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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8373 m/e 11/1944
British Railways 48373 w/e 15/01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Horwich Works
To Service During 11/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 22/06/1968
Service Life 23 yrs, 7 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1968

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1944
4A   Shrewsbury on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
4A   Bletchley w/e 16/09/1950
4A   Bletchley 4w/e 07/10/1950
8C   Speke Junction 4w/e 23/02/1952
8B   Warrington Dallam 4w/e 14/06/1958
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 29/09/1962
10F   Rose Grove w/e 22/05/1965
9B   Stockport Edgeley w/e 18/09/1965
9D   Newton Heath w/e 07/10/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 22/06/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 4A Bletchley w/e 16/09/1950
ALLOC 8C Speke Junction 4w/e 23/02/1952
ALLOC 8B Warrington Dallam 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 5w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 10F Rose Grove 5w/e 12/06/1965
ALLOC 9B Stockport Edgeley 4w/e 09/10/1965
ALLOC 9D Newton Heath 4w/e 07/10/1967
WDN 9D Newton Heath w/e 22/06/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1945 Wellingborough During the last two weeks in December, there were numerous strangers in this area, helping with the Christmas workings when some expresses ran in as many as six parts-an unprecedented occurrence on the Midland Division. Locos noted included 324, 931 (20B); 1181 (19A), 2339 (21A), 2814 (2D), 4017 (19C), 4843 (22A), 4916, 5070 (1A), 5381 (5A), 5403 (5A), 5410 (8A), 5657 (22A), 8127 (20A), 8162 (20C), 8373 (4A). 2129, 2518 (13D), and 7312 (13B) have been seen working through light en route for shops. W.D. tanks 71473 an 71535 were dead in the loco yard on 23/12, but disappeared next day. SLS/194604
31/12/1948 Crewe Works New Work December: 'IVĀ° more '2F' 2-6-0's were completed dunng December-Nos. 46433 and 46434 on 8/12 and 13/12 respectively, thus completing the present order. Tne last Caprotti 4-6-0 of Order E 468, No. 44757, was completed on 22/12. No. 44728 (No. 11 of Order E 472) was completed on 31/12; the first ten of this order are to be built at Horwich. Another 'Patriot' Class 4-6-0, No. 45534, has been rebuilt with a taper boiler-completed on 10/12. No. 45522 will shortly be similarly dealt with.
Locomotives entering Works during December included: Nos. 1201, 2254, 2438/51/61/77/82, 2654/60/86/99, 2610/14/18/28/44/48/78/82, 4739/48/49, 4849/84, 4908/17/18/31/50/81, 5000/24/41/55/59/68/93, 5108/40/47, 5274/93, 4387, 5404/44/94, 5508/33/46, 5617/30/33/36/54/55/66/78, 5705, 6115/19/37/47/50/52/56, 6207/31/49/53, 6654, 6656(27A), 6727, 7757, 7803, 7987/99, 8001/63/93/98, 8143/89/97, 8200/71/80, 8373, 8409/17/39/62, 8509/20, 8606/34/51/53/59/96, 8700/03/18, 9072/85, 9122/26/64/84, 924/57/67/93, 9321/33/49, 9416/19/47, 28093, 42386, 42565, 44766, 44830, 45005/80, 46107/12/17/20/21, 47977, 49059, 49298, 58924. During w/e 8/12, No. 46121 was renamed The Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Regiment) and fitted with a plaque.
SLS/194902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1944 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8373
Built at Horwich Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Shrewsbury (4A)    
15/01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48373    
16/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bletchley (4A)    
07/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bletchley (4A)    
23/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Warrington Dallam (8B)    
29/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
22/05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (10F)    
18/09/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Stockport Edgeley (9B)    
07/10/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Heath (9D)    
22/06/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 48373    
12/1968 Scrapped Scrapped    

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