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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Western Railway 2174   05/1875
London and North Western Railway (Dup) 3282   01/1916
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (1923) 8117   04/1927
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (Dup) 28117   03/1939

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Webb
Class Coal Engines
Company History LNWR/LMS
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1901
To Service During 05/1875
Withdrawal During 03/1947
Service Life 71 yrs, 9 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Crewe, Cheshire)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1875
     Withdrawn m/e 03/1947

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 8D Widnes 4w/e 08/12/1945
WDN   w/e 08/03/1947

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
26/04/1947 Crewe Works A further four new Class 5 4-6-0's have been completed here - Nos. 4769-4772, and 4-6-2 No. 6242 has had the streamline casing removed. The following were in the Works yard on 26/4 awaiting cutting-up:- 6652, 6690, 6755, 6870, 6925, 6936, 7765, 7772, 7795, 25304, 25802, 27555, 27654, 27493, 28117 and 27558, the latter having been partially cut-up. It is understood that the order for new Class 5 4-6-0's to be built at Crewe comprises Nos. 4738-4782 whilst Horwich will build Nos. 4783-4799. SLS/194706
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
05/1875 To Service To service as London and North Western Railway Number 2174
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number 1901
   
01/1916 Renumbered Renumbered to 3282    
04/1927 Renumbered Renumbered to 8117    
03/1939 Renumbered Renumbered to 28117    
03/1947 Withdrawn Condemned as 28117    

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