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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 205   10/07/1934
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2751   06/1946
British Railways 62751 w/e 12/06/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
10/07/1934 THE ALBRIGHTON

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 1582
To Service Fri 10/07/1934
Withdrawal Fri 13/03/1959
Service Life 24 yrs, 8 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 10/07/1934
YK   York (North) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
SCA   Scarborough w/e 19/06/1948
     Withdrawn on 13/03/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SCA Scarborough w/e 19/06/1948
WDN   on 13/03/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1948 Darlington Works 'L.1's' are completed up to No. 67727 and the last three are almost finished. The paint dates of Nos. 67719-21 are May, Nos. 67722-26 June and No. 67727 July. The Works' Nos. are 2037-2045, in order.
Frames are laid down for the first two 'Pacifics' and it is understood that at least twelve are expected to be completed by the end of the year.
No. 7306 the first 'G.5' to be withdrawn is in the scrap yard, together with No. 5115. A start was made on cutting-up 'C.7's' Nos. 2973 an 2982 during W/E 3/7/48 and these will be followed by No. 2954. Further engines of this class have arrived in the Works' road at the shed, and it is expected they will all be scrapped, they are as follows:-Nos. 2975, 2981, 2983, 2988 an 2995. 'J.93' No. 8488 arrived on a truck and was cut-up W/E 29/5/48. Easingwold Rly. No. 2 is still in the Works' yard in a very forlorn condition. The North Sunderland Rly. diesel Lady Armstrong has also been there for a considerable time; No. 8089 is at present working on the N.S. Rly. The frames of two ex G.N.R. 'Atlantic's' (still complete with cylinders) have been shortened and are being used back to back as a boiler wagon. 'B.1' No. 61014 is ex works painted black and fully lined, but minus name plates-the name being chalked on one side of the smokebox. Other locomotives noted painted black and fully lined include Nos. 60834, 60942, 61019 an 62751.
Locomotives ex works to July 3rd, include:-Nos. 60919, 61410, 62724, 63282/90, 63345, 65024/64, 65575, 65673, 65708/54/62/75, 65816/41, 67613/29, 68245, 68307/58/91, 68706/61, 69771/98, 69833/37, 69854/66 an 69917. Locomotives for works during the same period include:-Nos. 509, 824/98, 920, 1012/19, 2375/79, 2706/61/68, 3250/64, 5099, 5670/92, 5774, 7246/95, 7305/06, 7603/05/10/16/30/35/61/78/90, 8262/91, 8358/60/93, 8434, 9781/82, 9832/52/57/82/85/93 an 61420.
SLS/194808

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/07/1934 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 205, name: THE ALBRIGHTON
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1582
   
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2751    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - York (North) (YK)    
12/06/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62751    
19/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Scarborough (SCA)    
03/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
13/03/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 62751    

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