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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 357   22/09/1934
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2762   11/1946
British Railways 62762 w/e 10/04/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
22/09/1934 THE FERNIE

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 1593
To Service Thu 22/09/1934
Withdrawal Thu 13/10/1960
Service Life 26 yrs , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 22/09/1934
SBK   Starbeck on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
50E   Scarborough 5w/e 14/06/1958
     Withdrawn on 13/10/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SBK Starbeck w/e 13/12/1947
ALLOC 50E Scarborough 4w/e 14/06/1958
WDN   on 13/10/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 Darlington Works Locomotives for shops during August included Nos. 507, 980, 2366, 3285, 3349, 3426/69, 5641, 5872, 7282, 7344, 7628, 8424, 8712/32, 9089, 9787, 62762, 67281 an 69798. Locomotives ex shops during the same period included Nos. 60509, 60824/25/98, 60920, 61455/61, 62706, 63361, 63418, 65647/69/92, 65708/37/41/62/63/67/89/99, 65809/16/62, 67295, 67605/16/30/78, 68305/37/60/93, 68423, 69781/82/95, 69868/73/84. No. 61461 has been rebuilt to 'B.16/3'; Paint date, August. Locomotives painted black and fully lined are Nos. 60898, 60920 an 62706, while No. 60509 has been painted green. The last 'L.1', No. 67730, is Darlington 2048 of 1948; Paint date, August SLS/194810
19/04/1954 Wetherby Races, Easter Monday Excursion trains between Leeds City and Wetherby Racecourse station on Easter Monday were well filled and worked by the following J39's from Neville Hill (50B):-64791, 64819/35/86, 64920/22/33/35/43, and also brought in D49 62748 (50B). The excursions from Bradford and Harrogate brought in 62746/58/62 (all 50D), whilst two trains from the Huddersfield area were worked by 45218 (25A) and 42863 (25B). The excursion from Heeley (Sheffield) was, however, worked by 45015 (3B-Bushbury), rather a far cry from Wolverhampton. In addition, the 4.28 p.m. ordinary passenger service from Leeds City to Church Fenton via Wetherby, hauled by 61256 (50B), called specially at Wetherby Racecourse station to pick up. SLS/195406
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
22/09/1934 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 357, name: THE FERNIE
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1593
   
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2762    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Starbeck (SBK)    
10/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62762    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Scarborough (50E)    
13/10/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 62762    
11/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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