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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 490 m/e 01/1895
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7490 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7802 m/e 11/1942
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2785 m/e 12/1946
British Railways 62785 m/e 02/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class E4
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
E401/1895
Wheels 2-4-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number X34
To Service During 01/1895
Withdrawal Mon 07/12/1959
Service Life 64 yrs, 11 mths , 6 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1895
BSE   Bury St Edmunds on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
CAM   Cambridge 4w/e 26/03/1949
34D   Hitchin (GNR) 6w/e 25/12/1954
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 18/05/1957
     Withdrawn on 07/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CAM Cambridge 4w/e 26/03/1949
ALLOC 34D Hitchin (GNR) 4w/e 04/12/1954
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 18/05/1957
WDN   on 07/12/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1931 Vacuum Ejector fitted

Preservation
Current Status Unknown
Status Date 17/09/2018


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/07/1949 Cambridge MPD On 10/7, the following were in store at Cambridge, in the goods yard behind the shed: 'C.12' No. 7354; 'E.4' No. 2785; 'F.3' No. 7124; 'F.4' Nos. 7160 an 7187. Four other 'E.4's' were in traffic, or on the shed, viz: Nos. 2783, 62788/91 an 2794. SLS/194908
31/01/1958 Locomotive Statement 4056 was the last ' Star' in service: 30738 remains the sole survivor of the 30736-55. series: 32331 was the last of the rebuilt 'Remembrance' N15IX class. Renewed scrapping of the GW. 90XX class has taken place: the NE. D20 class is now extinct: the, wholesale withdrawal of the D49 class appears to have begun. The V4 class is now extinct. Three G.E. ' Intermediates' (62785/8/97) are all that remain of this wheel-type. 52510 was the last Furness locomotive: 30688 was the first of its class to be scrapped, following an accident at Staines. The A7 class is now extinct: the first two A8 have been withdrawn. 47994 is the sole Garratt survivor. The GW. 31XX class is now reduced to five. All the remaining Rhymney and Taff. Vale engines have now gone: the LBSC E6 class is no longer intact: the first two NB N15 have been withdrawn: 30757 was the last representative of the PD & SWJR. Withdrawals of the GW 67XX, 77XX and 87XX have begun; the 54XX are rapidly disappearing: only two N.L. engines (58850/7) remain. The M.R. representatives now number four only. 30588 was the last of its class: 68126 was the last GE Y4 in capital stock. D-E. Standard shunters continue to be built very rapidly, Crewe and Doncaster having joined Derby and Darlington in their production. Further new classes of main line locomotives have appeared and several more are due for delivery early in 1958. D-M. Swindon has now joined the various contractors in turning out the standard small shunting type. These locos. will in future (with the exception of d11176) bear numbers in the D.2XXX series. SLS/195803
07/04/1958 Cambridge MPD With the withdrawal of 62788/97 in March, only one E4 remains-62785 and it was noted on the Mildenhall branch on 7th April. SLS/195805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1895 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 490
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7490    
04/1931 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
11/1942 Renumbered Renumbered to 7802    
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2785    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bury St Edmunds (BSE)    
26/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (CAM)    
02/1951 Renumbered Renumbered to 62785    
25/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Hitchin (GNR) (34D)    
18/05/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
07/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 62785    

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