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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5255 m/e 10/1936
British Railways 45255 w/e 21/05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five10/1936
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1310
To Service During 10/1936
Withdrawal w/e Sat 29/06/1968
Service Life 31 yrs, 8 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1969

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1936
5B   Crewe South on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
7C   Holyhead w/e 28/05/1949
8B   Warrington Dallam w/e 01/10/1949
7A   Llandudno Junction 4w/e 22/03/1952
6H   Bangor 4w/e 19/04/1952
8B   Warrington Dallam 4w/e 12/07/1952
6J   Holyhead 4w/e 06/11/1954
8B   Warrington Dallam 4w/e 01/01/1955
26F   Patricroft w/e 27/06/1959
26A   Newton Heath w/e 14/01/1961
     Withdrawn w/e 29/06/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 7C Holyhead w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC 8B Warrington Dallam w/e 01/10/1949
LOAN 7A Llandudno Junction 4w/e 22/03/1952
LOAN 6H Bangor 4w/e 19/04/1952
ALLOC 8B Warrington Dallam 4w/e 12/07/1952
LOAN 6J Holyhead 4w/e 27/11/1954
ALLOC 8B Warrington Dallam w/e 01/01/1955
ALLOC 26F Patricroft 6w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 26A Newton Heath 5w/e 04/02/1961
WDN 9D Newton Heath w/e 29/06/1968

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1936 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5255
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 1310
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Crewe South (5B)    
21/05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 45255    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Holyhead (7C)    
01/10/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Warrington Dallam (8B)    
22/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llandudno Junction (7A)    
19/04/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bangor (6H)    
12/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Warrington Dallam (8B)    
06/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Holyhead (6J)    
01/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Warrington Dallam (8B)    
27/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Patricroft (26F)    
14/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Heath (26A)    
29/06/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 45255    
02/1969 Scrapped Scrapped    

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