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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 4899 m/e 09/1945
British Railways 44899 w/e 27/08/1949

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 Carlisle Kingmoor (12A)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 20/07/1968
Service Life 22 yrs, 10 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1969 at Cohens (Kettering)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
12A   Carlisle Kingmoor (New) m/e 09/1945
12A   Carlisle Kingmoor on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
10F   Rose Grove w/e 06/01/1968
     Withdrawn w/e 20/07/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 10F Rose Grove w/e 06/01/1968
WDN 10F Rose Grove w/e 20/07/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
09/07/1949 St. Rollox Works Locomotives entering Works 6/6 to 9/7: These included Nos. 40187, 575, 614, 40670, 40914, 1138, 42416/18, 42751, 42830, 2875, 42912/14, 4011, 4198, 44234, 4881/86/99, 44900/31/77, 45008, 45120/55/60/65/66/70/92, 45423, 5432, 45452/61/89, 45577/84, 45643, 15141/89, 15211/37, 55356, 16162, 16247/75/95, 56359, 17282, 17411, 17554, 57619, 17625/67. During June, locomotives were still being turned out lettered 'British Railways' from this Works. SLS/194908

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 4899
Built at Crewe Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Carlisle Kingmoor (12A)    
27/08/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 44899    
06/01/1968 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (10F)    
20/07/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 44899    
01/1969 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Kettering    

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