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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 70332 m/e 09/1940
British Railways 48251 w/e 10/12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 09/1940
Withdrawal During 10/1966
Service Life 26 yrs , 30 dys
Information WD 332

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1967 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1940
5B   Crewe South (Reinstated) (Reinstated from WD Stock) 3w/e 24/12/1949
2B   Nuneaton w/e 18/04/1959
5B   Crewe South w/e 07/03/1964
8C   Speke Junction w/e 24/07/1965
8G   Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) w/e 28/08/1965
     Withdrawn m/e 10/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK 5B Crewe South w/e 10/12/1949
ALLOC 2B Nuneaton 5w/e 02/05/1959
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 5w/e 07/03/1964
ALLOC 8C Speke Junction 4w/e 07/08/1965
ALLOC 8G Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) 5w/e 11/09/1965
WDN   w/e 05/11/1966

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1940 To Service To service as WD Number 70332
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
10/12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48251    
24/12/1949 Reinstated Reinstated to Crewe South (5B)    
18/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nuneaton (2B)    
07/03/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
24/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C)    
28/08/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) (8G)    
10/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 48251    
02/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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