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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Caledonian Railway 304 m/e 12/1883
Caledonian Railway (1918) 367 y/e 1918
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 17242 y/e 1924
British Railways 57242 w/e 28/01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Drummond
Class 294
Company History CR/LMS
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Neilson, Reid & Co.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 3053
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
Safety Valves Ramsbottom
To Service During 12/1883
Withdrawal w/e Mon 16/07/1962
Service Life 78 yrs, 7 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1962 at Arnott Young (Old Kilpatrick)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1883
27C   Hamilton (West) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn w/e 16/07/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   w/e 16/07/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
by 1916 Unspecified rebuilding undertaken


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1949 St. Rollox Works Locomotives entering Works during December: These included Nos. 40150, 1110, 42163, 2801, 42808/36, 44318, 44700/97, 44958/72, 45036/47, 45122/27/51/58/63/69, 45364/66, 45461/70/89, 45579, 45644/92, 45715, 47163, 14507, 55161, 15199, 15218, 55233, 15361, 56025. 16166, 56239, 16285/92, 16316. 56336/69, 17242, 57340, 17354/84, 57599, 17672. No. 45575 is to be the first locomotive painted in the new green livery at St. Rollox. It will be noticed that the Works' shunter-No. 56025- is under repair, which is being replaced temporarily by No. 16035, which is on loan. SLS/195002

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1883 To Service To service as Caledonian Railway Number 304
Built at Neilson, Reid & Co., Works Number 3053		    
1916 Modification Modification: Unspecified rebuilding undertaken    
1918 Renumbered Renumbered to 367    
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 17242    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Hamilton (West) (27C)    
28/01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 57242    
16/07/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 57242    
11/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Old Kilpatrick    

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