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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2173 m/e 08/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8690 m/e 07/1946
British Railways 68690 m/e 01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class J72
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 08/1914
Withdrawal Mon 20/02/1961
Service Life 46 yrs, 6 mths , 20 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1914
MID   Middlesbrough on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
51L   Thornaby 5w/e 14/06/1958
     Withdrawn on 20/02/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 51L Thornaby on 08/06/1958
WDN   on 20/02/1961

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1914 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2173
Built at Darlington Works
   
07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8690    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Middlesbrough (MID)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 68690    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
20/02/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68690    

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