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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 217   17/07/1934
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2753   04/1946
British Railways 62753 w/e 17/04/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
17/07/1934 THE BELVOIR

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 1584
To Service Tue 17/07/1934
Withdrawal Tue 22/09/1959
Service Life 25 yrs, 2 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 17/07/1934
SBK   Starbeck on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
50A   York (North) w/e 19/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 22/09/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SBK Starbeck w/e 11/10/1947
ALLOC 50A York (North) on 13/09/1959
WDN   on 22/09/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1949 Darlington Works New work April: Nos. 60146 an 60147. Locomotives awaiting Works during April included: Nos. 888, 1035, 61199, 1224, 1405, 61625, 1668, 2726, 62753. 2760, 3044, 3260, 3275, 63286, 5044/68, 5109, 65633/50, 5653, 65684, 5858, 65868, 7278, 7675, 67729 (light re-pair), 67739 (damaged), 8156, 69842, Class '8' W.D. 77037, 77178 an 79206. Broken up: Nos. 63286, 3316, 65633/84.
Locomotives ex Works during April included: Nos. 60816, 61023, 61215/40/57, 61422, 61434 (rebuilt), 61648, 62700/03/64/67, 63348/80/92, 63411, 65110, 65739, 65821/44, 67722 (light repair), 68015/27, 68409/14/32, 68705, 69107, 69391, 69835/36/88, Class '8' W.D. 90382, 90449 (light repair) and 90460.
SLS/194906
31/05/1949 Darlington Works New Work May: Class 'A.1' Nos. 60148 an 60149. No. 60150 was ex the Paint Shop on 14/6, painted green. Locomotives awaiting Works durine May included: Nos. 812, 61069. 1407/15, 61600/61. 62709, 2726/41/56, 5109, 5675, 5784/87, 67317, 7609/19/20, 67708, 67741 (light repair), 8159, 9377, 69824/34/36, Class '8' 79184 an 90001. To scrap yard: Nos. 2377 (frames only), 3275/77, 3300/05/07/34, 65107, 5114, 5602, 65629 an 5703. Locomotives ex Works during May included: Nos. 60955, 61035. 61100 (unlined), 61199, 61224, 62397, 62745/53, 63351/95, 63440, 65040/47/89/92, 65110, 65653/55/59, 65730, 65848, 67319/31, 68061, 69106/11, Class '8' 90662/74. Nos. 60083/86 an 60127 have been noted here painted in the new blue colours with the crest on the tender. SLS/194907
13/09/1959 Selby & Starbeck MPDs closed The locomotive depots at Selby and Starbeck were closed as from 13/9/59. As a result, most of their locomotive allocation has been transferred to York (50A) viz. 47438/62, 47581, 61466/9, 62738/53/70, 63348, 63436/49, 64706/25, 64818/21/45/7/55/7/9/61/6, 64904/42/4, 68686, 69910/2, 77004/13. SLS/195911

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
17/07/1934 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 217, name: THE BELVOIR
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1584
   
04/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2753    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Starbeck (SBK)    
17/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62753    
19/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
22/09/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 62753    
10/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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