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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 138 m/e 09/1908
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7138 y/e 1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J70
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J7009/1908
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number C64
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Westinghouse
To Service During 09/1908
Withdrawal During 01/1942
Service Life 33 yrs , 4 mths

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1908
     Withdrawn m/e 01/1942

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BSE Bury St Edmunds on 19/01/1947
WDN BSE Bury St Edmunds on 09/08/1947

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
25/09/1947 Stratford Works The following withdrawn locos. were noted in the vicinity of the stripping shop on 25/9: 'F3' 7118/21/29/38/45; 'B12/3' 1522; 'D16/3' 2500; 'J15' 5358 an 5403 (all stripped), whilst 7125 an 7148 were intact. Other locos. stripped were: 'J15' 5402/54; 'D16' 2535; 'J17' 5541/71. In the stripping shop were: 'E4' 2784; 'J15' 5472; 'J19/2' 4675 and 'J17' 5549. In the Paint shop were the 'Coffee Pot' 'Y5' 8081 and W.D. 77416. A curious sight was the crane tank shed filled by two W.D.'s 77119 an 77312 (the latter with a 15A shed plate). In the fields behind the New Works were 'F3' 7146; 'J70' 8225; 'H2' 7512; 'D16' 2591; 'B12' 1544 and 'J39' 4841, all awaiting works. W.D. 77476 was in the New Works, and W.D.'s 77302 and 77107 were in the shed yard. 'D16' 2584; 'J20' 4677/93; 'J39' 4708/61, 'J69' 8574/8632; 'F6' 7230 and 'F4' 7162 were all noted newly painted ex-works. 7162 was fitted with a tablet-catcher. SLS/194711

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1908 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 138
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7138    
01/1942 Withdrawn Condemned as 7138    

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