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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 176 m/e 06/1915
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3176 m/e 04/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8908 m/e 07/1946
British Railways 68908 w/e 18/11/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J50
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J51/206/1915
J50/2 (0-6-0T)09/1929
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 280
Works Number 1464
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 06/1915 to Ardsley (ARD)
Withdrawal Mon 23/09/1963
Service Life 48 yrs, 3 mths , 23 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
ARD   Ardsley (New) m/e 06/1915
BFD   Bradford Hammerton Street on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
56F   Low Moor 4w/e 08/02/1958
51D   Middlesbrough 4w/e 10/05/1958
51L   Thornaby 5w/e 14/06/1958
56F   Low Moor w/e 31/01/1959
56A   Wakefield w/e 29/12/1962
     Withdrawn on 23/09/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 51D Middlesbrough 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 51L Thornaby 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 21/02/1959
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 5w/e 12/01/1963
WDN   on 23/09/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1915 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 176
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1464
Allocated to Ardsley (ARD)
   
04/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 3176    
07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8908    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)    
18/11/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 68908    
08/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
10/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (51D)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
31/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
29/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
23/09/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 68908    

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