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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Western Railway 969 m/e 08/1919
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (1st) 5735 m/e 05/1927
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (Dup.) 25735 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Cooke
Class Prince of Wales
Company History LNWR/LMS
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
Works Number 5482
To Service During 08/1919
Withdrawal During 09/1934
Service Life 15 yrs , 1 mth

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1934

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1919
     Withdrawn m/e 09/1934


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
08/1919 To Service To service as London and North Western Railway Number 969
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number 5482
   
05/1927 Renumbered Renumbered to 5735    
09/1934 Withdrawn Condemned as 5735    
10/1934 Scrapped Scrapped    
1936 Number Allocated Allocated number 25735 but not taken up    

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