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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 4963 on 22/06/1946
British Railways 44963 w/e 26/03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five22/06/1946
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Horwich Works
Order Number 174
To Service Sat 22/06/1946 to Sheffield Millhouses (19B)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 20/07/1968
Service Life 22 yrs , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1968 at Cohens (Cargo Fleet)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
19B   Sheffield Millhouses (New) on 22/06/1946
17A   Derby 4w/e 19/04/1952
19B   Sheffield Millhouses 8w/e 11/07/1953
17A   Derby 4w/e 03/10/1953
21A   Saltley 4w/e 04/12/1954
5A   Crewe North w/e 18/04/1964
5C   Stafford w/e 19/09/1964
8B   Warrington Dallam w/e 24/07/1965
8H   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 31/12/1966
10A   Carnforth w/e 12/08/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 20/07/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 17A Derby 4w/e 19/04/1952
ALLOC 19B Sheffield Millhouses 4w/e 13/06/1953
ALLOC 17A Derby 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 21A Saltley 4w/e 25/12/1954
ALLOC 5A Crewe North 4w/e 02/05/1964
ALLOC 5C Stafford 3w/e 03/10/1964
ALLOC 8B Warrington Dallam 4w/e 07/08/1965
ALLOC 8H Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 31/12/1966
LOAN 8H Birkenhead Mollington Street 5w/e 08/04/1967
ALLOC 10A Carnforth 5w/e 12/08/1967
WDN 10A Carnforth w/e 20/07/1968

* 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
27/06/1965 Crewe Works (Erecting shop) Erecting shop: D1859/60/1, D1962-7, D202/11/32/4/95, D338/50/2, D1508/12/18/29/30/43/54/68, D5709/15, D8015/24, 44669/963, 45018/227/435/93, 48012/111/67/271/322/445/93/507/51/727, 70035/54, 92011/49/50/137/234. Electric shop: E3059/78/80/2/3, E26000. New Diesel shop: D222, D284, D290, D396, D1501/15/61, D1633. Paint shop: D1853/5-8, E3038/87, E26045, D8021, 71000 (stored outside). Traverser Area: 44679, 45327, 48116/768, D240, D1511/21, E3072. Side of Works: 44673/8/877/5004/190, 48474, 92021/212, 70023. Ex-Works: D248, D342, D1615/35/88, D6885, 44759, 45200, 45444/8, 48055, 70039, 92054/247. New diesel shop is the old 'cutting up' shop which has been converted into a light diesel repair shop. SLS/196508

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
22/06/1946 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 4963
Built at Horwich Works
Allocated to Sheffield Millhouses (19B)
   
26/03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 44963    
19/04/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Derby (17A)    
11/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Millhouses (19B)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Derby (17A)    
04/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Saltley (21A)    
18/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe North (5A)    
19/09/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford (5C)    
24/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Warrington Dallam (8B)    
31/12/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (8H)    
12/08/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Carnforth (10A)    
20/07/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 44963    
10/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Cargo Fleet    

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