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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 70401 m/e 07/1940
British Railways 48286 w/e 31/12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Works Number 6981
To Service During 07/1940
Withdrawal w/e Sat 03/09/1966
Service Life 26 yrs, 2 mths , 4 dys
Information WD 401

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1967 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1940
5B   Crewe South (Reinstated) (Reinstated from War Department stock) w/e 31/12/1949
11E   Lancaster Green Ayre 4w/e 22/03/1952
21A   Saltley 4w/e 12/07/1958
16A   Nottingham 4w/e 04/10/1958
16G   Westhouses w/e 25/01/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 03/09/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK 5B Crewe South w/e 31/12/1949
ALLOC 11E Lancaster Green Ayre 4w/e 22/03/1952
LOAN 21A Saltley 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 21A Saltley 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 16G Westhouses 3w/e 01/02/1964
ALLOC 8C Speke Junction 4w/e 02/05/1964
WDN   w/e 03/09/1966

* 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
31/12/1949 Ex-W.D. 2-8-0\'s The last four-Nos. 48254/61/86/91-of the thirty-nine L.M.S. type W.D. 2-8-0 locomotives brought back from the Middle East during 1948, were put into traffic during W/E 31/12/49. SLS/195002
12/10/1962 Derby Works (Erecting Shop) Diesel Erecting Shop: ED3, D36, D46, D73, D87, D100/31/44/88, D5011/30/79, D5136, 10001. Test House: D75, D5033. Outside Test House: D45, D66, D77, D93/4, D165 (loco. that was turned on its side on strike day), D185, D3056, D5021/75. Outside Shunter Test House: ED6, D2236, D3292. New Building : D184, D190-D193, D5186-5191. Finishing Shop: D38, D186/7, D5142, Pullman uM60091. Erecting Shop: ED7, D55, D123, D189, D2507, D2859, D2908/10, 13304, 42080/96, 44137, 47000, 47319 (being cut-up), 48009, 48214/79/85/6, 73031, 75009/18/54. Paint Shop: M.R. 1000, 42212. Stone Pit: 48718, 58137/63/6. Foundry Row: 42388, 42500, 47554, 73016, 73157. Klondyke Sidings: D84, 44020, 44122/43, 44435, 47588 (last five locos. frames only). Bone Yard: 10201/3. Ex Works on Shed: 42081 (12C), 42100 (5A), 44139 (16A), 44414 (15C), 44420 (17A), 48007 (21A), 48109 (21A), 75037 (1E). Research Dept.: E3030/71/87. SLS/196211

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1940 To Service To service as WD Number 70401
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 6981
   
31/12/1949 Reinstated Reinstated to Crewe South (5B)    
31/12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48286    
22/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Lancaster Green Ayre (11E)    
12/07/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Saltley (21A)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Nottingham (16A)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Westhouses (16G)    
03/09/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 48286    
05/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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