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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7796   Not applied
Great Eastern Railway 1259 m/e 08/1902
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7416 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2797 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 62797 m/e 05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class E4
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
E408/1902
Wheels 2-4-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number S50
To Service During 08/1902
Withdrawal Mon 17/03/1958
Service Life 55 yrs, 7 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1902
MID   Middlesbrough S 01/1936
NOR   Norwich Thorpe on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
32C   Lowestoft 5w/e 24/07/1954
31A   Cambridge 5w/e 20/07/1957
     Withdrawn on 17/03/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 32C Lowestoft 4w/e 17/07/1954
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 13/07/1957
WDN   on 17/03/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1942 L.N.E.R. Notes (March Area) March Area.-'V.2's' appear quite often, the following having been noted in Oct./Nov.: 4772/96, 4813/7. 'J.17' 8195 has been fitted with carriage heating and vacuum brake. 2859 East Anglian was here 31/10/42 fresh from Plant. It has ordinary whistle. A 'Pacific' visits us regularly on Sundays, examples noted being 4472/4 an 2571. 'E.4's' 7408/16/66/92 an 7503 are stationed here for working on the Joint line to Spalding, &c.-the first ones shedded here for a long time. Our regular station pilot 8062 is often in shops and its place is taken by 'D.16' 8805 or by 'D.9' or 'J.15' classes. SLS/194302
31/01/1958 Locomotive Statement 4056 was the last ' Star' in service: 30738 remains the sole survivor of the 30736-55. series: 32331 was the last of the rebuilt 'Remembrance' N15IX class. Renewed scrapping of the GW. 90XX class has taken place: the NE. D20 class is now extinct: the, wholesale withdrawal of the D49 class appears to have begun. The V4 class is now extinct. Three G.E. ' Intermediates' (62785/8/97) are all that remain of this wheel-type. 52510 was the last Furness locomotive: 30688 was the first of its class to be scrapped, following an accident at Staines. The A7 class is now extinct: the first two A8 have been withdrawn. 47994 is the sole Garratt survivor. The GW. 31XX class is now reduced to five. All the remaining Rhymney and Taff. Vale engines have now gone: the LBSC E6 class is no longer intact: the first two NB N15 have been withdrawn: 30757 was the last representative of the PD & SWJR. Withdrawals of the GW 67XX, 77XX and 87XX have begun; the 54XX are rapidly disappearing: only two N.L. engines (58850/7) remain. The M.R. representatives now number four only. 30588 was the last of its class: 68126 was the last GE Y4 in capital stock. D-E. Standard shunters continue to be built very rapidly, Crewe and Doncaster having joined Derby and Darlington in their production. Further new classes of main line locomotives have appeared and several more are due for delivery early in 1958. D-M. Swindon has now joined the various contractors in turning out the standard small shunting type. These locos. will in future (with the exception of d11176) bear numbers in the D.2XXX series. SLS/195803
07/04/1958 Cambridge MPD With the withdrawal of 62788/97 in March, only one E4 remains-62785 and it was noted on the Mildenhall branch on 7th April. SLS/195805
29/06/1958 Stratford MPD On 29th June, the following were awaiting scrap-62536/80, 62788/97, 65442, 65508/34/5/74, 67195/212/27/30/1, 68490/1/4/5/546/55/68/607/32. In the previous week, 69496, 69609/43 were cut up. SLS/195807

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
0000 Number Allocated Allocated number 7796 but not taken up    
08/1902 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1259
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7416    
01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (MID)    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2797    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 62797    
24/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Lowestoft (32C)    
20/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
17/03/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 62797    
08/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    

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