68619 - Late BR J69 - Lined Dark Blue (Liverpool Street Shed Pet)

68619 - Late BR J69 - Lined Dark Blue (Liverpool Street Shed Pet)BR J69 68619 was the celebrity Buckjumper and undoubtedly the most photographed member of the class, due to being the Liverpool Street Passenger Pilot and was kept immaculately presented by its crews and Stratford Shed. Carrying several presentation liveries, 68619 is probably best recognised in its 1959 faux GER fully lined livery with GER crest addition, which it carried to withdrawal in October 1961.

EWS Livery1990-2000's

Still retaining the LT “cut cab” but having lost the trip cock brackets

It was redesignated as 37292 under TOPS and moved to Eastfield and then Motherwell in 1981

Ex-splitbox nose with plated door and WIPAC light clusters

featuring slapdash paint work and markings including its TOPS reclassification

Highly-detailed OO gauge model

BR Class 50 - Hanson+Hall/Rail Adventure - 50008 'Thunderer'

with full range of lighting options for day/night running and shunting/yard configurations

and the company was one of the few that fitted their ex-NER P1 Chaldrons with additional ‘greedy boards’

or soldering needed

and mixed with other coal wagons such as 16t minerals (MCO)

removable ‘greedy boards’ (horizontal board extensions to the body) to the Shildon Works built Chaldron