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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2179 m/e 09/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8696 m/e 05/1946
British Railways 68696 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class J72
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 09/1914
Withdrawal Mon 30/01/1961
Service Life 46 yrs, 4 mths , 30 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1914
AUK   West Auckland on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
51E   Stockton 5w/e 23/07/1955
51L   Thornaby w/e 20/06/1959
     Withdrawn on 30/01/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 51E Stockton 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 51L Thornaby on 14/06/1959
WDN   on 30/01/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1948 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during December included:-Nos. 952, 1437, 1625/41, 2378, 2970 (the last 'C.7'), 3368, 5639, 5650 (badly damaged at Jervaulx), 5693, 5759/97, 5807, 7278, 7651, 8010/37, 8155, 8292, 9792, 9892, 60510, 62732/33, 65056, 67704/05/10/19/23, 69910/33, 'Austerity' 70877, 77414/69. Locomotives ex Works during December included:-Nos. 60918/42/70, 61432, 61601/29/30/51, 62344/65, 62728/31/54, 63352, 63423, 65033, 65856, 67283, 67342, 67636/39/87, 67701, 68016 (altered bunker), 68264/75, 68436, 68696, 68745, 69102, 69794, 69842/79/89, 'Austerity' 77329. Locomotives broken up: Nos. 2390 an 3327. The two Class 'V.2's' which have hitherto been used as main line pilots, have now been replaced by Class 'A.3' Nos. 70 an 76. SLS/194902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1914 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2179
Built at Darlington Works 		   
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8696    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - West Auckland (AUK)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 68696    
23/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Stockton (51E)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
30/01/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68696    

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