These Class 4P5F 0-6-0s were a Gresley design dating from 1926. 289 were built at Darlington works and by Beyer Peacock, all of which made it into BR ownership. There were still 125 listed in my 1962 combined volume, though the whole class had been withdrawn by the end of that year, explaining in part why I saw only 6 of them. None were preserved.
John Dyer photographed 5 J39s – No. 64738 at Bidston sheds on 16/6/60, No. 64801 at Low Moor on 12/8/62, No. 64857 at Neville Hill also on 12/8/62, No. 64871 at Newcastle on 28/8/60 and No. 64880 at Gorton works during the same trip to Yorkshire and Lancashire on 12/8/62.
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