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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
North Eastern Railway	978	m/e	01/1893
London and North Eastern Railway	8300	m/e	08/1946
British Railways	68300	m/e	09/1949

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

T. Worsdell

Class

J71

Company History

NER/LNER

Rebuild History

Class	From
J71	01/1893

Wheels

0-6-0T

Builder

Darlington Works

To Service

During 01/1893

Withdrawal

Mon 07/03/1955

Service Life

62 yrs, 2 mths , 4 dys

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	01/1893
DAR	Darlington	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
	Withdrawn	on	07/03/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
WDN			on	07/03/1955

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

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
01/1893	To Service	To service as North Eastern Railway Number 978 Built at Darlington Works
08/1946	Renumbered	Renumbered to 8300
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Darlington (DAR)
09/1949	Renumbered	Renumbered to 68300
07/03/1955	Withdrawn	Condemned as 68300

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