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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8276 m/e 07/1942
British Railways 48276 w/e 03/09/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 07/1942
Withdrawal Sat 04/11/1967
Service Life 25 yrs, 4 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1968 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1942
20B   Stourton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
56D   Mirfield w/e 23/01/1960
56F   Low Moor w/e 08/07/1961
56D   Mirfield w/e 16/09/1961
56A   Wakefield 4w/e 28/01/1967
55D   Royston 4w/e 15/07/1967
     Withdrawn on 04/11/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 56D Mirfield 4w/e 23/01/1960
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 5w/e 08/07/1961
ALLOC 56D Mirfield 3w/e 30/09/1961
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 8w/e 25/02/1967
ALLOC 55D Royston 4w/e 15/07/1967
WDN   on 04/11/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
16/01/1966 Crewe South MPD (Waiting Works) ex Works: 44971, 46505, 48400. Waiting Works: 48276. Also on Crewe S. shed 61158 (36A). SLS/196602
09/09/1967 Eastern Region (North) Steam Locomotive Stock No less than 90 steam locomotives were withdrawn in September and the total steam stock at the 1st October, 1967, was reduced to 21 as under:- 1 C1.5 4-6-0 (45208 at Low Moor). 2 Jubilees (45562 Alberta and 45593 Kolhapur at Holbeck). 1 K1 2-6-0 (62005 at Holbeck-transferred from Tyne Dock). 17 8F 2-8-0 (48055/67/70/76/84/93, 48113/69, 48222/76, 48352, 48439/73, 48537/40, 48622/64-all at Royston). The following classes are now extinct:-W.D. 2-8-0, Q6 0-8-0, B1 4-6-0, J27 0-6-0 and Stanier and Fairburn 2-cyl. 2-6-4Ts. 65882 (J27) was the last North Eastern Railway locomotive and the last of the pre-grouping companies' standard gauge locomotives to remain in service. No locomotives at all remain in the wheel classification 0-8-0, 0-6-0 and 2-6-4T. The number of tanks in British Railways stock at 1st October is 7 ! (three LMS 0-6-0Ts and one LNE J94 0-6-OST at Westhouses and three GW narrow gauge 2-6-2Ts for the Vale of Rheidol at Aberystwyth). (Ed. Since the above was compiled, 45593 has arrived at Tyseley (Birmingham) for repainting and the three LMS 0-6-0Ts and the J94 were taken out of traffic on 4th October, when an N.C.B. diesel commenced work at Williamthorpe Colliery). SLS/196711

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1942 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8276
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stourton (20B)    
03/09/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48276    
23/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Mirfield (56D)    
08/07/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
16/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Mirfield (56D)    
28/01/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
15/07/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Royston (55D)    
04/11/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 48276    
04/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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