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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5081 m/e 03/1935
British Railways 45081 w/e 10/04/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five03/1935
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 4624
To Service During 03/1935
Withdrawal w/e Sat 16/10/1965
Service Life 30 yrs, 7 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1935
12A   Carlisle Kingmoor on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
12B   Carlisle Upperby w/e 10/03/1962
12A   Carlisle Kingmoor w/e 22/06/1963
12B   Carlisle Upperby w/e 27/06/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 16/10/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 12B Carlisle Upperby 4w/e 31/03/1962
ALLOC 12A Carlisle Kingmoor 5w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 12B Carlisle Upperby 5w/e 11/07/1964
WDN   w/e 16/10/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/02/1948 St Rollox Works The first locomotive to bear the words 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' on the tender was Class '5' No. 5081 (Tender 9069), which was painted black; the lettering on the tender was in white 8' unshaded Gill Sans letters, with sufficient space between the words for the insertion of a crest. This was followed by No. 5082 (Tender 9005) on 4/2, which had been painted in the same style; both locomotives had the number prefixed by an 'M.' No. 6143 , the first 'Scot' to be repaired here since Pre-war days, arrived at the Works on 10/12 and, following a complete service repair, was despatched on 25/12; its original maroon livery having been cleaned and retouched. H.R. No. 103 and C.R. 123 have now been moved to the Varnish Shop SLS/194803
29/02/1948 St Rollox Works The following locomotives have been painted in the temporary B.R. livery, i.e. unlined black with plain white lettering (tender number in brackets, followed by paint date):-Nos. 615 (4458) 9/2; 642 (4340) 18/2; 666 (4339) 1/3; 914 (4014) 17/2; 938 (4457) 26/2; 1138 (3555) 24/2; 2736 (4170) 29/2; 2749 (3336) 26/2; 2914 (4272) 20/2; 4323 (3817) 20/2; 5012 (9064) 9/2; 5018 (9829) 20/2; 5081 (9069) 2/2; 5082 (9005) 4/2; 5117 (9179) 24/2; 5127 (9713) 10/2; 5359 (9599) 19/2; 5459 (9593) 27/2; 5575 (9023) 10/2; 8185 (9912) 5/2; 8303 (10030) 12/2; 14476 (6173) 16/2; 14487 (6179) 25/2; 14501 (6209) 11/2; 17269 (910) 16/2; 17600 (1681) 11/2 and 17666 (1747) 12/2. No. 17313 arrived in the shops ex the dump on 20/2 and was cut up on 23/2. The boiler (Class N34 No. 1161) is to be repaired and used again SLS/194804
27/08/1949 St. Rollox Works Locomotives entering Works 1/8 to 27/8: These included Nos. 579/97, 600, 40901/05, 41142, 42745, 2806/81, 43849, 4009, 4255. 4879, 5012, 45081, 45115/20/53/57/62/63/71/73/78/79, 45359, 45455/58/60/68/86/87, 45560/79/83, 45645, 45729/31, 46107, 54446/58/92/96, 15167, 55187, 15194, 55197, 15200, 16360/66, 17356, 17407, 57465, 17585, 17621. SLS/194910

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1935 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5081
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 4624
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Carlisle Kingmoor (12A)    
10/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 45081    
10/03/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Upperby (12B)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Kingmoor (12A)    
27/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Upperby (12B)    
16/10/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 45081    
03/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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