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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 4897 m/e 09/1945
British Railways 44897 w/e 23/04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five09/1945
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
Order Number 174
To Service During 09/1945 to Carlisle Kingmoor (12A)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 03/08/1968
Service Life 22 yrs, 11 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1968 at Cohens (Kettering)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
12A   Carlisle Kingmoor (New) m/e 09/1945
8B   Warrington Dallam on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
3D   Aston 4w/e 22/03/1952
21E   Monument Lane w/e 17/06/1961
2A   Rugby w/e 02/09/1961
6J   Holyhead w/e 22/06/1963
6B   Mold Junction w/e 21/09/1963
6D   Shrewsbury w/e 23/04/1966
8H   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 18/03/1967
10A   Carnforth w/e 12/08/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 03/08/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 3D Aston 4w/e 22/03/1952
ALLOC 21E Monument Lane 4w/e 01/07/1961
ALLOC 2A Rugby 4w/e 02/09/1961
ALLOC 6J Holyhead 5w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction 5w/e 12/10/1963
ALLOC 6D Shrewsbury 4w/e 07/05/1966
ALLOC 8H Birkenhead Mollington Street 5w/e 08/04/1967
LOAN 8H Birkenhead Mollington Street 5w/e 08/04/1967
ALLOC 10A Carnforth 5w/e 12/08/1967
WDN 10A Carnforth w/e 03/08/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Crewe Works During the past month a further seven Class '5' 4-6-0's-Nos. 44718-24 inclusive-have been put into traffic, painted black with red, cream and grey lining but carrying neither lettering nor crests on the tender sides. No. 46202 recently returned to traffic. The engine was run in on trips from Crewe to Shrewsbury during W/E 19/3, and returned to the regular London-Liverpool working the following week. Since then, however, it is reported to have failed again at Camden, details are not known.
Dynamometer car trials were carried out with Class '4' 2-6-0 No. 43027 on the Crewe-Holyhead line during W/E 9/4; the dynamometer car used was No. 1. Locomotives entering Works during March included:-Nos. 42227/52, 2263/66, 2432/54/80, 2541/44/63, 2611/13/42/50/57/60/73, 44745, 4775, 4819/72/97, 4911/39/63, 44984, 5046/54/88, 45091, 5110/45, 45195, 45229/34, 5244, 45264, 5269/96/7/8, 45326, 5343/82/84, 5408, 5501, 45520, 5556, 45568, 5591, 45597, 5659/70, 45676/90/99, 5703/35, 6004, 46100, 6103/10/13/21, 46134, 6155/56, 46160/63, 6169, 6206/27, 46231, 6235/50/1/2/5, 7972, 47982, 7994/95, 8026/75, 8112/50/57, 8206/70, 8301/2/3/17/24/31/50/61/67, 8495, 8522, 8610/45/91, 48696, 8770, 8906/18, 9042/52/74, 9110/11/66/85, 9210/59/63/89/96/97, 9305/29/40/63/81, 9419/27/29, 28619, 58889 and 2-10-0 73788 (65F).
SLS/194905

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 4897
Built at Crewe Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Warrington Dallam (8B)    
23/04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 44897    
22/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Aston (3D)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Monument Lane (21E)    
02/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Holyhead (6J)    
21/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
23/04/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (6D)    
18/03/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (8H)    
12/08/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Carnforth (10A)    
03/08/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 44897    
12/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Kettering    

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