LNER J39 0-6-0 at West Hartlepool Locomotive Depot
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LNER J39 0-6-0 at West Hartlepool Locomotive Depot
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 13 Jun 1954
View SE outside the Shed. This ex-North Eastern Depot serviced the railways of this important port and industrial centre, which had much freight traffic. The Depot was coded 51C in the Darlington District of BR(NER): in 1954 it had an allocation of 67 locomotives, comprising 61 steam:- 1 4-4-0, 1 2-6-0 (LMS-type), 14 0-8-0, 11 0-6-0, 3 4-6-2T, 25 0-6-0T, 6 0-4-4T; also 6 Diesel shunters. The photograph is of its sole Gresley J39 0-6-0, No. 64862 - which still had a tender marked 'LNER' 6½ years after Nationalisation.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.680687
Longitude
-1.2003