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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 274   28/08/1934
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2759   11/1946
British Railways 62759 w/e 29/01/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
28/08/1934 THE CRAVEN

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 1590
To Service Fri 28/08/1934
Withdrawal Fri 13/01/1961
Service Life 26 yrs, 4 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 28/08/1934
YK   York (North) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
50D   Starbeck 5w/e 18/12/1954
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 19/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 13/01/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 50D Starbeck 4w/e 01/01/1955
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 03/10/1959
WDN   on 13/01/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1957 Whitby MPD In store are 62731/5/55/9/62/4/70/2/5 an 69864/5/81. SLS/195711

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
28/08/1934 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 274, name: THE CRAVEN
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1590
   
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2759    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - York (North) (YK)    
29/01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 62759    
18/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Starbeck (50D)    
19/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
13/01/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 62759    
02/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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