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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 4889 m/e 08/1945
British Railways 44889 w/e 04/06/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five08/1945
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
Order Number 174
To Service During 08/1945 to Newton Heath (26A)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 27/01/1968
Service Life 22 yrs, 5 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1968 at Cohens (Kettering)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
26A   Newton Heath (New) m/e 08/1945
26A   Newton Heath on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
24A   Accrington 4w/e 21/02/1953
24E   Blackpool Central 4w/e 03/10/1953
24A   Accrington 4w/e 29/01/1955
24B   Rose Grove w/e 30/04/1960
24F   Fleetwood w/e 15/09/1962
24C   Lostock Hall w/e 22/06/1963
10J   Lancaster Green Ayre w/e 23/11/1963
10A   Carnforth w/e 23/04/1966
     Withdrawn w/e 27/01/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 24A Accrington 4w/e 21/02/1953
ALLOC 24E Blackpool Central 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 24A Accrington 4w/e 29/01/1955
ALLOC 24B Rose Grove 5w/e 30/04/1960
ALLOC 24F Fleetwood 5w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 24C Lostock Hall 5w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 10J Lancaster Green Ayre 4w/e 07/12/1963
ALLOC 10A Carnforth 4w/e 07/05/1966
WDN 10A Carnforth w/e 27/01/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
11/12/1966 Crewe Works (Paint shop) Erecting shop-44672, 45092, 70013/4, 90243/81/300, 92009/203/220, 60007/10, D319, D339, D1111, D1585, D1607/15/21/2/3/9, D1701/28/39/67/77/8/85/8/93, D8005, E3014/6/22/3/6/34/5/45, E26038/52, E27003/6, E5015/6. Paint shop area-44665/889, 90081/362, E3001/15/36, D239, D375, D1107/8/10, D1523, D1662, D1954, D5709. Diesel shop-D214/24, D364/81. D1509/15/21/4/35, D1600/56, D1700, D1842, D1901/49/81, D5718. Electric shop-E26029/50, E3171, D1618. Test area-D1109, D1691, D1864, D5717. Traverser area-D322, D251, D1722/89, D1860, D1942, E3002/29, D5715, 60026, 71000, 90664. Old cutting up shop-D5704. Side of Works-70017, 45138, 90345/406, E3089, D5710. SLS/196701
16/02/1968 CarnforthMPD (Out of use) Stored LMS 6441, 70013 (sheeted). In steam: 92009/77/88/118/67 Out of use: 44887/9, 45092/259, 48757, 70021, 75009/15/20/21/24/33/34/43/48/62, 92110/212. 92004 & Type 2 D.E. hauled 12.00 Heysham-Neville Hill oil tanks, and 44894 headed south with another tank train from the Barrow line at 11.00 hrs. SLS/196803

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 4889
Built at Crewe Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newton Heath (26A)    
04/06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 44889    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Accrington (24A)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Blackpool Central (24E)    
29/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Accrington (24A)    
30/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (24B)    
15/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Fleetwood (24F)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Lostock Hall (24C)    
23/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Lancaster Green Ayre (10J)    
23/04/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Carnforth (10A)    
27/01/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 44889    
06/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Kettering    

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