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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7808   Not applied
Great Eastern Railway 506 m/e 10/1896
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7506 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2791 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 62791 m/e 06/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class E4
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
E410/1896
Wheels 2-4-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number L37
To Service During 10/1896
Withdrawal Mon 04/04/1955
Service Life 58 yrs, 6 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1955

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1896
CAM   Cambridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
30A   Stratford w/e 30/07/1950
30E   Colchester 5w/e 24/03/1951
30E   Colchester m/e 31/03/1951
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 15/11/1952
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 29/11/1952
31E   Bury St Edmunds 4w/e 20/06/1953
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 22/08/1953
     Withdrawn on 04/04/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 30A Stratford w/e 30/07/1950
ALLOC 30E Colchester m/e 31/03/1951
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 29/11/1952
ALLOC 31E Bury St Edmunds 4w/e 13/06/1953
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 08/08/1953
WDN   on 04/04/1955

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

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
0000 Number Allocated Allocated number 7808 but not taken up    
10/1896 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 506
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7506    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2791    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cambridge (CAM)    
06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 62791    
30/07/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
24/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
31/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
15/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
29/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
20/06/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Bury St Edmunds (31E)    
22/08/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
04/04/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 62791    
08/1955 Scrapped Scrapped    

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