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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 4894 m/e 09/1945
British Railways 44894 w/e 28/05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five09/1945
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
Order Number 174
To Service During 09/1945 to Newton Heath (26A)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 10/08/1968
Service Life 22 yrs, 11 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1969

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
26A   Newton Heath (New) m/e 09/1945
26A   Newton Heath on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
27A   Bank Hall w/e 15/11/1958
26A   Newton Heath w/e 14/02/1959
24B   Rose Grove w/e 13/06/1960
24F   Fleetwood w/e 15/09/1962
24C   Lostock Hall w/e 22/06/1963
10J   Lancaster Green Ayre w/e 30/11/1963
10F   Rose Grove w/e 31/10/1964
10C   Fleetwood w/e 19/06/1965
10A   Carnforth w/e 10/07/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 10/08/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 27A Bank Hall 4w/e 29/11/1958
EXLOAN 26A Newton Heath 4w/e 28/02/1959
ALLOC 24B Rose Grove 4w/e 27/02/1960
ALLOC 24F Fleetwood 5w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 24C Lostock Hall 5w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 10J Lancaster Green Ayre 4w/e 07/12/1963
ALLOC 10F Rose Grove 4w/e 07/11/1964
ALLOC 10A Carnforth 4w/e 10/07/1965
WDN 10A Carnforth w/e 10/08/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
15/10/1961 Crewe Works (Outside Paint Shop) Paint Shop: D124-8, 42667/8, 44679/82/3, 44729/30, 45131, 45210, 45594, 45698, 46108/60, 49395, 78043. Outside Paint Shop: D123, 41209, 42425, 42656, 44696, 44774, 44893/4, 44988, 45108, 45262, 45635/56, 48085, 48283, 48477, 48717, 49025, 49125, 70052, 71000, 92081. Works Sidings: 42619/65, 44845, 45041, 45204/85, 45549, 46425, 47448, 48660, 49070, 49381, 90218, 92024/67. Erecting Shop: D8, D129-34, 41209/79, 42050, 42289/99, 42436/65, 42607/31, 44666/93/5, 44708/17/37, 44864/76/90, 44934/90, 45038/67, 45105, 45207/52/95, 45332, 45420, 45505/50/71/3, 45688/90, 45740. 46105/7, 48036/46/74, 48217, 48365, 48451, 48611/24/36/53, 48712, 49423, 90121, 90216/42/71, 90486, 90561, 92119/50. Outside Erecting Shop: D5141, 42062, 45003, 45102, 45263, 45340, 45454, 45646, 46113/43, 46234, 46426, 48494, 92013. New Erecting Shop: D135-7, D227, D327, D5016. Outside New Erecting Shop: D329. Scrap Yard-intact: 40075/7/97, 47421/38/62, 47634 intact. Scrap Yard-just cut up: 40118, 42506, 43325, 43863, 52389. Works Shunters: 43957, 44127, 44374, 47592, 51446, 52093, 52218, 52312, 52441/59, D3763. SLS/196111
16/02/1968 CarnforthMPD Stored LMS 6441, 70013 (sheeted). In steam: 92009/77/88/118/67 Out of use: 44887/9, 45092/259, 48757, 70021, 75009/15/20/21/24/33/34/43/48/62, 92110/212. 92004 & Type 2 D.E. hauled 12.00 Heysham-Neville Hill oil tanks, and 44894 headed south with another tank train from the Barrow line at 11.00 hrs. SLS/196803

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 4894
Built at Crewe Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newton Heath (26A)    
28/05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 44894    
15/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Bank Hall (27A)    
14/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Heath (26A)    
13/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (24B)    
15/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Fleetwood (24F)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Lostock Hall (24C)    
30/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Lancaster Green Ayre (10J)    
31/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (10F)    
19/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Fleetwood (10C)    
10/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Carnforth (10A)    
10/08/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 44894    
05/1969 Scrapped Scrapped    

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