Image: West Hartlepool Locomotive Depot geograph-2357150-by-Ben-Brooksbank

Description: LNER J39 0-6-0 at West Hartlepool Locomotive Depot. 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.
Title: West Hartlepool Locomotive Depot geograph-2357150-by-Ben-Brooksbank
Credit: From geograph.org.uk
Author: Ben Brooksbank
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