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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 137 m/e 09/1908
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7137 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8218 m/e 05/1946
British Railways 68218 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J70
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J7009/1908
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number C64
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Westinghouse
To Service During 09/1908
Withdrawal During 09/1949 off Kings Lynn (KL)
Service Life 41 yrs

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1949

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1908
KL   Kings Lynn on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
CAM   Cambridge w/e 24/04/1948
KL   Kings Lynn w/e 26/06/1948
     Withdrawn m/e 09/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CAM Cambridge w/e 24/04/1948
ALLOC KL Kings Lynn w/e 26/06/1948
WDN KL Kings Lynn on 19/09/1949

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1908 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 137
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7137    
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8218    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kings Lynn (KL)    
24/04/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (CAM)    
26/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Kings Lynn (KL)    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 68218 but not taken up    
1949 Scrapped Scrapped    
09/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 8218 from Kings Lynn (KL)    

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