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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 297   30/08/1933
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2749   07/1946
British Railways 62749 w/e 01/05/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
30/08/1933 THE COTTESMORE

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 1575
To Service Wed 30/08/1933
Withdrawal Wed 02/07/1958
Service Life 24 yrs, 10 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 30/08/1933
NEV   Neville Hill H 12/1935
GHD   Gateshead on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
SCA   Scarborough w/e 21/08/1948
SBK   Starbeck w/e 01/10/1949
50B   Neville Hill 5w/e 17/12/1955
     Withdrawn on 02/07/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SCA Scarborough w/e 21/08/1948
ALLOC SBK Starbeck w/e 01/10/1949
ALLOC 50B Neville Hill 4w/e 03/12/1955
WDN   on 02/07/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
30/08/1933 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 297, name: THE COTTESMORE
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1575
   
12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (NEV)    
07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2749    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Gateshead (GHD)    
01/05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62749    
21/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Scarborough (SCA)    
01/10/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Starbeck (SBK)    
17/12/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (50B)    
02/07/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 62749    
08/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    

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