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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 2694 m/e 09/1945
British Railways 42694 w/e 12/11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Fairburn
Class 4P
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
4P09/1945
Wheels 2-6-4T
Builder Derby Works
To Service During 09/1945 to Polmadie (27A)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 10/12/1966
Service Life 21 yrs, 3 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1967 at Arnott Young (Carmyle)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
27A   Polmadie (New) m/e 09/1945
27A   Polmadie on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
65B   St Rollox (Balornock) 4w/e 22/01/1955
65D   Dawsholm 4w/e 06/07/1957
66D   Greenock Ladyburn 4w/e 22/08/1964
66E   Carstairs 5w/e 29/05/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 10/12/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 65B St Rollox (Balornock) 4w/e 22/01/1955
ALLOC 65D Dawsholm 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 66D Greenock Ladyburn 4w/e 08/08/1964
ALLOC 66E Carstairs 9w/e 12/06/1965
WDN   w/e 10/12/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1949 St. Rollox Works Locomotives entering Works during October: These included Nos. 40186, 590, 617/27, 41175, 1184, 2195, 2694, 2746, 42809, 2831, 4794, 44960/92, 45007/09/87, 45123/24/38, 45389, 45452/69, 45471/72/82/86/92, 46221, 14472, 15140, 15213, 16243/59, 56261, 16306/53/55, 17246, 17339/64, 57556, 17602/26/40/68. St. Rollox have now started using the B.R. crest, but as yet none of the ex-C.R. locomotives has received one. Two of the diesel railcars are laid up at St. Rollox, and the third at Hamilton. It is rumoured that one is to be broken up SLS/194912

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2694
Built at Derby Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Polmadie (27A)    
12/11/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 42694    
22/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to St Rollox (Balornock) (65B)    
06/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Dawsholm (65D)    
22/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Greenock Ladyburn (66D)    
29/05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Carstairs (66E)    
10/12/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 42694    
04/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Carmyle    

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