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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5353 m/e 05/1937
British Railways 45353 w/e 26/02/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five05/1937
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1408
To Service During 05/1937
Withdrawal w/e Sat 20/07/1968
Service Life 31 yrs, 2 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1969 at Cohens (Kettering)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1937
1A   Willesden on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
4A   Bletchley w/e 30/09/1950
4A   Bletchley 4w/e 07/10/1950
5B   Crewe South 4w/e 08/08/1953
8A   Edge Hill 4w/e 11/08/1956
5B   Crewe South 4w/e 03/11/1956
1A   Willesden 4w/e 23/02/1957
3D   Aston w/e 22/11/1958
5A   Crewe North w/e 09/02/1963
6B   Mold Junction w/e 30/03/1963
6J   Holyhead w/e 22/06/1963
6B   Mold Junction w/e 14/09/1963
6A   Chester (MR) w/e 07/03/1964
5B   Crewe South w/e 10/06/1967
10D   Lostock Hall w/e 19/08/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 20/07/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 4A Bletchley w/e 30/09/1950
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 4w/e 08/08/1953
LOAN 8A Edge Hill 4w/e 14/07/1956
EXLOAN 5B Crewe South 4w/e 03/11/1956
ALLOC 1A Willesden 4w/e 23/02/1957
ALLOC 3D Aston 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 5A Crewe North 4w/e 02/03/1963
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction 4w/e 30/03/1963
ALLOC 6J Holyhead 5w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction 5w/e 12/10/1963
ALLOC 6A Chester (MR) 5w/e 07/03/1964
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 5w/e 10/06/1967
ALLOC 10D Lostock Hall 4w/e 09/09/1967
WDN 10D Lostock Hall w/e 20/07/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1950 General Now that the new 2-6-4 tanks are arriving at Tunbridge Wells West, the Maunsell 0-6-0s of class, 'Q' which had been on the Oxted line passenger jobs have been transferred to other sheds for freight duties. Nos. 42096-42101 had arrived to the beginning of September, and a few more are expected. Others under construction in Brighton Works are 42103-42106, 42066-42069. This method of 'numbering backward' savours of L.M.S. methods, though it is understood that after reaching 42095 the next will be 82010 (but not this year!)
It is not unusual to see class '5MT' from the L.M.R. at Brighton, chiefly on Sundays or in mid-week: the shedplates are usually 2A or 1A, e.g., 45020 an 45353, but 45233 with a 26A plate was something rather out of the ordinary on 27th August.
Little progress has been made recently with the last of the 4-6-2 to be built at Brighton (No. 34110): precedence is doubtless being given to the class '4' tanks. Only a few 2-8-0 seem to be in traffic round Brighton nowadays, though several are in Brighton shops for heavy repair; 90247, however, is much in evidence with its 4B shedplate, a legacy from its' Shrewsbury days.
Several Central Section engines have now had their 75A plates affixed, the earliest noted being 31556, 32505, 32509, 32339, 32424, but the number grows daily. Eastern section engines working in have not had shedplates up to the end of August.
Early in September the last active 0-4-2T No. 2252 was regularly on the Horsham auto, leaving Brighton about 4 p.m.; it is feared that this veteran may soon wear out its boiler, and then-goodbye?
SLS/195010
18/06/1967 Crewe South MPD (Stored) Stored-LNER 4498, 44843, 45042, 45243/64/98, 45353/91, 45494; condemned or waiting Works-43024/34, 44666/85, 44737/79, 44800/12/4/60/5, 45006/33, 45197, 45446, 47566, 48011/449/502/548/705, 71000, 78036, 92032. SLS/196708

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1937 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5353
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 1408
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Willesden (1A)    
26/02/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 45353    
30/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bletchley (4A)    
07/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bletchley (4A)    
08/08/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
11/08/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)    
03/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
23/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Willesden (1A)    
22/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Aston (3D)    
09/02/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe North (5A)    
30/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Holyhead (6J)    
14/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
07/03/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Chester (MR) (6A)    
10/06/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
19/08/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Lostock Hall (10D)    
20/07/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 45353    
02/1969 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Kettering    

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