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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 1226 m/e 08/1908
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5855 m/e 05/1946
British Railways 65855 m/e 01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell / V. Raven
Class J27
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 5119
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
To Service During 08/1908
Withdrawal During 08/1967
Service Life 59 yrs

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1967

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1908
SEL   Selby on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
52F   Blyth (North) w/e 04/02/1961
     Withdrawn m/e 08/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 51L Thornaby 4w/e 21/02/1959
ALLOC 52FS   5w/e 12/01/1963
ALLOC 52G Sunderland 4w/e 17/06/1967
WDN   4w/e 09/09/1967

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
by 08/1950 LNER Diagram 57A Boiler Fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
05/11/1966 Allocation of J27 class (South Blyth) North Blyth: 65804/34/8/92; South Blyth: 65789/95, 65811/2/3/23/42/55/60/1/9/79/82; Sunderland: 65817/33/5/53/65/72/80/5/94. SLS/196701
02/07/1967 Eastern Region (North Eastern Section) steam stock (Sunderland) Steam stock has been reduced to 124 as from 2nd July. The allocation of following classes is as under:- Q6 Sunderland: 63395. Tyne Dock: 63344/87, 63431. J27 Sunderland: 65795, 65811/55/79/82/92/94. K1 West Hartlepool: 62045. Tyne Dock: 62005/07/11/50/60. B1 Low Moor: 61030 Nyala, 61306/37. Jubilee Holbeck: 45562 Alberta, 45593 Kolhapur, 45697 Achilles. C1.5 Holbeck: 44826/28/52/96, 44912/43/83, 45080, 45219/73, 45428. Normanton: 44824/54/57, 44990, 45075. Low Moor: 44662/94, 45208. Of the 8F remaining on the N.E. Region, 4 are at Holbeck and 24 at Royston. The W.D. 2-8-0 are allocated to West Hartlepool (6), Sunderland (7), Normanton (14) and Low Moor (D; the 2-6-4Ts to Holbeck (4), Normanton (7), and Low Moor (5) and the C1.4 2-6-0s to West Hartlepool (D, North Blyth (4), Holbeck (2) and Normanton (3). There is still one steam locomotive in Departmental Stock J72 0-6-OT Deptl. 58 (ex 69005). SLS/196708
13/08/1967 Sunderland MPD On Sunday, 13th August, the following were on Sunderland shed: 63395, 63437/58, 65789/95, 65804/11/2/55/79/80/2/92/4, 90112/35, 90321/48/78/82, 90417, 90698, D2110, D3078, D3678, D6824/8/96. SLS/196709

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1908 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 1226
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 5119
   
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5855    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Selby (SEL)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 65855    
08/1950 Modification Modification: LNER Diagram 57A Boiler Fitted    
04/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Blyth (North) (52F)    
08/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 65855    
11/1967 Scrapped Scrapped    

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