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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 4939 m/e 11/1945
British Railways 44939 w/e 26/03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five11/1945
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Horwich Works
Order Number 174
To Service During 11/1945
Withdrawal During 12/1965
Service Life 20 yrs , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1945
12B   Carlisle Upperby on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
24L   Carnforth w/e 20/06/1959
12B   Carlisle Upperby w/e 27/06/1959
12A   Carlisle Kingmoor w/e 22/06/1963
12B   Carlisle Upperby w/e 27/06/1964
     Withdrawn m/e 12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 12B Carlisle Upperby w/e 28/06/1947
ALLOC 24L Carnforth 6w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 12B Carlisle Upperby 6w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 12A Carlisle Kingmoor 5w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 12B Carlisle Upperby 5w/e 11/07/1964
WDN   w/e 01/01/1966

* 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
01/02/1958 LMR regional adjustments In connection with the Regional adjustments as from 1st February, the Depot Code for Carlisle (Upperby) has been altered from 12A to 12B. The following locomotives are affected: D3170, 12083, 13087/8, 13171, 40628/9/56, 42426/30, 42539/94, 42664, 43896, 44060/81, 44121/6, 44346, 44936/9, 45041/70, 45106/40/84/5/97, 45244/6/8/58/9 86/93/5/6, 45315/6/7/23/9/48/51/68/71/82/94/7, 45402/9/12/4/31/7/8/45/51/94, 45500/2/4/6/8/12/3/24/6/37/41/2/3/9/51/88/93/6/9, 45613/66, 45723,46106/26/36/41/8/65/7, 46226/38/55, 46449, 47292/5, 47326/40/77/91,47408/15, 47602/14/8/64/6. SLS/195802

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 4939
Built at Horwich Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Carlisle Upperby (12B)    
26/03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 44939    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Carnforth (24L)    
27/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Upperby (12B)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Kingmoor (12A)    
27/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Upperby (12B)    
12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 44939    
04/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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