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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 3249 y/e 1890
British Railways 43249 m/e 08/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Johnson
Class 3F
Company History MR/LMS
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Neilson, Reid & Co.
To Service During y/e 1890
Withdrawal Sat 19/12/1959
Service Life 70 yrs , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Mon 24/12/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) y/e 1890
16A   Nottingham on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
15B   Kettering 4w/e 19/04/1958
     Withdrawn on 19/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 15B Kettering 4w/e 19/04/1958
WDN   w/e 19/12/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Crewe Works New construction for the past month includes three more class '5' Caprotti 4-6-0's, Nos. 4750 , 4751 and 4752 completed on 17/2, 24/2 and 5/3 respectively, class '7P' 4-6-2 No. 6257 completed on 26/2, and 'Royal Scot' conversion No. 6154 completed on 27/2. It is understood that No. 6105 is the next 'Royal Scot' to be rebuilt with a tapered boiler. No. 6257 bears the name City of Salford, and on 3/3 was noted in photographic livery on the weighbridge. It has all the latest modifications incorporated in No. 6256, and is No. 5 of order E 464. A Johnson '2F' 0-6-0 No. 3084 (Ex 2D) has been allocated to the C.M.E. Dept., Crewe, and is to be used on the daily trip between the Works and Basford Hall Sidings. Ex L. & N.W.R. engines continue to disappear steadily; among the latest batch of engines to go to the scrap heap were Service locomotives Nos. 3248/9 (the last 0-4-2ST Crane engines) and 0-4-0ST No. 3084. Scrapping dates from the middle of January are as follows:-W/E 17/1: Nos. 9206, 28343; w/e 24/1, 9374, 28546, 28550; w/e 31/1, 6674, 25791; w/e 7/2, 6754, 25775; w/e 14/2, 9182, 27648; w/e 21/2, 7715, 9175; w/e 28/2, 3084, 3249, 9251, 28117; w/e 6/3, 3248, 6729 an 28145 SLS/194804

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
1890 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 3249
Built at Neilson, Reid & Co.
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Nottingham (16A)    
08/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 43249    
19/04/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Kettering (15B)    
19/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 43249    
24/12/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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