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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Western Railway 1201 m/e 01/1885
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 7715 m/e 08/1928

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Webb
Class Coal Tank
Company History LNWR/LMS
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Crewe Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 2817
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram Precursor
Safety Valves Ramsbottom
To Service During 01/1885
Withdrawal During 01/1948
Service Life 63 yrs

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1885
     Withdrawn m/e 01/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN 4B Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) w/e 17/01/1948

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1927 Push/Pull equipment fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
17/10/1945 Swansea Paxton Street MPD Home engines on shed on 17/10 were: 1676, 2360/81/90, 7715/41, 7807, 7931/3/41, 8325/44/5, 8673/89/91, 9033, 9260, 9358, 27621, 28543, 28622. Other locos were 2307, 5245, 5318, 8324, 8688, 9019 of 4A and 7258 of 4C. SLS/194601
31/03/1948 Crewe Works New construction for the past month includes three more class '5' Caprotti 4-6-0's, Nos. 4750 , 4751 and 4752 completed on 17/2, 24/2 and 5/3 respectively, class '7P' 4-6-2 No. 6257 completed on 26/2, and 'Royal Scot' conversion No. 6154 completed on 27/2. It is understood that No. 6105 is the next 'Royal Scot' to be rebuilt with a tapered boiler. No. 6257 bears the name City of Salford, and on 3/3 was noted in photographic livery on the weighbridge. It has all the latest modifications incorporated in No. 6256, and is No. 5 of order E 464. A Johnson '2F' 0-6-0 No. 3084 (Ex 2D) has been allocated to the C.M.E. Dept., Crewe, and is to be used on the daily trip between the Works and Basford Hall Sidings. Ex L. & N.W.R. engines continue to disappear steadily; among the latest batch of engines to go to the scrap heap were Service locomotives Nos. 3248/9 (the last 0-4-2ST Crane engines) and 0-4-0ST No. 3084. Scrapping dates from the middle of January are as follows:-W/E 17/1: Nos. 9206, 28343; w/e 24/1, 9374, 28546, 28550; w/e 31/1, 6674, 25791; w/e 7/2, 6754, 25775; w/e 14/2, 9182, 27648; w/e 21/2, 7715, 9175; w/e 28/2, 3084, 3249, 9251, 28117; w/e 6/3, 3248, 6729 an 28145 SLS/194804

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1885 To Service To service as London and North Western Railway Number 1201
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number 2817
   
03/1927 Modification Modification: Push/Pull equipment fitted    
08/1928 Renumbered Renumbered to 7715    
01/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 7715    

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