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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2310 m/e 11/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8717 m/e 04/1946
British Railways 68717 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 11/1920
Withdrawal Wed 08/11/1961
Service Life 41 yrs , 8 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1920
KIT   Kittybrewster on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
66B   Motherwell 4w/e 03/06/1961
     Withdrawn on 08/11/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 66B Motherwell 4w/e 03/06/1961
WDN   on 08/11/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/03/1950 Inverurie Works In the yard on 19/3 were 'B.12' No. 61539, 'D.40' No. 62272, 'D.31' No. 62282 (Condemned, built Cowlairs 1890), 'J.36' No. 65294, 'J.72' No. 68717 and '2F' No. 57260 (built Neilson 1884). SLS/195004
10/02/1962 Carnbroe dump Carnbroe dump (on former Hamilton NB line adjacent to CR main line): 55201/20/3/65/7/8, 56298/356, 57208/39/68/71/92, 57303/17/9/21/5/63/7/9/89, 57417/8/36/61/3, 57563/4/93, 57632/59/63/5, 68717. SLS/196203

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1920 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2310
Built at Darlington Works
   
04/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8717    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kittybrewster (KIT)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 68717    
03/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Motherwell (66B)    
08/11/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 68717    

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