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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 226   23/07/1934
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2755   06/1946
British Railways 62755 w/e 03/09/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
23/07/1934 THE BILSDALE

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 1586
To Service Wed 23/07/1934
Withdrawal Wed 12/11/1958
Service Life 24 yrs, 3 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 23/07/1934
YK   York (North) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
SCA   Scarborough w/e 19/06/1948
SBK   Starbeck m/e 12/1949
SBK   Starbeck w/e 03/12/1949
50B   Neville Hill 3w/e 16/06/1956
50C   Selby 4w/e 20/10/1956
     Withdrawn on 12/11/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SCA Scarborough w/e 19/06/1948
ALLOC SBK Starbeck w/e 03/12/1949
ALLOC 50B Neville Hill 4w/e 23/06/1956
ALLOC 50C Selby 4w/e 13/10/1956
WDN   on 12/11/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1957 Whitby MPD In store are 62731/5/55/9/62/4/70/2/5 an 69864/5/81. SLS/195711

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
23/07/1934 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 226, name: THE BILSDALE
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1586
   
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2755    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - York (North) (YK)    
19/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Scarborough (SCA)    
03/09/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 62755    
12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Starbeck (SBK)    
03/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Starbeck (SBK)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (50B)    
20/10/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Selby (50C)    
12/11/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 62755    
01/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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