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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5901 on 07/08/1933
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (1934) 5540 on 18/07/1934
British Railways 45540 w/e 22/05/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
07/08/1933 SIR ROBERT TURNBULL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Fowler
Class Patriot
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Patriot 6P07/08/1933
Patriot 7P01/11/1947
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
To Service Sat 07/08/1933
Withdrawal w/e Sat 06/04/1963
Service Life 29 yrs, 7 mths , 30 dys
Total Mileage 1,496,821

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 07/08/1933
3B   Bushbury on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
1B   Camden w/e 28/05/1949
3B   Bushbury w/e 01/10/1949
9A   Longsight w/e 10/06/1950
9A   Longsight 2w/e 17/06/1950
3B   Bushbury w/e 07/11/1959
9E   Trafford Park (LMS) w/e 14/01/1961
21A   Saltley w/e 17/06/1961
17A   Derby w/e 07/04/1962
12B   Carlisle Upperby w/e 30/06/1962
     Withdrawn w/e 06/04/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 3B Bushbury w/e 08/11/1947
ALLOC 1B Camden w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC 3B Bushbury w/e 01/10/1949
ALLOC 9A Longsight w/e 10/06/1950
ALLOC 3B Bushbury 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 9E Trafford Park (LMS) 5w/e 04/02/1961
ALLOC 21A Saltley 4w/e 01/07/1961
ALLOC 17A Derby 5w/e 05/05/1962
ALLOC 12B Carlisle Upperby 4w/e 30/06/1962
WDN   w/e 06/04/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1947 Crewe Works Further Class '5' 4-6-0's have been completed as follows: Nos. 4761 (25/9), 4762 (2/10) and 4763 (9/10). Work has not yet started on the next 'Royal Scot' conversion (No. 6162), but the next two 'Patriot' rebuilds (Nos. 5540 and 5531) are receiving attention; the former will be completed by the end of October. Two further Class '7' 4-6-2's have had the streamline casing removed, viz.: Nos. 6228 (w/e 27/9) and 6245 (w/e 4/10), thus leaving only four streamlined 'Pacifics' on the L.M.S.: Nos. 6226, 6229, 6236 an 6243. The number of withdrawn locos. lying in the Works has been further reduced. The following engines have been cut up since 20/9: Nos. 6748 (w/e 12/10), 6650 (w/e 27/9), 6685 (w/e 27/9), 6704 (w/e 11/10), 6660 (w/e 4/10) and 25841 (w/e 4/10). The conversion of '8F' 2-8-0 No. 8653 to oil-burning was completed on 14/10 and No. 8606 will be similarly dealt with. 'Patriot' Class: No. 5518 now has the nameplates Bradshaw uncovered. 'Royal Scot' Class: No. 6144 has had its name restored after running without it continuously since well before the war. SLS/194711
31/05/1948 Crewe Works New construction for the past month produced only three Caprotti 4-6-0's: No. 44756 (No. 9 of Order E468) completed on 10/5, and No. 44741 and 44742 (Nos. 4 & 5 of Order E.469) completed on 18/5 and 28/5 respectively.
Condemned engines cut-up during the past month were dealt with a follows: W/E 8/5 Nos. 7821, 9250; W/E 15/5 Nos. 7769, 9038; W/E 22/5 Nos. 6673, 6738, 9013; W/E 29/5 Nos. 6740, 6920, 25373 an 28484.
A number of War Department 2-8-0's of the standard L.M.S. '8F' type have recently returned from the Middle East, and are at present stored in the old carriage works. They are Nos. 70300/01/11/14/18/32/63/94/95/98, 70401/2/3/13/38/43/46/49, 70504/18/76/77/79/82/88 an 70611. Several of these engines are fitted with steam turbo-generators mounted on the right-hand side of the firebox, but no electric lights are in evidence, although conduit piping still exists along the boilers of a few engines.
Eight locomotives were recently painted in the new experimental liveries of the British Railways Six Class '7P' 4-6-2's Nos. 46224/27/30/1/2/41 were painted blue (the shade approaching that of Oxford blue), and lined in accordance gwith ex L.N.W.R. practice, whilst two Class '6P' 4-6-0's Nos. 45540 an 46139 were painted green (a shade closely resembling the standard L.N.E.R. green) and also lined in the ex L.N.W.R. style. All eight engines had their buffers, cylinder covers, motion, etc., scoured bright
SLS/194807
28/11/1959 Bushbury MPD To work the remaining Wolverhampton-B'ham-London trains (via Northampton) Royal Scots 46122/41/3/53/8 and Patriot 45540 have been allocated in place of the Jubilees (transferred to Carlisle). SLS/196001
07/01/1961 Trafford Park MPD 70004/14/5/7/21/32/3/42 have been transferred to Willesden and replaced by 45540, 46106/22/37/41/3/53/8. On Saturday, 7th January, 70004 worked the 12-34 p.m. Watford-New St. Birmingham and returned on the 7-37 p.m. New St.-Euston. SLS/196102
03/06/1961 Leeds-Birmingham-Bristol line With the advent of the Summer t.t. several steam workings have gone over to Type 4 Sulzers; whilst only 3 A3 Pacifics are left at Holbeck, Saltley has gained 3 class 6P and 11 Class 7P 4-6-0s viz., 45579, 45648/9, 45532/40, 46100/3/12/8/22/41/57/60/2. It is presumed that these latter will be utilised on Saturdays for the many extra trains which are run (and upon which 2-10-0s were utilised last year). SLS/196107

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/08/1933 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5901, name: SIR ROBERT TURNBULL
Built at Crewe Works
   
18/07/1934 Renumbered Renumbered to 5540    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bushbury (3B)    
22/05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 45540    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Camden (1B)    
01/10/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Bushbury (3B)    
10/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
17/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
07/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Bushbury (3B)    
14/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Trafford Park (LMS) (9E)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Saltley (21A)    
07/04/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Derby (17A)    
30/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Upperby (12B)    
06/04/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 45540    
07/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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