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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London and North Western Railway	1285	m/e	09/1903
London, Midland & Scottish Railway	9339	m/e	05/1927
British Railways	49339	m/e	09/1948

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

F. Webb

Class

4 Cylinder Compound

Company History

LNWR/LMS

Rebuild History

Class	From
B	09/1903
G1 (0-8-0)	08/1919
G2A (0-8-0)	05/1941

Wheels

0-8-0

Builder

Crewe Works

Works Number

4357

To Service

During 09/1903

Withdrawal

w/e Sat 25/12/1954

Service Life

51 yrs, 3 mths , 24 dys

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	09/1903
6C	Birkenhead Mollington Street	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
2D	Nuneaton	w/e	05/11/1949
TESTS	(CME, Crewe)	4w/e	17/07/1951
2B	Nuneaton	w/e	01/09/1951
2B	Nuneaton	4w/e	08/09/1951
	Withdrawn	w/e	25/12/1954

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	6C	Birkenhead Mollington Street	w/e	16/08/1947
ALLOC	2D	Nuneaton	w/e	05/11/1949
LOAN	CreweCME		w/e	14/07/1951
ALLOC	2B	Nuneaton	w/e	01/09/1951
WDN			w/e	25/12/1954

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

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
09/1903	To Service	To service as London and North Western Railway Number 1285 Built at Crewe Works, Works Number 4357
05/1927	Renumbered	Renumbered to 9339
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)
09/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 49339
05/11/1949	Allocation	Reallocated to Nuneaton (2D)
17/07/1951	Allocation
01/09/1951	Allocation	Reallocated to Nuneaton (2B)
08/09/1951	Allocation	Reallocated to Nuneaton (2B)
25/12/1954	Withdrawn	Condemned as 49339

Complete BR Locomotive Database 1948-1997

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