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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 70395 m/e 08/1941
British Railways 48257 w/e 24/09/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 08/1941
Withdrawal w/e Sat 20/07/1968
Service Life 26 yrs, 11 mths , 19 dys
Information WD 321

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1968

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1941
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street 5w/e 24/12/1949
5B   Crewe South 3w/e 14/01/1950
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 18/05/1957
5B   Crewe South 4w/e 10/08/1957
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 07/01/1961
10F   Rose Grove w/e 19/06/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 20/07/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK 5B Crewe South w/e 24/09/1949
LOAN 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 19/11/1949
EXLOAN 5B Crewe South w/e 31/12/1949
LOAN 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 18/05/1957
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 5w/e 04/02/1961
ALLOC 10F Rose Grove 4w/e 10/07/1965
WDN 10F Rose Grove w/e 20/07/1968

* 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
15/04/1962 Horwich Works (Outside Erecting Shop) Paint Shop: 42789, 48670, LYR 1008, D4127, uM65437, uM77158, uM28580, u28930, u29154, u29241, u29653, u29830 M. Light Repair Shop: 44061, D2388. Test House: 47550, 11305. Yard: 43017, 44334, 47402/29, 48684, 11324/68, uM28331, u29560, u29881 M. Erecting Shop: 42708/32, 42828, 42979, 43960, 44074, 44266, 44364/79, 44468, 44554, 48123/38/61, 48295, 48403, 48715 Wren, 12001/9/19/36/49/63/71, D4128-30 (Engines and body sides), D4131/2 (Engines on frames), D4133/4 (frames only). Outside Erecting Shop: 42896, 42959, 44003, 48257, 48321, D117. Car Shop: uM28221, u28497, u28690, u29022, u29289, u29720/2 M. Scrap Road: NIL. SLS/196205

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1941 To Service To service as WD Number 70395
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
24/09/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48257    
24/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
14/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
18/05/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
10/08/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
07/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
19/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (10F)    
20/07/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 48257    
10/1968 Scrapped Scrapped    

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