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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 427 m/e 04/1891
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7427 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7797 m/e 01/1943
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2780 m/e 01/1947
British Railways 62780 m/e 06/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class E4
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
E404/1891
Wheels 2-4-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number Y26
To Service During 04/1891
Withdrawal Mon 26/09/1955
Service Life 64 yrs, 5 mths , 26 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1891
CAM   Cambridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
NOR   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 26/03/1949
31A   Cambridge w/e 29/09/1951
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 20/10/1951
     Withdrawn on 26/09/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 26/03/1949
ALLOC 31A Cambridge w/e 29/09/1951
WDN   on 26/09/1955

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1891 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 427
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7427    
01/1943 Renumbered Renumbered to 7797    
01/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 2780    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cambridge (CAM)    
26/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
06/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 62780    
29/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
20/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
26/09/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 62780    

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