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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 288   21/08/1933
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2747   12/1946
British Railways 62747 w/e 24/04/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
21/08/1933 THE PERCY

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 1573
To Service Sat 21/08/1933
Withdrawal Sat 04/03/1961
Service Life 27 yrs, 6 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 21/08/1933
GHD   Gateshead on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BLA   Blaydon w/e 08/01/1949
50A   York (North) 3w/e 16/06/1956
12C   Carlisle Canal w/e 08/11/1958
     Withdrawn on 04/03/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BLA Blaydon w/e 08/01/1949
ALLOC 50A York (North) 4w/e 23/06/1956
ALLOC 12C Carlisle Canal 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region 4w/e 29/11/1958
WDN   w/e 04/03/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/12/1948 Darlington Works Further new Class 'A.1' locomotives, Nos. 60134-37, ex North Road bear Works, Nos. 2053-56, in order. Locomotives awaiting Works: Nos. 970, 1642/44/72, 2344/65/90, 2715, E2718, 3292, E3311, E3314, 3399, 3420, 5100, 5856, 7283, 7636/69, 8015, 8275, 8313, 8698, 8745, 9792, 9842/89, 60942, 62737/64, 63290, 67672, 67719/23 (both light repairs), 69784. The following were sent to the scrap yard:-Nos. 3253/92/95, 3323/27, 8090 an 9103.
Locomotives ex Works: Nos. 60507 (unlined black, new chimney), 61019, 61627/38, 62371/91, 62708/47, 63140, 63344/58, 65706/17, 65803/14/32/52/83/89, 67300, 67311 (auto fitted), 67312, 67688, 68014 (altered bunker), 68245/95, 68426, 68678 (vacuum ejector), 68699, 69776, 69841/81/91, 69862 (first 'A.8' to be lined out), 69881/91, 'Austerity' 77050, 77195/99, 77329.
SLS/194901

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
21/08/1933 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 288, name: THE PERCY
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1573
   
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2747    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Gateshead (GHD)    
24/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62747    
08/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Blaydon (BLA)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
08/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Canal (12C)    
04/03/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 62747    
04/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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