LNER J72 Class BR No. 69023 "Joem"

Joem is a 0-6-0 side tank locomotive.
== History ==
Joem was built in 1951 at Darlington Works to the North Eastern Railway E1 Class (LNER J72 Class) design for shunting on British Railway being part of the last batch of this design. It was numbered 69023 and operated as a shunter until 1964 when it was used for departmental work and numbered 59 it was used for di-freezing rolling stock, loco mechanisms and points. In 1966 it was withdrawn and sold to R. Ainsworth for preservation and named Joem after his parents. It steamed to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in 1969. Eventually Jeom was donated to the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) who have operated on many railways since. As of April in 2020 Joem is still undergoing an active overhaul.
== Gallery ==
File:Hugh llewelyn 69023 (6901239264).jpg
File:20170721112810 IMG 0786-01.jpg|"Joem" sitting at Constable Burton, on the Wensleydale Railway, between runs on a footplate experience course
File:LNER J72 69023 Joem Bedale 06.07.14R edited-2.jpg|69023 in a hybrid apple green scheme in 2014 when running on the Wensleydale Railway
File:York Layerthorpe 9 77.jpg|Joem at York Layerthorpe station in September 1977 wearing North Eastern livery
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