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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 179 on 14/04/1938
British Railways 40179 m/e 04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 3P
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Derby Works
To Service Tue 14/04/1938
Withdrawal Tue 27/02/1962
Service Life 23 yrs, 10 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Thu 08/03/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 14/04/1938
21B   Bournville on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
20D   Normanton w/e 27/03/1948
     Withdrawn on 27/02/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 20D Normanton w/e 27/03/1948
WDN   on 27/02/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
14/04/1938 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 179
Built at Derby Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bournville (21B)    
27/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Normanton (20D)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 40179    
27/02/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 40179    
08/03/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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