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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8524 m/e 12/1944
British Railways 48524 w/e 01/04/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Doncaster Works
To Service During 12/1944
Withdrawal Wed 08/04/1964
Service Life 19 yrs, 4 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1944
24B   Rose Grove on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
23B   Aintree w/e 19/03/1949
87K   Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 31/12/1950
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/01/1958
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 22/02/1958
87K   Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 29/11/1958
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 05/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 08/04/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 24B Rose Grove w/e 03/05/1947
ALLOC 24B Rose Grove w/e 24/05/1947
ALLOC 23B Aintree w/e 19/03/1949
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 13/08/1955
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 87K Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 05/09/1959
WDN   2w/e 13/04/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1944 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8524
Built at Doncaster Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Rose Grove (24B)    
19/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Aintree (23B)    
01/04/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 48524    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) (87K)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
22/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
29/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) (87K)    
05/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
08/04/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 48524    
08/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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