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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 43058 on 29/09/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Ivatt
Class 4MT
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Doncaster Works
To Service Sat 29/09/1950 to New England (35A)
Withdrawal Sat 26/12/1964
Service Life 14 yrs, 2 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
35A   New England (New) on 29/09/1950
35B   Grantham 4w/e 29/11/1952
35B   Grantham 4w/e 13/12/1952
35A   New England 4w/e 20/03/1954
40F   Boston 5w/e 14/06/1958
40E   Colwick w/e 11/01/1964
     Withdrawn on 26/12/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 35A New England on 29/09/1950
ALLOC 35B Grantham 4w/e 29/11/1952
ALLOC 35A New England 5w/e 27/03/1954
ALLOC 40F Boston 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 40E Colwick 9w/e 08/02/1964
WDN   on 26/12/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1959 Midland & Great Northern Railway closure On 28th February the 1-45 p.m. Birmingham (New Street)-Yarmouth had Class 4F 44542 (17B) as far as Leicester where 43060 took over to Spalding; Restaurant car E668E was attached there too; the 9 a.m. Yarmouth-Birmingham New Street arrived behind 43036 (21A)'; the 4 p.m. Spalding-Nottingham was worked by 43058 (40F) and the 4-20 p.m. Nottingham-Kings Lynn by 43954 (16A), changed to 43061 (40F) at Bourne; the 4-20 p.m. Kings Lynn-Nottingham arrived at Bourne behind 43060 changing to 43954 and this was the last train going west from Bourne-43060 returned to Spalding with a goods. 43090 ran the 5-45 p.m. Kings Lynn-Peterboro' and 43135 the 8-37 p.m. Peterboro'-Melton Constable. At Yarmouth Beach, the S.M.'s bell tolled out for the last trains and at Norwich City the Reepham Parish Council gave the last diesel an official send-off just before midnight. Track demolition commenced immediately on the East Rudham-Melton and Sutton Bridge-South Lynn sections-the latter was double-track ! A daily goods now runs between Spalding and Bourne (diesel hauled) and serves also the Billingboro' branch (SK); similarly between South Lynn and East Rudham; two daily goods run between Spalding and Sutton Bridge and two between Melton Constable and Norwich City and between Peterboro' and Wisbech Harbour with an additional service between Peterboro' and Eye Green. The Saxby-South Witham section still has its 6 freights each way to and from the L.M.R. SLS/195904

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
29/09/1950 To Service To service as British Railways Number 43058
Built at Doncaster Works
Allocated to New England (35A)
   
29/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Grantham (35B)    
13/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Grantham (35B)    
20/03/1954 Allocation Reallocated to New England (35A)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Boston (40F)    
11/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (40E)    
26/12/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 43058    
04/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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