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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 70314 m/e 07/1940
British Railways 48249 w/e 19/11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 07/1940
Withdrawal w/e Sat 10/12/1966
Service Life 26 yrs, 5 mths , 10 dys
Information WD 314

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1968 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1940
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 24/02/1951
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street m/e 28/02/1951
8A   Edge Hill w/e 29/11/1958
     Withdrawn w/e 10/12/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK 5B Crewe South w/e 19/11/1949
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street m/e 28/02/1951
ALLOC 8A Edge Hill 4w/e 29/11/1958
WDN   w/e 10/12/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1948 Crewe Works New construction for the past month produced only three Caprotti 4-6-0's: No. 44756 (No. 9 of Order E468) completed on 10/5, and No. 44741 and 44742 (Nos. 4 & 5 of Order E.469) completed on 18/5 and 28/5 respectively.
Condemned engines cut-up during the past month were dealt with a follows: W/E 8/5 Nos. 7821, 9250; W/E 15/5 Nos. 7769, 9038; W/E 22/5 Nos. 6673, 6738, 9013; W/E 29/5 Nos. 6740, 6920, 25373 an 28484.
A number of War Department 2-8-0's of the standard L.M.S. '8F' type have recently returned from the Middle East, and are at present stored in the old carriage works. They are Nos. 70300/01/11/14/18/32/63/94/95/98, 70401/2/3/13/38/43/46/49, 70504/18/76/77/79/82/88 an 70611. Several of these engines are fitted with steam turbo-generators mounted on the right-hand side of the firebox, but no electric lights are in evidence, although conduit piping still exists along the boilers of a few engines.
Eight locomotives were recently painted in the new experimental liveries of the British Railways Six Class '7P' 4-6-2's Nos. 46224/27/30/1/2/41 were painted blue (the shade approaching that of Oxford blue), and lined in accordance gwith ex L.N.W.R. practice, whilst two Class '6P' 4-6-0's Nos. 45540 an 46139 were painted green (a shade closely resembling the standard L.N.E.R. green) and also lined in the ex L.N.W.R. style. All eight engines had their buffers, cylinder covers, motion, etc., scoured bright
SLS/194807
10/12/1960 Horwich Works (Works Yard) Works Yard: 40173, 43023, 44125, 44262, 44602, 48084/9, 48130/88/97, 48249/54, 48457/69, 48664, 48747, 49505, 51498, 52305. Cutting-up Yard: 51227, 52139/79, 52445/52. Erecting Shop: Frames for three new diesel shunters, 12010, 40089, 40120/48, 42649, 42701/59/60/71/85, 42859, 43047, 43122, 43931, 44018 (marked to be cut-up), 44292, 44309/41, 44458, 48082, 48152/9/63, 48247/74, 48340, 48709/21, 76078/85. Paint Shop: uM28341/83M, F.R.3, L.Y.R. 1008. Works Shunters: 11304/5/24/68, 47402, 51429. SLS/196102
16/10/1967 United Waggon Co., Newport (Mon.) Dumped locomotives: 34005, 34008, 34009, 34017, 34026, 34032, 34047, 34057, 34088, 34098, 34104, 34108, 48249, 48509, 73002, 73016, 76039, 76058, 76063, 76088, 78063, 82003, 82031, 82034. SLS/196712

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1940 To Service To service as WD Number 70314
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
19/11/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48249    
24/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
29/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)    
10/12/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 48249    
10/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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