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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5297 m/e 12/1937
British Railways 45297 w/e 02/04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five12/1937
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1352
To Service During 12/1937 to Monument Lane (3E)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 16/09/1967
Service Life 29 yrs, 9 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1968 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
3E   Monument Lane (New) m/e 12/1937
6A   Chester (MR) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
19B   Sheffield Millhouses 2w/e 17/06/1950
19B   Sheffield Millhouses m/e 31/12/1950
17A   Derby w/e 29/09/1951
17A   Derby 4w/e 06/10/1951
19B   Sheffield Millhouses 8w/e 19/06/1954
6J   Holyhead 4w/e 17/05/1958
12B   Carlisle Upperby w/e 15/11/1958
24K   Preston w/e 25/03/1961
5B   Crewe South w/e 09/09/1961
     Withdrawn w/e 16/09/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction 4w/e 08/12/1945
LOAN 19B Sheffield Millhouses w/e 17/06/1950
ALLOC 19B Sheffield Millhouses m/e 31/12/1950
ALLOC 17A Derby w/e 29/09/1951
ALLOC 19B Sheffield Millhouses 4w/e 10/07/1954
LOAN 41C Sheffield Millhouses on 01/02/1958
ALLOC 41C Sheffield Millhouses on 23/02/1958
ALLOC 6J Holyhead 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 12B Carlisle Upperby 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 24K Preston 4w/e 01/04/1961
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 4w/e 30/09/1961
WDN   w/e 16/09/1967

* 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
12/08/1964 Crewe Works (Works Yard) Arrival Sidings: 41264, 42233/581/651, 44836/8/934, 45005/38/249, 46487, 48050/205/301/556/617, 78023, 84028. Paint Shop: D1589, D1611/2/3/5/6, 26057, 27006, L.M.S. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland (painted in L.M.S. livery for Butlin's Camp, Ayrshire), 49395, Lion. Outside Paint Shop: D230/41/82, D302/22, D1610, D6826/36, 48641. Paint Shop Yard: 42210/152, 48158/62/462, 78010, 92203. Diesel Test Road: D207, D1614, D8053. Erecting Shop: New Construction D1619-D1636 in various stages of construction, D203/74/6/9/83, D304/6/29/33/84/6, D5719, D6843, D8009/13/17/55, 42134/577/611, 44695/946, 45003/338, 45558, 48104/36/215/18/87/305/531/710/67, 92001/59/166/77, 92205/12. No. 9 Shop: D1617/8. Outside Erecting Shop: 48010/193/466, 84026, 92042. Works Yard: D217/8/89/91, D350, D5706/16, D6758, D8045, 42115/697, 44593/937, 45297/325, 48002/153/267/426/548/53/676, 70001/9/36/51, 78044. Electric Traction Shop: E3021, 26033/52, D288, D315/24. Scrap Road: 48069/155/203/310/657/745, 84021/2. Dismantling Shed: 42090/614/86, 48335/64/494/540, 84025, 92065. SLS/196409
29/10/1967 Crewe South MPD (Withdrawn) 45285/7, 48018, 48729, 92047, 70004/24/31/45. Stored-48402, LNER 4498. Withdrawn-D2519, 15000/2, 42647, 43001/3/7/21, 44680/1/4, 44765, 44805/8/12/4/21/32/3/43/60/5, 44944, 45006/21/42/52/60/89,45186, 45243/70/8/97/8, 45308, 45405/94, 46520, 48220, 48364, 48474, 48521/2/48, 48603/43, 48725/67, 75029, 76051, 92100. SLS/196712

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1937 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5297
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 1352
Allocated to Monument Lane (3E)
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Chester (MR) (6A)    
02/04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 45297    
17/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Millhouses (19B)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Millhouses (19B)    
29/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Derby (17A)    
06/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Derby (17A)    
19/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Millhouses (19B)    
17/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Holyhead (6J)    
15/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Upperby (12B)    
25/03/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Preston (24K)    
09/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
16/09/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 45297    
02/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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