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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Western Railway 982 m/e 05/1916
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 9259 m/e 04/1927
British Railways 49259 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Cooke
Class G1
Company History LMS
Wheels 0-8-0
Builder Crewe Works
To Service During 05/1916
Withdrawal During 03/1949
Service Life 32 yrs, 9 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1949

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1916
3A   Bescot on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
10A   Springs Branch (Wigan) w/e 21/08/1948
10E   Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) w/e 02/10/1948
     Withdrawn m/e 03/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 10A Springs Branch (Wigan) w/e 21/08/1948
ALLOC 10E Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) w/e 02/10/1948
WDN   w/e 26/03/1949

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Crewe Works During the past month a further seven Class '5' 4-6-0's-Nos. 44718-24 inclusive-have been put into traffic, painted black with red, cream and grey lining but carrying neither lettering nor crests on the tender sides. No. 46202 recently returned to traffic. The engine was run in on trips from Crewe to Shrewsbury during W/E 19/3, and returned to the regular London-Liverpool working the following week. Since then, however, it is reported to have failed again at Camden, details are not known.
Dynamometer car trials were carried out with Class '4' 2-6-0 No. 43027 on the Crewe-Holyhead line during W/E 9/4; the dynamometer car used was No. 1. Locomotives entering Works during March included:-Nos. 42227/52, 2263/66, 2432/54/80, 2541/44/63, 2611/13/42/50/57/60/73, 44745, 4775, 4819/72/97, 4911/39/63, 44984, 5046/54/88, 45091, 5110/45, 45195, 45229/34, 5244, 45264, 5269/96/7/8, 45326, 5343/82/84, 5408, 5501, 45520, 5556, 45568, 5591, 45597, 5659/70, 45676/90/99, 5703/35, 6004, 46100, 6103/10/13/21, 46134, 6155/56, 46160/63, 6169, 6206/27, 46231, 6235/50/1/2/5, 7972, 47982, 7994/95, 8026/75, 8112/50/57, 8206/70, 8301/2/3/17/24/31/50/61/67, 8495, 8522, 8610/45/91, 48696, 8770, 8906/18, 9042/52/74, 9110/11/66/85, 9210/59/63/89/96/97, 9305/29/40/63/81, 9419/27/29, 28619, 58889 and 2-10-0 73788 (65F).
SLS/194905

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1916 To Service To service as London and North Western Railway Number 982
Built at Crewe Works
   
04/1927 Renumbered Renumbered to 9259    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bescot (3A)    
21/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Springs Branch (Wigan) (10A)    
02/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) (10E)    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 49259 but not taken up    
1949 Scrapped Scrapped    
03/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 9259    

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