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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5440 m/e 11/1937
British Railways 45440 w/e 14/08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five11/1937
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1495
To Service During 11/1937
Withdrawal w/e Sat 16/09/1967
Service Life 29 yrs, 10 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1968 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1937
22C   Bath Green Park (S&D) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 14/06/1958
26F   Patricroft w/e 14/02/1959
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 28/03/1959
8A   Edge Hill w/e 14/05/1960
     Withdrawn w/e 16/09/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region m/e 30/06/1958
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 12/07/1958
LOAN 26F Patricroft 4w/e 28/02/1959
EXLOAN 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 28/03/1959
ALLOC 8A Edge Hill 4w/e 28/05/1960
WDN   w/e 16/09/1967

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1937 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5440
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 1495
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bath Green Park (S&D) (22C)    
14/08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 45440    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
14/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Patricroft (26F)    
28/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
14/05/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)    
16/09/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 45440    
03/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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