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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 2691 m/e 08/1945
British Railways 42691 w/e 31/12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Fairburn
Class 4P
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
4P08/1945
Wheels 2-6-4T
Builder Derby Works
To Service During 08/1945 to Polmadie (27A)
Withdrawal During 09/1966
Service Life 21 yrs , 1 mth

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
27A   Polmadie (New) m/e 08/1945
27A   Polmadie on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
66D   Greenock Ladyburn 4w/e 29/11/1952
62B   Dundee Tay Bridge 4w/e 22/01/1955
66D   Greenock Ladyburn 4w/e 09/04/1960
64A   St Margarets 4w/e 25/01/1964
     Withdrawn m/e 09/1966
55A   Holbeck (MR) 2w/e 24/09/1966
64A   St Margarets 3w/e 30/09/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 66D Greenock Ladyburn 4w/e 29/11/1952
ALLOC 62B Dundee Tay Bridge 4w/e 22/01/1955
ALLOC 66D Greenock Ladyburn 4w/e 09/04/1960
ALLOC 64A St Margarets 3w/e 01/02/1964
EXLOAN 91X To Scottish Region on 02/10/1966
WDN   on 02/10/1966
LOAN 55A Holbeck (MR) 4w/e 08/10/1966
LOAN 91NE   4w/e 08/10/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1949 St. Rollox Works Locomotives entering Works during November: These included Nos. 40170, 40651/63, 687, 40907/09, 912/22, 1129/34, 41177, 1182, 2691, 42699, 2736, 42749, 2880, 42927, 44699, 44900, 4956, 44959/75, 45029/49, 45117/23/52/72, 45251, 45356/62/63, 45463/64/74/85/90, 45575/79, 45728, 7332, 47540, 14450, 14500/01, 55200, 15203/29, 16152, 56170, 16318, 56320, 16328/34, 17270, 57312, 17437, 17593, 17642. On 12/11, No. 54472, the first ex C.R. locomotive to bear the crest was ex Works. SLS/195001

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2691
Built at Derby Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Polmadie (27A)    
31/12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 42691    
29/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Greenock Ladyburn (66D)    
22/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Dundee Tay Bridge (62B)    
09/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Greenock Ladyburn (66D)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
09/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 42691    
24/09/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Holbeck (MR) (55A)    
30/09/1966 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
12/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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