1914
BFD   Bradford Hammerton Street on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
56B   Ardsley 4w/e 21/09/1957
51A   Darlington 5w/e 14/06/1958
56A   Wakefield w/e 20/06/1959
     Withdrawn on 04/01/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 56B Ardsley 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 51A Darlington 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 4w/e 11/07/1959
WDN   on 04/01/1960

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1914 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 166
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1423
Allocated to Ardsley (ARD)
   
12/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 3166    
06/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 3188    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8898    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)    
03/1951 Renumbered Renumbered to 68898    
21/09/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (56B)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Darlington (51A)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
04/01/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 68898    

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