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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 4984 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 44984 w/e 26/03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five09/1946
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Horwich Works
Order Number 183
To Service During 09/1946
Withdrawal w/e Sat 12/11/1966
Service Life 20 yrs, 2 mths , 12 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1967 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1946
14B   Kentish Town on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
15D   Bedford m/e 16/06/1956
14B   Kentish Town w/e 06/02/1960
15E   Leicester (G.C.) w/e 17/03/1962
14E   Bedford w/e 18/05/1963
14A   Cricklewood East w/e 06/07/1963
15D   Leicester (G.C.) w/e 01/02/1964
16B   Annesley w/e 11/07/1964
16A   Toton w/e 25/12/1965
40E   Colwick w/e 25/12/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 12/11/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 15D Bedford w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 14B Kentish Town 4w/e 30/01/1960
ALLOC 15E Leicester (G.C.) 4w/e 31/03/1962
ALLOC 14E Bedford 4w/e 01/06/1963
ALLOC 14A Cricklewood East 5w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 15D Leicester (G.C.) 3w/e 01/02/1964
ALLOC 16B Annesley 5w/e 11/07/1964
LOAN 16B Colwick on 03/01/1966
ALLOC 16B Colwick 5w/e 08/01/1966
WDN   w/e 12/11/1966

* 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
27/11/1966 Locations of stored steam locomotives (Colwick) Toton-27/11/66 78061/4. Stored Colwick-44811/47/941/84, 45224/89/464, 48073/83/127/37/43/77/90/361/76/88/414/32/538/635/45/51/62/72/90. No steam at Colwick since 5/12/66. SLS/196701
31/12/1966 Colwick MPD (Stored) Stored 44847/941/84, 45224/89, 48083/143/361/70/88/651/62/72. Also on shed Dept.29 in steam. SLS/196702

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1946 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 4984
Built at Horwich Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kentish Town (14B)    
26/03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 44984    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Bedford (15D)    
06/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Kentish Town (14B)    
17/03/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester (G.C.) (15E)    
18/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Bedford (14E)    
06/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Cricklewood East (14A)    
01/02/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester (G.C.) (15D)    
11/07/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (16B)    
25/12/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (40E)    
25/12/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Toton (16A)    
12/11/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 44984    
03/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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