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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 2673 on 28/03/1945
British Railways 42673 w/e 23/04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Fairburn
Class 4P
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
4P28/03/1945
Wheels 2-6-4T
Builder Derby Works
To Service Sat 28/03/1945
Withdrawal Sat 14/08/1965
Service Life 20 yrs, 4 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1966 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 28/03/1945
5D   Stoke on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
2A   Rugby w/e 27/08/1949
2A   Rugby 8w/e 11/07/1953
9D   Buxton (LNWR) 4w/e 08/10/1955
9A   Longsight 4w/e 05/11/1955
2A   Rugby 4w/e 24/03/1956
11A   Barrow in Furness w/e 27/06/1959
1A   Willesden w/e 12/12/1959
11A   Barrow in Furness w/e 02/01/1960
     Withdrawn on 14/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 5D Stoke 4w/e 10/11/1945
ALLOC 2A Rugby w/e 27/08/1949
LOAN 6A Chester (MR) 4w/e 13/06/1953
EXLOAN 2A Rugby 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 9D Buxton (LNWR) 4w/e 08/10/1955
ALLOC 9A Longsight 4w/e 05/11/1955
ALLOC 2A Rugby 4w/e 24/03/1956
ALLOC 11A Barrow in Furness 6w/e 11/07/1959
WDN   w/e 14/08/1965

* 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
20/07/1958 Market Harborough MPD Now that this LNWR depot is in the Midland Division, all wash-outs are performed at Leicester (15C) instead of Rugby. On 20th July locomotives on shed were-42446(15F), 42673(2A), 44388(15F), 44847(14D), 48290(2E), 48445(2E), 48601(1A) and 49444(15F). 49447 was at Leicester, SLS/195808

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
28/03/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2673
Built at Derby Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stoke (5D)    
23/04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 42673    
27/08/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
11/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
08/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Buxton (LNWR) (9D)    
05/11/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
24/03/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
27/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Barrow in Furness (11A)    
12/12/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Willesden (1A)    
02/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Barrow in Furness (11A)    
14/08/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 42673    
02/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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