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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8350 m/e 04/1944
British Railways 48350 w/e 30/04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Horwich Works
To Service During 04/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 16/09/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 5 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1968 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1944
18A   Toton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
15C   Kettering w/e 27/06/1964
16C   Derby w/e 19/09/1964
16B   Colwick w/e 24/09/1966
9E   Trafford Park (LMS) w/e 10/12/1966
     Withdrawn w/e 16/09/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 15C Kettering 5w/e 11/07/1964
ALLOC 16C Derby 3w/e 03/10/1964
ALLOC 16B Colwick 4w/e 08/10/1966
ALLOC 9E Trafford Park (LMS) 4w/e 31/12/1966
WDN   w/e 16/09/1967

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1944 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8350
Built at Horwich Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Toton (18A)    
30/04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48350    
27/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Kettering (15C)    
19/09/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Derby (16C)    
24/09/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (16B)    
10/12/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Trafford Park (LMS) (9E)    
16/09/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 48350    
08/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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