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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5309 m/e 01/1937
British Railways 45309 w/e 23/10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five01/1937
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1364
To Service During 01/1937
Withdrawal Mon 26/09/1966
Service Life 29 yrs, 8 mths , 26 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1967

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1937
27A   Polmadie on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
63A     w/e 05/11/1949
66B   Motherwell 4w/e 01/12/1951
66E   Carstairs 4w/e 05/10/1963
     Withdrawn on 26/09/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 63A   w/e 05/11/1949
ALLOC 66B Motherwell 4w/e 01/12/1951
ALLOC 66E Carstairs 5w/e 12/10/1963
WDN   on 26/09/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1948 St. Rollox Works No. 54767 Clan Mackinnon and a 'Wick & Lybster' tank No. 15053 arrived at the Works on 12/10 and 19/10 respectively, both for attention to their boilers; 15053 still retains the H.R. building plates. Locomotives re-numbered into British Railways stock here during October 1948 (tender number in brackets, followed by paint date) were as follows; - with 8' numerals and 10' 'British Railways' Nos. 40598 (3810) 12; 45017 (9530) 10; 45163 (9267) 26; 45309 (9719) 20; 45364 (9185) 4; 45463 (9725) 18; 45481 (9281) 31; 45485 (9831) 4; 45489 (9269) 7; 45583 (9030) 14; 45728 (9025) 22; - with 8' numerals and 8' 'British Railways' Nos. 41128 29; 42746 (4345) 13; 42832 (4167) 22; 42836 (4213) 20; 43883 (2976) 13; 43996 (3085) 27; 54457 (6041) 27; 54505 (6039) 15; 57344 (6014) 20; 57456 (1343) 25; 57697 (1873) 12; 57955 31; - with 8' numerals and 6' 'British Railways' Nos. 40150 15; 40185 28; 42209 31; 42400 6; 55124 11; 56169 13; - with 10' numerals and 10' 'British Railways' No. 54496 (6210) 13; - with 8' numerals and retaining L.M.S. on the tender No. 45053 (9127) 18. Further locomotives re-numbered into British Railways stock and treated with a full paint schedule (tender number in brackets, followed by date to Varnish Shop) were as follows:-Nos. 57435 (1308) 30/9; 57581 (1662) 1/10; 56256 4/10; 56237 6/10; 57575 (6049) 11/10; 57622 (1703) 8/10; 56262 11/10; *55223 21/10; 57638 26/10; 57653 30/10; 56165 5/11. *Fully lined, as also was No. 55233, which was referred to last month. SLS/194812
15/03/1963 Glasgow St. Rollox (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: 42261/71, 42912, 44791, 44931, 45127, 45309, D3209, D3346, D3563, D3916, D5121, D5325/30/42, D6102/24, D8098; awaiting works-D3008, D3881, D5348, D6107, 44979, 45319, 45423, 45498. Ex-Works: 45460, D6114. Diesel Test House: D3390, D5309, D5361; stored in paint shop-D6101/6/22/5/7/30. Works shunter: D3412. SLS/196304
14/04/1963 St. Rollox MPD (ex Works) in steam-60004/31/94, 60955 and 60525 under repair, and stored-42877, 45119, 45718/28/9/31; ex Works-44931, 45309 an 45478. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1937 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5309
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 1364
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Polmadie (27A)    
23/10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 45309    
05/11/1949 Allocation      
01/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Motherwell (66B)    
05/10/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Carstairs (66E)    
26/09/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 45309    
02/1967 Scrapped Scrapped    

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