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Number	68014
2nd Grouping Number
1st Grouping Number
Pre Grouping Number
Works/Lot Number
Class Code	J94
Designer	Riddles
Built	Unknown
Builder
1948 Shed	52C Blaydon
Last Shed
Withdrawn	Unknown
Disposal details
Disposal
Disposal Date	Unknown

Class Information

Built 1943-45. Designed by Robert Riddles.

Total Number Built 75 - Total to BR 75.

Introduced 1943. Riddles Ministry of Supply design, purchased by LNER in 1946.

War Department type of 0-6-0 Saddle Tank, several hundreds of which were built between 1943 and 1945. 75 were purchased by the LNER in 1948 and numbered 8006-8080.

Many of the class later acquired the hopper-type bunker.

Number Series 68006-68080.

Built at ??? works.

No Lot Nos. yet available.

Withdrawals commenced in 1960, the last two, Nos. 68006 and 68012 were withdrawn in 1967 on closure of the Crompton & High Peak Railway.

The first loco withdrawn was ??? on ??? from ??? shed.
The last loco withdrawn was ??? in 1967 from ??? shed.

Loco No. 68071 is preserved, as have many others of the class built for the War Department which never came into BR's hands.

Motive Power Details

Weight: Loco 48 tons 5 cwt
Driving Wheel: 4' 3"
Boil Press: 170lb/sq in NS
Cylinders: Two 18" x 26" (inside)
Valve Gear: Stephenson (slide valves)
TE: 24,870 lb

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