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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7792   Not applied
Great Eastern Railway 1251 m/e 06/1902
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7408 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2793 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 62793 m/e 10/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class E4
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
E406/1902
Wheels 2-4-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number S50
To Service During 06/1902
Withdrawal Mon 28/02/1955
Service Life 52 yrs, 8 mths , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1955

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1902
PEN     S 01/1936
NOR   Norwich Thorpe on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 28/02/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LOW Lowestoft w/e 26/10/1946
ALLOC LOW Lowestoft on 20/02/1947
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe on 13/05/1947
WDN   on 28/02/1955

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1942 L.N.E.R. Notes (March Area) March Area.-'V.2's' appear quite often, the following having been noted in Oct./Nov.: 4772/96, 4813/7. 'J.17' 8195 has been fitted with carriage heating and vacuum brake. 2859 East Anglian was here 31/10/42 fresh from Plant. It has ordinary whistle. A 'Pacific' visits us regularly on Sundays, examples noted being 4472/4 an 2571. 'E.4's' 7408/16/66/92 an 7503 are stationed here for working on the Joint line to Spalding, &c.-the first ones shedded here for a long time. Our regular station pilot 8062 is often in shops and its place is taken by 'D.16' 8805 or by 'D.9' or 'J.15' classes. SLS/194302

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
0000 Number Allocated Allocated number 7792 but not taken up    
06/1902 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1251
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7408    
01/1936 Allocation      
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2793    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 62793    
28/02/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 62793    
08/1955 Scrapped Scrapped    

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