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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 229 m/e 12/1922
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3229 m/e 04/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8928 m/e 04/1946
British Railways 68928 m/e 03/1949
Departmental 13 m/e 09/1962

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J50
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 296
Works Number 1552
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 12/1922 to Ardsley (ARD)
Withdrawal During 09/1962
Service Life 39 yrs, 9 mths , 1 dy

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
ARD   Ardsley (New) m/e 12/1922
SHF   Sheffield Darnall on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
34B   Hornsey 4w/e 01/11/1952
34B   Hornsey 4w/e 15/11/1952
36A   Doncaster w/e 15/07/1961
     Withdrawn m/e 09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 34B Hornsey 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 36A Doncaster 4w/e 05/08/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1945 Swindon Works Locos entering works during November: 13, 28, 1003, 1785, 2189, 2202/39/91, 2669, 2741, 2854, 2921/34/81, 3004/44, 3183, 3366, 3435/43, 3638, 3775/98, 3802/4/13/4/7/38/57/65, 4000/16/53/74/82/95/8, 4272 4543, 4643/58, 4826, 4965/82; 5005/17/20/6, 5125/37, 5327/50/84, 5413, 5502/23, 5735/8/59/69, 5905/16/23/32/3/9/58/69, 6002/8, 6125/57, 6353/97; 6846, 6951/4, 7243, 7712/8/73/4/7/84, 8755, 9797. The advent of a K3 to Swindon works has been commented upon in the January Journal: it has a hole in its blast pipe, a bad regulator blow-through.and a hot box on one of the driving wheels. It may be recalled that B12/3 8539 was seen on the works turntable in 1944 when she was on loan to W.D. for working Ambulance Trains, but it is not known whether, on that occasion, she had entered the works or was merely using the turntable due to some defect of the one at the shed.
The scale of withdrawals has been so great that the concentration yard has been overwhelmed, and some of the locos are stored in a road adjacent to the main line-2381/5, 2406, 1161, 3439, 2732/59 being noted- there on 21/12. Both latter engines had been dead at the home sheds for some time before their withdrawal.
SLS/194602
28/01/1962 Doncaster Works (Outside Weigh House) New Erecting Shop: D5643, D8213, E3072-6. Stripping Road: D4055/63, 60129, 60853, 61285, 61315, 63630, 73036. Crimpsall: 60119, 63962. Outside Crimpsall: 60870, 60938, 61168, 62021/34. Scrap Road: 68900 intact, 61862, 61908 being cut up. Erecting Shop: D3482, D5525/95, D5642/57, 12126/33, 13288, 60043/61/78/83/97, 60107, 60817, 61252, 61374/5, 61899, 63571, 70003/7, 76021. Erecting Shop Yard: 60062, 60112. Boiler Park: 60014/47. Weigh House: D5547. Outside Weigh House: D3289, 61223, 63924, 68928, 70006. Paint Shop: D3336, D3487, D5371/2, D5822, E3070/1, 60087, 76046. Paint Shop Yard: Nil. Works Shunters: DEPT. 10/1. SLS/196203
26/02/1962 Doncaster Works (Works Shunters) Works Yard: 43158, 60039/67, 60153, 60517, 60905/28, 61000/58, 61234, 62014, 63942. Stripping Shop: 60108, 60500, 63932. Outside Stripping Shop: 60040, 60162, 60850/75, 62034, 63652, 70036, 73016. Erecting Shop: D3129, D3440/80/2, D5655/63, D6707/9/15, D8210, 43080, 60030/2/51, 60129/39, 60871, 61281, 63630, 63872, 63945/84, 70038, 73036. Outside Erecting Shop: D5525, D5605/43/70, 60028. Weigh House: 60026, 60119. Scrap Road: 61818, 61945/66, 64177/91, 64245. Paint Shop: D380, D2408, D5376, E3071/2, 12126, 60078, 60870, 61315, 63571. New Erecting Shop: D6700, D8027, E3073-8. Boiler Shop: E3079/80. Works Shunters: DEPT.10/1, 63858, 68928. Ex-Works: 61285. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1922 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 229
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1552
Allocated to Ardsley (ARD)
   
04/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 3229    
04/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8928    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 68928    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Hornsey (34B)    
15/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Hornsey (34B)    
15/07/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (36A)    
09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 13    
09/1962 Renumbered Renumbered to 13    

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