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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway (1st) 902 m/e 10/1891
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7902 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5399 m/e 01/1947
British Railways 65399 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Worsdell
Class J15
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J1510/1891
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number L28
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
To Service During 10/1891
Withdrawal Fri 12/03/1948
Service Life 56 yrs, 5 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1938

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1891
CAM   Cambridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 12/03/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN CAM Cambridge on 12/03/1948

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Stratford Works The following withdrawn locomotives (all marked 'Darlington') were in the fields behind the new Works: Nos. 5383, 7120/37, 7511/12; with the exception of No. 7137, the rest had gone on 3/4, presumably to Darlington. Nos. 5399, 5410/18, 7130/32 an 8213 (all withdrawn) which were formerly in the fields are now dumped on the road next to the stripping shop. Nos. 7131/35 were being cut up in the Paint Shop. The following W.D. 2-8-0's were newly painted and had been through shops recently:-Nos. 70867/874, 78580, 78605/675, 79205/233. By the type of lettering some appeared to have been dealt with in Belgium. Nos. 1530, 1639, 1766, 4773 an 9652 had been newly painted, prefixed 'E' and lettered 'British Railways,' while those noted renumbered (60000 added) were:-Nos. 1574, 7202, 9639 an 9659. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1891 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 902
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7902    
02/1938 Scrapped Scrapped    
01/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 5399    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cambridge (CAM)    
12/03/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 5399    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 65399 but not taken up    

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