Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 4 March 2017

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 225, Auction Lot 290
Lot 290 A worksplate, LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, 68696, DARLINGTON, 1914, from a North Eastern Railway Class E1 0-6-0T No 2179 which became LNER J72 Class, retaining its NER number until renumbered 8696 in 1946, becoming BR 68696. At West Auckland by January 1948 and later Stockton and Thornaby from where it was withdrawn on 30 January 1961 and cut up at Darlington Works. Cast brass, 9"x5", the front repainted. £150-250
 This lot sold for £220.