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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (Orig) 13114 on 06/06/1929
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (1934) 2814   04/03/1935
British Railways 42814   09/10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Hughes
Class CRAB
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Horwich Works
Order Number 87
To Service Sat 06/06/1929
Withdrawal Sat 21/08/1965
Service Life 36 yrs, 2 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 06/06/1929
2D   Nuneaton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
9A   Longsight w/e 12/02/1949
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 26/11/1960
     Withdrawn on 21/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 9A Longsight w/e 12/02/1949
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 5w/e 03/12/1960
WDN   w/e 21/08/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1945 Wellingborough During the last two weeks in December, there were numerous strangers in this area, helping with the Christmas workings when some expresses ran in as many as six parts-an unprecedented occurrence on the Midland Division. Locos noted included 324, 931 (20B); 1181 (19A), 2339 (21A), 2814 (2D), 4017 (19C), 4843 (22A), 4916, 5070 (1A), 5381 (5A), 5403 (5A), 5410 (8A), 5657 (22A), 8127 (20A), 8162 (20C), 8373 (4A). 2129, 2518 (13D), and 7312 (13B) have been seen working through light en route for shops. W.D. tanks 71473 an 71535 were dead in the loco yard on 23/12, but disappeared next day. SLS/194604
02/12/1949 Brighton On Saturday, 2/12, on the occasion of the 'Watford V. Brighton' match, an excursion was worked through to Brighton by No. 42814, instead of changing engines at Olympia, which has been the practice hitherto. SLS/195001

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/06/1929 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 13114
Built at Horwich Works 		   
04/03/1935 Renumbered Renumbered to 2814    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Nuneaton (2D)    
09/10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 42814    
12/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
26/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
03/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    
21/08/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 42814    

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