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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Caledonian Railway 520 m/e 08/1884
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 17254 y/e 1924
British Railways 57254 w/e 02/10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Drummond
Class 294
Company History CR/LMS
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Neilson, Reid & Co.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 3255
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
Safety Valves Ramsbottom
To Service During 08/1884
Withdrawal w/e Mon 30/07/1962
Service Life 77 yrs, 11 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1962 at Arnott Young (Troon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1884
31A   St Rollox (Balornock) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
63E     w/e 01/01/1949
67D   Ardrossan 4w/e 06/08/1955
     Withdrawn w/e 30/07/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 63E   w/e 01/01/1949
ALLOC 67D Ardrossan 4w/e 06/08/1955
WDN   w/e 30/07/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 St. Rollox Works (Dump) Further locomotives re-numbered into British Railways stock here (tender number in brackets, followed by paint date) are as follows:-*40636(4341) 15/7; 40665(3804) 30/6; 40920(3256) 14/6; 40921(4267) 17/6; 41146(3795) 14/7; 41147(3792) 10/6; 41149(4166) 3/6; 41177(3340) 18/6; 41183(3530) 9/7; 42204 26/6; 42215 1/7; 42699 11/6; 42745(4171) 3/8; 42805(4015) 24/6; 42884(4212) 25/5; 42908(4263) 3/6; *42912(4274) 15/7; 43884(2977) 4/7; 44008(3098) 1/7; 44016(3105) 14/7; 44877(10502) 8/7; 44880(10505) 20/6; 44952(10577) 13/7; 44958(10583) 15/6; 44970(10595) 4/7; 44974(10599) 17/6; 45008(9845) 15/7; 45022(9511) 2/7; 45053(9032) 11/6; *45084(9116) 8/7; 45085(9266) 9/7; 45086(9180) 18/6; 45090(9821) 30/6; 45125(9229) 6/7; 45126(9720) 24/6; 45162(9714) 14/7; 45226(9502) 16/6; 45363(9211) 11/7; 45467(9176) 31/5; 45472(9679) 7/6; 45475(9070) 29/6; 45490(9120) 20/6; 45576(9022) 14/6; 45645(9818) 31/5; 45729(9723) 3/6; 47536 22/6; 54491(6191) 3/6; 54506(6212) 11/7; 55126 26/6; 55191 13/6; 55196 15/7; 55219 6/8; 55228 6/7; 55232 8/6; 55240 8/7; 55263 9/7; 55360 22/6; 56269 6/6; 56279 11/6; 56315 23/6; 56327 5/8; 56341 10/6; 56346 15/6; 57245(6058) 5/7; 57264(937) 16/6; 57323(957) 14/7; 57332(6038) 29/6; 57338(1764) 2/8; 57358(1723) 21/6; 57397(1292) 6/7; 57430(6021) 24/6; 57467(1304) 4/8; 57583(1664) 2/7; *57619(1777) 30/6; 57632(1713) 11/7; 57635(1683) 18/6; 57659(1761) 11/6; 57661(1775) 18/6; *57686(1767) 13/7; 57690(1771) 4/6. *Retains L.M.S. on tender. In addition, No. M5359 was re-numbered 45359 on 13/7, tender No. 9060.
Locomotives on Works at commencement of Annual Holiday, 16/7. Erecting Shop: Nos. 908, 1136, 2745, 4234/81, 5047, 5455/57/74/99, 5560, 14464/73, 14639, 15164, 15219, 16327, 17337/38, 17453/67, 17599. Yard: No. 16025 (Works' shunter, awaiting shop repairs).Dump: Nos. 905, M5575, 14448, 14649 (all awaiting shop repairs), 15116 (minus boiler; withdrawn W/E 29/5), 17374 (withdrawn W/E 22/5) and 17422 (minus boiler; agreed for breaking up 7/6). No. 16025 , the Works' 'pug,' burst a tube on 12/7 and No. 17254 (31A) was used as a substitute until the commencement of the Works' Annual Holiday. No. 16025 went into shops for a service repair on 2/8; No. 16030 (31E) having arrived to act as Works' shunter. No. 15116 was towed into the shops ex dump on 2/8 and was cut-up during the ensuing week
SLS/194809

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1884 To Service To service as Caledonian Railway Number 520
Built at Neilson, Reid & Co., Works Number 3255
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 17254    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Rollox (Balornock) (31A)    
02/10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 57254    
01/01/1949 Allocation      
06/08/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Ardrossan (67D)    
30/07/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 57254    
11/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Troon    

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