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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 70300 m/e 05/1940
British Railways 48246 w/e 10/12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Works Number 24600
To Service During 05/1940
Withdrawal w/e Sat 15/01/1966
Service Life 25 yrs, 8 mths , 16 dys
Information WD 300

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1966 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1940
5B   Crewe South (Reinstated) (Reinstated from WD Stock) 3w/e 24/12/1949
6B   Mold Junction w/e 18/02/1950
6G   Llandudno Junction w/e 08/07/1961
5D   Stoke w/e 20/06/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 15/01/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK 5B Crewe South w/e 10/12/1949
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction w/e 18/02/1950
ALLOC 6G Llandudno Junction 5w/e 05/08/1961
ALLOC 5D Stoke 5w/e 11/07/1964
WDN   w/e 15/01/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1940 To Service To service as WD Number 70300
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 24600
   
10/12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48246    
24/12/1949 Reinstated Reinstated to Crewe South (5B)    
18/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
08/07/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Llandudno Junction (6G)    
20/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Stoke (5D)    
15/01/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 48246    
04/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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