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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 44718 on 31/03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five31/03/1949
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
Order Number 192
To Service Tue 31/03/1949
Withdrawal Tue 29/11/1966
Service Life 17 yrs, 7 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1967

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 31/03/1949
68A     w/e 28/05/1949
60A   Inverness 4w/e 01/11/1952
67B   Hurlford 4w/e 03/06/1961
65D   Dawsholm 4w/e 02/11/1963
65B   St Rollox (Balornock) 4w/e 27/06/1964
67C   Ayr 5w/e 29/01/1966
     Withdrawn on 29/11/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 68A   w/e 23/04/1949
ALLOC 68A   w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC 60A Inverness 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 67B Hurlford 4w/e 03/06/1961
ALLOC 65D Dawsholm 4w/e 09/11/1963
ALLOC 65B St Rollox (Balornock) 4w/e 11/07/1964
ALLOC 67C Ayr 5w/e 08/01/1966
WDN   on 29/11/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Crewe Works During the past month a further seven Class '5' 4-6-0's-Nos. 44718-24 inclusive-have been put into traffic, painted black with red, cream and grey lining but carrying neither lettering nor crests on the tender sides. No. 46202 recently returned to traffic. The engine was run in on trips from Crewe to Shrewsbury during W/E 19/3, and returned to the regular London-Liverpool working the following week. Since then, however, it is reported to have failed again at Camden, details are not known.
Dynamometer car trials were carried out with Class '4' 2-6-0 No. 43027 on the Crewe-Holyhead line during W/E 9/4; the dynamometer car used was No. 1. Locomotives entering Works during March included:-Nos. 42227/52, 2263/66, 2432/54/80, 2541/44/63, 2611/13/42/50/57/60/73, 44745, 4775, 4819/72/97, 4911/39/63, 44984, 5046/54/88, 45091, 5110/45, 45195, 45229/34, 5244, 45264, 5269/96/7/8, 45326, 5343/82/84, 5408, 5501, 45520, 5556, 45568, 5591, 45597, 5659/70, 45676/90/99, 5703/35, 6004, 46100, 6103/10/13/21, 46134, 6155/56, 46160/63, 6169, 6206/27, 46231, 6235/50/1/2/5, 7972, 47982, 7994/95, 8026/75, 8112/50/57, 8206/70, 8301/2/3/17/24/31/50/61/67, 8495, 8522, 8610/45/91, 48696, 8770, 8906/18, 9042/52/74, 9110/11/66/85, 9210/59/63/89/96/97, 9305/29/40/63/81, 9419/27/29, 28619, 58889 and 2-10-0 73788 (65F).
SLS/194905
14/10/1964 Inverurie Works (Shopped) Shopped during the five weeks ending 9th October : 44718, 78054, D3558; In shops for minor repairs, modification, etc.: 44956, 45016, 46464, 64608, D264, D2416/23, D3902, D5116/21/27/30/32, D5214, D5300, D6116/36/42/48/52/55, D8094, D8554/71/76; in shops : 44925, 65905, D2414, D3549, D6117/19/38/51; Stored: 62712. SLS/196411

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
31/03/1949 To Service To service as British Railways Number 44718
Built at Crewe Works
   
28/05/1949 Allocation      
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Inverness (60A)    
03/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Hurlford (67B)    
02/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Dawsholm (65D)    
27/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to St Rollox (Balornock) (65B)    
29/01/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Ayr (67C)    
29/11/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 44718    
04/1967 Scrapped Scrapped    

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