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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 1835 on 08/04/1938
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4947   25/05/1946
British Railways 64947   09/04/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J39
Company History LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1742
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service Wed 08/04/1938 to Carlisle Canal (CAR)
Withdrawal w/e Wed 23/05/1962 off Neville Hill (55H)
Service Life 24 yrs, 1 mth , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1962

Notes
Notes Cut up at Cowlairs

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
CAR   Carlisle Canal (New) on 08/04/1938
SEL   Selby on 01/01/1941
DAR   Darlington on 28/03/1943
BLA   Blaydon on 22/08/1943
HTN   Heaton on 07/11/1948
HTN   Heaton w/e 13/11/1948
53A   Hull Dairycoates on 11/02/1952
53A   Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 23/02/1952
50F   Malton on 25/04/1954
56G   Bradford Hammerton Street on 15/09/1957
56F   Low Moor on 12/01/1958
53A   Hull Dairycoates on 08/06/1958
55H   Neville Hill on 11/09/1960
     Withdrawn w/e 23/05/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC HTN Heaton w/e 13/11/1948
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 23/02/1952
ALLOC 50F Malton 4w/e 22/05/1954
ALLOC 56G Bradford Hammerton Street 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 55H Neville Hill 4w/e 01/10/1960
WDN   on 23/05/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
08/04/1938 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number 4903)
23/05/1940 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number 4904)
07/11/1942 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number BP141)
20/01/1945 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number 2571)
10/04/1948 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number E1357)
10/10/1953 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number 27515)
02/03/1957 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number 27552)
06/02/1960 Diagram 97 boiler fitted (number 27587)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Cowlairs Works 23/04/1938 25/04/1938 3 days Unclassified    
Cowlairs Works 03/08/1938 05/08/1938 3 days Unclassified    
Cowlairs Works 06/10/1938 10/10/1938 5 days Unclassified    
Cowlairs Works 09/11/1938 11/11/1938 3 days Unclassified    
Cowlairs Works 14/02/1939 25/03/1939 40 days Unclassified    
Cowlairs Works 18/04/1940 23/05/1940 36 days General Boiler number 27544 (Diagram 97)
 
Darlington Works 06/10/1942 07/11/1942 33 days General Boiler number 27527 (Diagram 97)
 
Darlington Works 28/03/1944 11/04/1944 15 days Unclassified    
Cowlairs Works 18/12/1944 20/01/1945 34 days General Boiler number 2571 (Diagram 97)
 
Darlington Works 04/05/1946 25/05/1946 22 days Light Repair Renumbered to LNER (1946) number 4947
 
Cowlairs Works 19/08/1946 24/08/1946 6 days Light Repair    
Cowlairs Works 25/11/1947 10/04/1948 138 days General Boiler number 27525 (Diagram 97)
Renumbered to BR 64947
 
Cowlairs Works 06/02/1951 03/03/1951 26 days Heavy Intermediate    
Cowlairs Works 10/09/1953 10/10/1953 31 days General Boiler number 27515 (Diagram 97)
 
Cowlairs Works 13/12/1956 02/03/1957 80 days General Boiler number 27552 (Diagram 97)
 
Darlington Works 14/05/1957 12/06/1957 30 days Light Casual    
Cowlairs Works 29/08/1958 11/10/1958 44 days Light Casual    
Cowlairs Works 09/12/1959 06/02/1960 60 days General Boiler number 27587 (Diagram 97)
 

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/08/1954 Q1 on passenger train! On Saturday 21/8/54 the unusual event occurred of a Q1 0-8-0T hauling a passenger train, albeit for a short distance. On this date B16/1 61470 (50B) failed with a blown middle cylinder cover between Gascoigne Woad and Hagg Lane whilst working the 9.45 a.m. passenger train from Leeds City to Hull. 69933 (50C), one of the Gascoigne Wood hump pilots, was requisitioned to haul the disabled engine and train into Selby, where 61470 was removed by 69933 to the shed and the train worked forward by J39 64947 (50F). SLS/195410

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/04/1938 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 1835
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1742
Allocated to Carlisle Canal (CAR)
Diagram 97 boiler fitted
   
23/04/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 23/04/1938. Dep: 25/04/1938.    
03/08/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 03/08/1938. Dep: 05/08/1938.    
06/10/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 06/10/1938. Dep: 10/10/1938.    
09/11/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 09/11/1938. Dep: 11/11/1938.    
14/02/1939 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 14/02/1939. Dep: 25/03/1939.    
18/04/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 18/04/1940. Dep: 23/05/1940.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 27544 (Diagram 97)
   
01/01/1941 Allocation Reallocated to Selby (SEL)    
06/10/1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 06/10/1942. Dep: 07/11/1942.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 27527 (Diagram 97)
   
28/03/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Darlington (DAR)    
22/08/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Blaydon (BLA)    
28/03/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 28/03/1944. Dep: 11/04/1944.    
18/12/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 18/12/1944. Dep: 20/01/1945.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2571 (Diagram 97)
   
04/05/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 04/05/1946. Dep: 25/05/1946.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to LNER (1946) number 4947
   
19/08/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 19/08/1946. Dep: 24/08/1946.    
25/11/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 25/11/1947. Dep: 10/04/1948.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 27525 (Diagram 97)
Renumbered to BR 64947
   
07/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (HTN)    
13/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (HTN)    
06/02/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 06/02/1951. Dep: 03/03/1951.    
11/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
23/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
10/09/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 10/09/1953. Dep: 10/10/1953.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 27515 (Diagram 97)
   
25/04/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Malton (50F)    
13/12/1956 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 13/12/1956. Dep: 02/03/1957.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 27552 (Diagram 97)
   
14/05/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 14/05/1957. Dep: 12/06/1957.    
15/09/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Bradford Hammerton Street (56G)    
12/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
08/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
29/08/1958 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 29/08/1958. Dep: 11/10/1958.    
09/12/1959 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 09/12/1959. Dep: 06/02/1960.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 27587 (Diagram 97)
   
11/09/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (55H)    
23/05/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 64947 from Neville Hill (55H)    
09/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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