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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2319 m/e 04/1922
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8726 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 68726 m/e 10/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class J72
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Works Number 397
To Service During 04/1922
Withdrawal Tue 20/06/1961
Service Life 39 yrs, 2 mths , 20 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1922
YK   York (North) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
55E   Normanton 4w/e 08/03/1958
     Withdrawn on 20/06/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 55E Normanton 4w/e 22/02/1958
WDN   on 20/06/1961

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1922 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2319
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 397
   
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8726    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - York (North) (YK)    
10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 68726    
08/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Normanton (55E)    
20/06/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68726    

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