359 (7359) - LNER J69 - LNER Lined Black Livery_Loadhaul Late 1980s/early 1990s period

Late 1980s/early 1990s period

HIGH PERFORMANCE TRACTION and MECHANISM

being replaced by an LNER pattern elliptical steel roof and the three bunker rails were filled during October 1928

welded and welded with antennas

359 (7359) - LNER J69 - LNER Lined Black Livery_Loadhaul Late 1980s/early 1990s periodLNER J69 No. 359 came from an earlier batch of ten locomotives built at Stratford in 1892 and was rebuilt in 1904 into the R24r Class, gaining new safety valves, a new boiler design and 1180 gallon side tanks, but retaining the original narrow cab and coal bunker. No. 359 is portrayed in the earliest 1923 version of the LNER livery of Black with Red Lining, with fully shaded L&NER initials.