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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8554 m/e 06/1945
British Railways 48554 w/e 05/11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1961
To Service During 06/1945
Withdrawal w/e Sat 06/08/1966
Service Life 21 yrs, 2 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1966 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1945
1A   Willesden on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
8D   Widnes w/e 05/06/1948
8B   Warrington Dallam w/e 19/05/1962
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 22/09/1962
1E   Bletchley w/e 17/08/1963
1A   Willesden w/e 08/05/1965
5B   Crewe South w/e 02/10/1965
6C   Croes Newydd w/e 04/12/1965
5B   Crewe South w/e 11/12/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 06/08/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 5B Crewe South on 02/07/1947
ALLOC 5B Crewe South w/e 26/07/1947
ALLOC 1A Willesden w/e 11/10/1947
ALLOC 8D Widnes w/e 05/06/1948
ALLOC 8B Warrington Dallam 4w/e 02/06/1962
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 5w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 1E Bletchley 5w/e 07/09/1963
ALLOC 1A Willesden 4w/e 08/05/1965
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 4w/e 09/10/1965
ALLOC 6C Croes Newydd 4w/e 04/12/1965
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 5w/e 08/01/1966
WDN   w/e 06/08/1966

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8554
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1961
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Willesden (1A)    
05/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Widnes (8D)    
05/11/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48554    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Warrington Dallam (8B)    
22/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
17/08/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Bletchley (1E)    
08/05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Willesden (1A)    
02/10/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
04/12/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (6C)    
11/12/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
06/08/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 48554    
11/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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