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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 2544 on 23/12/1935
British Railways 42544 w/e 12/06/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 4P
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
4P23/12/1935
Wheels 2-6-4T
Builder Derby Works
To Service Sat 23/12/1935 to Stoke (5D)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 01/12/1962
Service Life 26 yrs, 11 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
5D   Stoke (New) on 23/12/1935
11A   Carnforth on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
12A   Carlisle Upperby 4w/e 26/02/1955
2A   Rugby 4w/e 30/11/1957
6A   Chester (MR) 4w/e 17/05/1958
6H   Bangor w/e 20/06/1959
2A   Rugby w/e 16/09/1961
21E   Monument Lane w/e 09/12/1961
2A   Rugby w/e 10/02/1962
5C   Stafford w/e 23/06/1962
     Withdrawn w/e 01/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 12A Carlisle Upperby 4w/e 26/02/1955
ALLOC 2A Rugby 4w/e 02/11/1957
ALLOC 6A Chester (MR) 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 6H Bangor 4w/e 17/05/1958
TOSTORE   4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 6H Bangor 6w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 2A Rugby 4w/e 30/09/1961
ALLOC 21E Monument Lane 4w/e 30/12/1961
ALLOC 2A Rugby 5w/e 03/03/1962
ALLOC 5C Stafford 4w/e 30/06/1962
WDN   w/e 01/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
11/08/1956 West Cumberland Visit SLS members gathered by devious routes in the Citadel station at Carlisle, the writer travelling G. & S.W. from Glasgow 'spotting' ex G.E. 2-4-2T No. 67157 awaiting scrapping at Kilmarnock works with several compound 4-4-0's and K2 2-6-0's. While at Dumfries the last of the McIntosh 19' Class 0-4-4T's (No. 55124) was seen, the London Midland Region striving to cope with large holiday crowds. Matters were not improved by the 'Royal Scot' being halted for a quarter of an hour at platform 3 for its Pacific, 46224, to be replaced by 46252. Our connection, the Perth-London, departed 21½ minutes late at 1-16½ behind 46242 and on arrival at Penrith it was found that temporary alterations had been made in the service on the C.K. & P.-the 1-30 p.m. to Workington followed the through train from Manchester to Keswick. This comprised Class 2MT 2-6-0's Nos. 46456/7, coupled tender to tender, with eight corridors. Traversing Lakeland in brilliant sunshine, after early rain, we descended at tree-shaded Keswick and continued by the retimed 1-30 which was worked by 46491. At Workington (Main), reached at 3-49, a visit was paid to the shed where the centre of attraction was ex-Furness 0-6-0 No. 52499 (with L. & Y. boiler). Another of these locos., 52510, was seen on a freight. The plan to return immediately to Carlisle to do Silloth had now to be abandoned, in any case on Saturdays this branch is taken over from the diesels by J39's and instead we carried on along the coast to Whitehaven by the 4-28 (3.25 ex-Carlisle) which was another steam train-2-6-4T No. 42544 with four packed coaches. At Whitehaven (Bransty) cameras were focussed on un-rebuilt Patriot No. 45542 which came in with a train from the south. Earlier, Stanier 2-6-0 No. 42962 had been seen on one of these, before rejoining the train which now formed the 5-15 to Carlisle. However, some diehards waited for the 6-15 departure and at last ran a diesel set to earth. After traversing the erstwhile Maryport and Carlisle line, the Citadel station was reached 2 minutes late at 6-40 p.m. when a final spot of excitement was provided by our using the same platform as the empty stock of the Royal Train which, that morning, had arrived at Appleby with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. It departed northwards in charge of Class SMT 4-6-0's Nos. 44676 an 45455. SLS/195610

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
23/12/1935 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2544
Built at Derby Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Carnforth (11A)    
12/06/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 42544    
26/02/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Upperby (12A)    
30/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
17/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Chester (MR) (6A)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Bangor (6H)    
16/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
09/12/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Monument Lane (21E)    
10/02/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
23/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford (5C)    
01/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 42544    
05/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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