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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 279   03/09/1934
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2760   11/1946
British Railways 62760 w/e 18/06/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/09/1934 THE COTSWOLD

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 1591
To Service Wed 03/09/1934
Withdrawal Wed 21/10/1959
Service Life 25 yrs, 1 mth , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 03/09/1934
YK   York (North) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
53B   Hull Botanic Gardens 5w/e 14/06/1958
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 20/06/1959
     Withdrawn on 21/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 53B Hull Botanic Gardens 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates on 14/06/1959
WDN   on 21/10/1959

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/09/1934 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 279, name: THE COTSWOLD
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1591
   
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2760    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - York (North) (YK)    
18/06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 62760    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Botanic Gardens (53B)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
21/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 62760    
11/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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