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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway	2636	on	06/10/1938
British Railways	42636	w/e	12/06/1948

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

W. Stanier

Class

Company History

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Rebuild History

Class	From
4P	06/10/1938

Wheels

2-6-4T

Builder

Derby Works

To Service

Sat 06/10/1938

Withdrawal

w/e Sat 04/05/1963

Service Life

24 yrs, 6 mths , 28 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	Wed 22/05/1963

**Notes**
Notes	Badly damaged after falling into the turntable pit at Derby on 24th April, 1963

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	on	06/10/1938
24E	Blackpool Central	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
24C	Lostock Hall	4w/e	30/11/1957
14D	Neasden	4w/e	04/10/1958
16D	Annesley	w/e	10/01/1959
16A	Nottingham	w/e	17/01/1959
	Withdrawn	w/e	04/05/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	24E	Blackpool Central	4w/e	10/11/1945
ALLOC	23C	Southport	w/e	11/10/1947
ALLOC	24E	Blackpool Central	w/e	29/11/1947
ALLOC	24C	Lostock Hall	4w/e	02/11/1957
LOAN	14D	Neasden	4w/e	04/10/1958
ALLOC	14D	Neasden	4w/e	29/11/1958
ALLOC	16A	Nottingham	5w/e	31/01/1959
WDN			w/e	04/05/1963

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

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
17/03/1963	Swindon Works	Triangle: 4612, 4915, 5027/95, 5931, 6112, 8472. Works Yard: 3769/84, 4082, 5072/78, 5659, 6011/18/25/26, 6369, 6815, 6933, 7314, 8773/76, 9725, D6352. Weigh House: 6944, 7822. 'C' Shop: W.D. 71528. Dump: 2883, 4939, 5023, 6101, 6342/48, 6422, 6962, 8770, 9652, 9727/44/47/59/75, 7334. Dismantling Shed: 5020. 'A' Shop: D35, D101, D809, D813/18, D825/29, D1001/7/11/35. D1018-27 new - in various stages of oonstruction, D3189, D3365/98, D3424, D3505/06/22/25, D4000, D6311, D7002/32/38, 3687, 3755, 3836, 4623/73/77, 5006, 5775, 6855, 6918/22/61/72, 7919/25/28, 8109, 8433/81, 9437, 9648/66/80, 15100/05. Stock Shed: D7072 New. On Running Shed: 6000. Ex Works: 3837, 6819/78, 7913, 8459, 9405.	SLS/196304
24/04/1963	Derby MPD	42636 was badly damaged when it fell into the pit at Derby on 24th April. It is now on works undergoing assessment.	SLS/196304
24/03/1963	Wolverhampton Works (Stone Pit)	Works: 1020 (82B), 1024 (82A), 2879 (82C), 4130/7, 4158 (84E), 4278, 4671, 5070 (81A), 5215, 5606, 6114 (86E), 6134, 6347 (87F), 6424, 6667, 6833/71, 6911, 7000 (85B), 8446 (88C), 9619, 9782. Yard: 1424 (85B), 6900 (82C), 6910.	SLS/196304
15/05/1963	Derby Works (Stone Pit)	Erecting Shop-No. 1 bay: 41535, 42098 cut up, 44466, 44521, 47003, 73021/86, 75064, D102, D2236, D2396, D2509, D2911, D3023, ED6/7; Erecting Shop-No. 2 bay: D63, D88, D110, D5019, D5074; Erecting Shop-No. 3 bay: D5198, D5210-23new. Diesel Erecting Shop: D43, D85, D89, D95, D103/9/26/8, D140/9, D152/4, D5091. Test House: D71, D83, D124, D5002/86, D5145, D5205/6/7. Finishing Shop: D94, D119, D5208/9. Paint Shop: D5203/4. Yard (by Paint Shop): 42117 cut up, D4, D6, D7, D77, D127, D5010/93, D5200. Foundry Siding: 42100, 42429/72, 42500, 43599, 73001/67, 75012. Stone Pit: 42333, 42636 (badly damaged after falling into t.t. pit at Derby, 24th April), 44252, 47460. Stored Outside Offices: 10000/201/2/3. Waiting Works: 73032.	SLS/196304

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
06/10/1938	To Service	To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2636 Built at Derby Works
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Blackpool Central (24E)
12/06/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 42636
30/11/1957	Allocation	Reallocated to Lostock Hall (24C)
04/10/1958	Allocation	Reallocated to Neasden (14D)
10/01/1959	Allocation	Reallocated to Annesley (16D)
17/01/1959	Allocation	Reallocated to Nottingham (16A)
04/05/1963	Withdrawn	Condemned as 42636
22/05/1963	Scrapped	Scrapped

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