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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1271   05/1895
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (1923) 10720   by 1925
British Railways 50720   03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Aspinall
Class 1008
Company History LYR/LMS
Wheels 2-4-2T
Builder Horwich Works
Order Number 22
Works Number 366
To Service During 05/1895
Withdrawal w/e Sat 29/12/1951
Service Life 56 yrs, 7 mths , 29 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1895
24F   Fleetwood on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
24C   Lostock Hall 4w/e 11/08/1951
24C   Lostock Hall 4w/e 01/12/1951
     Withdrawn w/e 29/12/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 24C Lostock Hall w/e 11/08/1951
LOAN 24D Lower Darwen w/e 13/10/1951
ALLOC 24C Lostock Hall 4w/e 01/12/1951
ALLOC 27D Wigan Central (L&Y) 4w/e 01/12/1951
WDN   w/e 29/12/1951

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/08/1947 Horwich Works On 10/8 the following locos. were under repair: 80, 122, 145, 2704, 2747, 2791, 2947, 2970, 5102, 9505, 9542, 9578, 9604, 9645, 9658, 9667, 10429, 10622, 10639, 10648, 10660, 10720, 10743, 10777 (with 10812's bunker), 10892, 10898, 11253, 11319, 11514, 12037, 12047, 12119, 12159, 12171, 12184, 12196, 12363, 12382, 12581, 12598 and 12870. On the same date Nos. 2722, 2729, 2918, 5340 (with a small 3500 gal. tender) 9529, 10640, 10944, 11486 an 12299 were awaiting repair. SLS/194710

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1895 To Service To service as Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Number 1271
Built at Horwich Works, Works Number 366
   
1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 10720    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Fleetwood (24F)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 50720    
11/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Lostock Hall (24C)    
01/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Lostock Hall (24C)    
29/12/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 50720    

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