68646 - Late BR J68 - Plain Black Fastline Freight

68646 - Late BR J68 - Plain Black Fastline FreightBR J68 68646 was built in September 1912, part of the first batch of A. J Hills improved C72 Class, the final development of Holdens 0 6 0T classes. First numbered as 50 under the GER, then 7050 under the LNER, 68646 spent its life working the classic Buckjumper suburban services out of Stratford shed; firstly, on the Enfield Town and Chingford Jazz services and then in places such as North Woolwich, Palace Gates and Blackheath. 68646 was, along with

Class 66 - Freightliner Orange - 66415 - DCC Sound Fitted

Ideal for adding to wagons

Shropshire in 2007 for use on the Cambrian Railway

the last being withdrawn in 1999

3 was transferred to Rowntree’s Fawdon factory in Newcastle

In total 13 locomotives were bought by LT although only 11 ever ran at once

The 67xx was a sub class of panniers built without steam heat or vacuum brakes

Reinstated for service 3-Mar-97 and repainted into GNER blue with white logo (loco had been purchased in 1996 by Sea Containers)

Ruston 262997 was built new for the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority

Blackened brass bearings conforming to accurascale standards of 14

but particularly with Coil B

7358 was transferred to the Scottish Area during 1927/28 and while 11 of those locomotives were returned to the South between 1944 and 1952