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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5556 on 22/06/1934
British Railways 45556 m/e 03/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
22/06/1934 NOVA SCOTIA

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 6P
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Jubilee22/06/1934
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
To Service Sat 22/06/1934
Withdrawal Sat 05/09/1964
Service Life 30 yrs, 2 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1965 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 22/06/1934
9A   Longsight on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
5A   Crewe North 8w/e 19/06/1954
     Withdrawn on 05/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 5A Crewe North 4w/e 12/06/1954
WDN   w/e 05/09/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Crewe Works During the past month a further seven Class '5' 4-6-0's-Nos. 44718-24 inclusive-have been put into traffic, painted black with red, cream and grey lining but carrying neither lettering nor crests on the tender sides. No. 46202 recently returned to traffic. The engine was run in on trips from Crewe to Shrewsbury during W/E 19/3, and returned to the regular London-Liverpool working the following week. Since then, however, it is reported to have failed again at Camden, details are not known.
Dynamometer car trials were carried out with Class '4' 2-6-0 No. 43027 on the Crewe-Holyhead line during W/E 9/4; the dynamometer car used was No. 1. Locomotives entering Works during March included:-Nos. 42227/52, 2263/66, 2432/54/80, 2541/44/63, 2611/13/42/50/57/60/73, 44745, 4775, 4819/72/97, 4911/39/63, 44984, 5046/54/88, 45091, 5110/45, 45195, 45229/34, 5244, 45264, 5269/96/7/8, 45326, 5343/82/84, 5408, 5501, 45520, 5556, 45568, 5591, 45597, 5659/70, 45676/90/99, 5703/35, 6004, 46100, 6103/10/13/21, 46134, 6155/56, 46160/63, 6169, 6206/27, 46231, 6235/50/1/2/5, 7972, 47982, 7994/95, 8026/75, 8112/50/57, 8206/70, 8301/2/3/17/24/31/50/61/67, 8495, 8522, 8610/45/91, 48696, 8770, 8906/18, 9042/52/74, 9110/11/66/85, 9210/59/63/89/96/97, 9305/29/40/63/81, 9419/27/29, 28619, 58889 and 2-10-0 73788 (65F).
SLS/194905
15/11/1964 Crewe North MPD (Stored) Ex-Works: D208, D380, D1631/2, 42546, 46491 44803, 70033, 78023; Stored: 45552/4/6, 45617/72/6, 45704, 46228/35/9/40/5/8,51/4/6, 71000. Also on shed: D1585, D1697, D1744, 5056. SLS/196412

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
22/06/1934 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5556, name: NOVA SCOTIA
Built at Crewe Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Longsight (9A)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 45556    
19/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe North (5A)    
05/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 45556    
01/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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