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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway (1st) 549 m/e 08/1913
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7549 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5477 m/e 12/1946
British Railways 65477 m/e 05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Worsdell
Class J15
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J1508/1913
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number G73
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Westinghouse brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service During 08/1913
Withdrawal Mon 08/02/1960
Service Life 46 yrs, 6 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1913
CAM   Cambridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 08/02/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CAM Cambridge m/e 28/02/1946
WDN   on 08/02/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/08/1950 Colchester Station Quite an old-world touch was given at Colchester on Saturday, 12th August, in the morning, when an up Clacton-Cambridge train arrived behind two J15's, both of 31A. These were 65477 an 65391 (the latter with a tender-cab). Shortly afterwards, 65391 ran light from the station into Colchester Shed. SLS/195010

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1913 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 549
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7549    
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5477    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cambridge (CAM)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 65477    
08/02/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 65477    
03/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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