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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5457 m/e 10/1938
British Railways 45457 w/e 28/08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five10/1938
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
Order Number 142
To Service During 10/1938
Withdrawal Mon 16/09/1963
Service Life 24 yrs, 11 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1938
29A   Perth South on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
67D   Ardrossan 4w/e 14/03/1959
67C   Ayr 4w/e 04/07/1959
67D   Ardrossan 4w/e 26/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 16/09/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 67C Ayr 4w/e 04/07/1959
ALLOC 67D Ardrossan 4w/e 26/09/1959
WDN   on 16/09/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1948 St. Rollox Works Further locomotives re-numbered into British Railways stock here (tender number in brackets, followed by paint date) are as follows: Nos. 40604 (3983) 27/8; 40647 (4368) 20/8; *40905 (3787) 17/8; 40908 (3780) 16/8; 41136 (3590) 15/8; 42421 26/8; 42877 (4332) 25/8; 42915 (4016) 30/8; 42918 (3947) 31/8; 44234 (3368) 13/8; 44281 (3415) 10/8; 45005 (9592) 1/9; 45047 (9716) 9/8; 45121 (9826) 22/8; 45455 (9668) 20/8; 45457 (9198) 22/8; 45474 (9820) 11/8; 45483 (9555) 2/9; 45499 (9101) 11/8; 45560 (9062) 6/8; 54446 (6065) 1/9; 54448 (6067) 19/8; 54464 (6170) 12/8; 54465 (6171) 1/9; 54473 (6200) 10/8; 54639 (2678) 18/8; 55164 15/8; 55221 23/8; 56025 19/8; 56155 30/8; 56276 2/9; 57271 (6034) 18/8; 57337 (975) 15/8; 57445 (1243) 3/9; 57453 (1326) 12/8; 57599 (1680) 9/8; *Retains L.M.S. on the tender. With the exception of Nos. 44234, 45047, 45560, 54464, 54639, 55164, 56276, and 57599, all of the foregoing are fitted with new smokebox number plates. In addition No. M5693 was re-numbered 45693 on 26/8, and No. 45692 (9710) and No. 57614 (1700) received new smokebox number plates on 20/8 and 23/8 respectively.
No. 56025 went back into service as Works 'pug' on 20/8 and No. 16030 was towed away to Balornock shed on the same date.
No. 55180, one of the engines in the Mail crash, was brought into the shops, ex dump, on 20/8, where it has since been cut-up; No. 5716, the other engine, is still in the dump
SLS/194810
31/01/1950 Inverness Lochgorm Works Locomotives entering Works during January: These included Nos. 45319, 45457. SLS/195003

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1938 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5457
Built at Crewe Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Perth South (29A)    
28/08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 45457    
14/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Ardrossan (67D)    
04/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Ayr (67C)    
26/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Ardrossan (67D)    
16/09/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 45457    
02/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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