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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 120 m/e 10/1898
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 10953 y/e 1924
British Railways 50953 m/e 04/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Hughes
Class 6
Company History LYR/LMS
Wheels 2-4-2T
Builder Horwich Works
To Service During 10/1898
Withdrawal w/e Sat 08/04/1950
Service Life 51 yrs, 6 mths , 9 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1898
24D   Lower Darwen on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
24C   Lostock Hall w/e 18/09/1948
24D   Lower Darwen w/e 04/06/1949
25E   Sowerby Bridge w/e 11/03/1950
     Withdrawn w/e 08/04/1950

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 24D Lower Darwen w/e 11/10/1947
ALLOC 24C Lostock Hall w/e 18/09/1948
ALLOC 24D Lower Darwen w/e 04/06/1949
ALLOC 25E Sowerby Bridge w/e 11/03/1950
WDN   w/e 08/04/1950

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/04/1948 Horwich Works On 21/4 the following locomotives were in the Erecting Shop: Nos. 133/49, 205, 2701/82/86, 2958, 3841, 4060, 4220, 4307/68, 4497, 4517/48, 5079, 8751/61, 9501/08/20/37, 10630, 10953, 11313/20, 11425, 12089, 12133/71, 12268, 12399, 12411, 12522, 12615 an 12870, while awaiting Works were the following: Nos. 131, 2646, 2796, 2964, 9545, 9607, 10852, 11410, 12152/60, 12397, 12438/67, 12582, 12821/39. Nos. 10429, 10717, 10901, 12247/56, 12422, 12824/37/61 an 12902 were on the scrap road; the boiler of No. 11116 is still there. Nos. R10600 an R10617 are still standing between the Erecting and Paint Shops-the glass having been removed from the coach windows. The only renumbered locomotive seen here with a new cast smoke-box numberplate was No. 45220, the rest not having received them yet. SLS/194806

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1898 To Service To service as Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Number 120
Built at Horwich Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 10953    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Lower Darwen (24D)    
04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 50953    
18/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Lostock Hall (24C)    
04/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Lower Darwen (24D)    
11/03/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Sowerby Bridge (25E)    
08/04/1950 Withdrawn Condemned as 50953    

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