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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8389 m/e 03/1945
British Railways 48389 w/e 05/11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Horwich Works
To Service During 03/1945
Withdrawal w/e Sat 21/08/1965
Service Life 20 yrs, 5 mths , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1945
21A   Saltley on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
26A   Newton Heath w/e 05/06/1948
9A   Longsight w/e 15/10/1949
9D   Buxton (LNWR) w/e 26/11/1960
     Withdrawn w/e 21/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 26A Newton Heath w/e 20/03/1948
ALLOC 26A Newton Heath w/e 05/06/1948
LOAN 9A Longsight w/e 13/08/1949
ALLOC 9A Longsight w/e 15/10/1949
ALLOC 9D Buxton (LNWR) 5w/e 03/12/1960
WDN   w/e 21/08/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8389
Built at Horwich Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Saltley (21A)    
05/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Heath (26A)    
15/10/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
05/11/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48389    
26/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Buxton (LNWR) (9D)    
21/08/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 48389    
01/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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