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Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 235   02/06/1932
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2740   04/1946
British Railways 62740 w/e 03/12/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
02/06/1932 THE BEDALE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class Shire/Hunt
Company History LNER
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1550
To Service Mon 02/06/1932
Withdrawal Mon 01/08/1960
Service Life 28 yrs, 1 mth , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 02/06/1932
YK   York (North) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
50D   Starbeck w/e 01/10/1950
50D   Starbeck 4w/e 21/10/1950
50B   Neville Hill m/e 21/07/1956
50A   York (North) w/e 06/12/1958
50C   Selby w/e 20/06/1959
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 19/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 01/08/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 50D Starbeck w/e 01/10/1950
ALLOC 50B Neville Hill 4w/e 21/07/1956
ALLOC 50A York (North) 4w/e 27/12/1958
ALLOC 50C Selby 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 03/10/1959
WDN   w/e 01/08/1960

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
06/04/1947 Woolwich Station Woolwich-Palace Gates, etc., Services. Mr. Milburn's article is decidedly interesting. The outer end of the Palace Gates terminal lines and the site of the first connecting link there-from to the G.N. section in 1930 were within view from what was my recording station home for many years. The special trains in connection with Arsenal F.C. matches at Highbury were run to Finsbury Park station, G.N., thence empty to Wood Green and Bounds Green sidings (close to Palace Gates), beginning in the winter of 1921-2 before grouping. The first was hauled by now defunct G.E.R. 2-4-2T No. 235. The excursions using the same N.L. Victoria Park route, were instituted later in L.N.E. days, Ivatt 0-6-0's working through from Hatfield to Southend quite often at first. In view of the frequency and considerable use of the Fenchurch Street-Docks-N. Woolwich through service by which I frequently travelled on business (in one of those four-wheeled firsts next the 6-w. brake van) 15-25 years ago, it seems strange that it is now non-existent, though provided people can get to Stratford L.L. there appears to be still a good service thence to Silvertown and Woolwich N. The G.E. 0-4-4T '1100' class used to work a good deal on the Palace Gates trains with, of course, the ubiquitous 2-4-2T on Stratford workings.-Yours truly, R. A. H. WEIGHT. Hastings, 6th April, 1947. SLS/194706

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/06/1932 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 235, name: THE BEDALE
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1550
   
04/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2740    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - York (North) (YK)    
03/12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 62740    
01/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Starbeck (50D)    
21/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Starbeck (50D)    
21/07/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (50B)    
06/12/1958 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Selby (50C)    
19/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
01/08/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 62740    
09/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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