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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8697 m/e 04/1944
British Railways 48697 w/e 29/10/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 04/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 23/12/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 8 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1968

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1944
19D   Heaton Mersey on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
8D   Widnes w/e 22/11/1958
6B   Mold Junction w/e 25/07/1959
6G   Llandudno Junction w/e 18/06/1960
6B   Mold Junction w/e 17/09/1960
5C   Stafford w/e 05/11/1960
6B   Mold Junction w/e 28/01/1961
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 23/09/1961
5D   Stoke w/e 20/06/1964
6B   Mold Junction w/e 19/06/1965
6C   Croes Newydd w/e 13/11/1965
6B   Mold Junction w/e 26/02/1966
6A   Chester (MR) w/e 23/04/1966
6C   Croes Newydd w/e 12/11/1966
5D   Stoke w/e 10/06/1967
9F   Heaton Mersey w/e 12/08/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 23/12/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 8D Widnes 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction 8w/e 05/09/1959
ALLOC 6G Llandudno Junction 5w/e 02/07/1960
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction 4w/e 24/09/1960
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 30/09/1961
ALLOC 5D Stoke 5w/e 11/07/1964
ALLOC 61B Aberdeen Ferryhill 4w/e 10/07/1965
ALLOC 6C Croes Newydd 4w/e 04/12/1965
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction 5w/e 12/03/1966
ALLOC 6A Chester (MR) 4w/e 07/05/1966
ALLOC 6C Croes Newydd 5w/e 12/11/1966
ALLOC 5D Stoke 5w/e 10/06/1967
ALLOC 9F Heaton Mersey 5w/e 12/08/1967
WDN 9F Heaton Mersey w/e 23/12/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
25/06/1961 Crewe Works (Works Sidings) Paint Shop: D112/3, 41326, 44682, 48549, 49395, 90537, Outside Paint Shop: D109-11, 10203, 45080, 45203, 45426, 46232, 46404, 48553, 48707, 70004. Works Sidings: 41229, 42118, 45104, 45218, 45438, 45516/29, 46155, 48287, 48648/97, 48761, 90163, 90327/81/8, 90685, 92030/77. Erecting Shop: D5016, 42136/58, 42234, 42452/78, 42589, 42651, 44658/85, 44714/28/48, 44857, 44949/87, 45021, 45107/89, 45238/47/8/9/86/96, 45367/70/94, 45410/35/45, 45588, 45641/58/61, 46102/42/7, 46243, 46441, 46502, 48154, 48264, 48375, 48446, 48724/67, 49048, 90125, 90264/66, 90338, 90408, 90528, 90646, 92074. Outside Erecting Shop: D78, D108, 42226, 44888, 44946, 45254, 45615, 46131, 46238, 46484, 92032. New Erecting Shop: D75, D114-26. Scrap Yard: 40050, 40126/55/71, 47571, 47605 all intact. SLS/196108
23/07/1961 Crewe Works (Erecting Shop) Paint Shop: D110-2, 42121, 42235, 42579, 42658/9/77, 44987, 45224, 45415/35, 45588, 49395. Outside Paint Shop: D108/13-5, 45658. Works Sidings: 40580, 42377, 42481, 42507, 42602, 44148/75, 44728/66/79, 44824, 44929/49, 45005, 45247, 45445, 45516/44, 45610/30, 46110/35, 47277, 48154, 49049, 90194, 90323, 90621, 92096. Erecting Shop: D116-21, D269, 41229/68, 42158, 42218, 42562/89, 42610, 44374, 44658/85/6, 44821/71/88, 45045/75, 45104/85/99, 45218/48/54/96, 45333/45/73, 45529/89, 45611/8/9/61/72, 46102/31/55, 46243, 46441, 48287, 48393, 48446, 48697, 48732/61/7, 90264, 90327/81, 90646/58, 92030/2/72/7. Outside Erecting Shop: 42086, 42234, 42652, 44687, 45189, 45410, 46142. New Erecting Shop: D76, D122-8, D331, D5142. Outside New Erecting Shop: D5078. Scrap Yard: 43268, 43962, 47418, 58305 intact, 41529 just cut up. Works Shunters: 12071, 42984, 43957, 47618, 51412/44/6, 52093, 52312, 52441/59. SLS/196109
15/11/1964 Crewe South MPD (Waiting Works) Ex-Works: 45392, 48458, 48721/45, 92231; Waiting Works: 42468, 42588, 42616, 44773, 45300, 45733, 47354, 47467, 46499, 48001, 48385, 48505, 48697, 48708, 70001/39, 80125, 92160; Stored: 43151, 45553, 45586; Also on shed: 5063, 6819/77, 7023, 7914. SLS/196412
24/01/1965 Crewe Works (Erecting shop) Erecting shop: D1661-71, D1672-7 bodies, D225, D267, D299, D335, D1502/10/21/35/68/9, D1604/7, D1724/44, D5710, D6854, D8048, 42141/252/468/699, 44682/773/841/965, 48163/8/204/327/612/77/97/739, 70008/15/23/42/5, 92015/93/167/9. Outside: D1653/60, D1515, D1701, D229, 44684, 48315/751, 92002. Side of Works: 44691/717, 45300, 70022/35, 48035/322/423. Paint shop: E3704, 71000 stored, D236, D347, D1655/6/9, D5714. Outside: D1654/7/8, D1756, D5700, D6853, D8060, E3018, 45193, 48212, 78041, 92047/132/9. Traverser area: 44778, D233, D382, D1511/30, D1688, D5703, D7594, D8036/42/61. SLS/196503

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1944 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8697
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Heaton Mersey (19D)    
29/10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48697    
22/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Widnes (8D)    
25/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Llandudno Junction (6G)    
17/09/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
05/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford (5C)    
28/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
23/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
20/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Stoke (5D)    
19/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
13/11/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (6C)    
26/02/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
23/04/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Chester (MR) (6A)    
12/11/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (6C)    
10/06/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Stoke (5D)    
12/08/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton Mersey (9F)    
23/12/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 48697    
03/1968 Scrapped Scrapped    

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