FUEL EXHAUSTION - ENG LOSS.

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ON FEB/SUN/95 OUR FLT LEFT CLT ENRTE TO PGV AT XA35 PM WITH 33 PAX AND 2200 LBS OF FUEL. MINIMUM FUEL WAS 1970. THE AFML HAD A DEFERRAL OF THE FLT DECK AFT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE UNDER THE MEL 28-1. THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL AROUND THE SOUTHILLS VOR. THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE AFT FUEL QUANTITY CAME ON. WE DOUBLE-CHKED THE AFML AND THERE WAS A NOTATION IN THE WRITE UP ABOUT THE LOW FUEL AFT LIGHT COMING ON AT 1000 LBS WHILE IN FLT. AT 50 MI E OF THE SDZ VOR THE LOW FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON; ON THE R ENG APPROX 20 SECONDS LATER THE R ENG SHUT DOWN SO WE PERFORMED THE APPROPRIATE CHKLIST; SELECTED CROSSFEED AND GOT THE ENG RESTARTED. WE AT THAT TIME DECIDED TO DECLARE AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO RDU. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LNDG IN RDU WE CHKED THE FUEL QUANTITY GAUGES ON THE FLT DECK AND THE OUTSIDE STUBWING. ALL GAUGES INDICATED WE HAD 1400 LBS OF FUEL. AFTER CHKING THE DIPSTICKS WE FOUND THE AFT FUEL TANKS TO BE EMPTY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 295694: THESE SITUATIONS COULD EASILY BE PREVENTED BY HAVING MAINT DIP THE TANK AND COMPARE TO THE GAUGES AT EACH SERVICE CHK (4 DAYS) TAKING A MECH LESS THAN 5 MINS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AT OUR COMPANY; AT LEAST 2 OTHER TIMES IN THE 9 YRS I HAVE BEEN WITH THIS COMPANY.