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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (1st) 13258 on 11/01/1934
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (1934) 2958   15/06/1936
British Railways 42958   24/04/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 6P5F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
Works Number 126
To Service Sat 11/01/1934 to Kentish Town (14B)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 20/11/1965 off Heaton Mersey (9F)
Service Life 31 yrs, 10 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1966 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
14B   Kentish Town (New) on 11/01/1934
5B   Crewe South w/e 13/10/1934
12B   Carlisle Upperby w/e 15/12/1934
8A   Edge Hill w/e 20/06/1936
5B   Crewe South w/e 05/07/1941
8A   Edge Hill w/e 28/08/1943
8C   Speke Junction (on loan) w/e 09/03/1946
8A   Edge Hill w/e 11/05/1946
5B   Crewe South w/e 26/04/1947
2D   Nuneaton w/e 06/12/1947
3D   Aston w/e 17/07/1948
5A   Crewe North w/e 20/09/1958
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 10/06/1961
2B   Nuneaton w/e 16/06/1962
5B   Crewe South w/e 22/06/1963
1F   Rugby w/e 09/11/1963
9G   Gorton w/e 12/1964
9F   Heaton Mersey w/e 05/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 20/11/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 8C Speke Junction 4w/e 30/03/1946
ALLOC 5B Crewe South w/e 26/04/1947
ALLOC 2D Nuneaton w/e 13/12/1947
ALLOC 3D Aston w/e 17/07/1948
ALLOC 5A Crewe North 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 01/07/1961
ALLOC 2B Nuneaton 4w/e 30/06/1962
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 5w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 1F Rugby 4w/e 09/11/1963
ALLOC 9G Gorton 5w/e 09/01/1965
ALLOC 9F Heaton Mersey 5w/e 12/06/1965
WDN   w/e 20/11/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/04/1948 Horwich Works On 21/4 the following locomotives were in the Erecting Shop: Nos. 133/49, 205, 2701/82/86, 2958, 3841, 4060, 4220, 4307/68, 4497, 4517/48, 5079, 8751/61, 9501/08/20/37, 10630, 10953, 11313/20, 11425, 12089, 12133/71, 12268, 12399, 12411, 12522, 12615 an 12870, while awaiting Works were the following: Nos. 131, 2646, 2796, 2964, 9545, 9607, 10852, 11410, 12152/60, 12397, 12438/67, 12582, 12821/39. Nos. 10429, 10717, 10901, 12247/56, 12422, 12824/37/61 an 12902 were on the scrap road; the boiler of No. 11116 is still there. Nos. R10600 an R10617 are still standing between the Erecting and Paint Shops-the glass having been removed from the coach windows. The only renumbered locomotive seen here with a new cast smoke-box numberplate was No. 45220, the rest not having received them yet. SLS/194806
26/04/1964 Swindon Works (A Shop) Works Yard: D3508, D3811, 1024, 1447, 1666, 2818, 3721, 4652, 4923, 6106, 6147, 6871, 6915, 6952, 7812, 8102, 8732, 8738, 9425, 9431, 9484, 9486, 9743, 9752, 42961, 42978, 42983, 43001, 43115, 43132, 73003, 73021. A Shop: D812, D831, D846, D1004, D1005, D1013, D1027, D1035, D1041, D848, D1043, D1058, D1065, D1067, D3421, D3808, D3816, D3823, D3828, D3831, D7026, D7029, D7064, D7071, D7080, D9500, D9501, D9502, D9503, D9504, D9505, D9506, D9057 motors mounted, D9508, D9509, D9510, D9511 frames only, 4144, 7019, 7915, 8486, 42954, 42958, 43002, 43044, 43056, 43075, 43090, 43109, 73053, 73066, 76077, 76081, 92225. C Shop: 6025. Dump: 1650, 4706, 5057, 6010, 6603, 6680, 6824, 9420, 9603, 47623. SLS/196406
26/03/1966 Awaiting Disposal (Stafford) Shrewsbury: 7801/2/12/9/20/1/2/7/8, 41209, 42174, 42777, 46508, 48716, 73000/25/34/50/67/70, 75028/38, 80048/78/101/36, 84000/4, 90222/563/641; Stafford: 42958/64/82, 46527, 47480/666/777, 48112 (mainly labelled to Cashmore's, Great Bridge). SLS/196605

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/01/1934 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 13258
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number 126
Allocated to Kentish Town (14B)
   
13/10/1934 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
15/12/1934 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Upperby (12B)    
15/06/1936 Renumbered Renumbered to 2958    
20/06/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)    
05/07/1941 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
28/08/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)    
09/03/1946 Allocation Loaned to Speke Junction (8C)    
11/05/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)    
26/04/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
06/12/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Nuneaton (2D)    
24/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 42958    
17/07/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Aston (3D)    
20/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe North (5A)    
10/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
16/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Nuneaton (2B)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
09/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (1F)    
12/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (9G)    
05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton Mersey (9F)    
20/11/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 42958 from Heaton Mersey (9F)    
06/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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