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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway	2231	on	05/06/1946
British Railways	42231	w/e	11/09/1948

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

C. Fairburn

Class

Company History

LMS

Rebuild History

Class	From
4P	05/06/1946

Wheels

2-6-4T

Builder

Derby Works

To Service

Sat 05/06/1946 to Southport (23C)

Withdrawal

Sat 22/06/1963

Service Life

17 yrs , 17 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 09/1963

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
23C	Southport (New)	on	05/06/1946
5D	Stoke	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
14C	St Albans	3w/e	11/12/1948
14C	St Albans	w/e	23/07/1949
PLS	Plaistow	m/e	30/11/1949
34E	Neasden	4w/e	19/02/1955
16B	Kirkby in Ashfield	w/e	18/11/1961
	Withdrawn	on	22/06/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
LOAN	5D	Stoke	w/e	26/07/1947
ALLOC	5D	Stoke	w/e	23/08/1947
LOAN	14C	St Albans	w/e	11/12/1948
ALLOC	14C	St Albans	w/e	23/07/1949
LOAN	13A	Plaistow	on	25/11/1949
ALLOC	34E	Neasden	4w/e	29/01/1955
LOAN	14D	Neasden	on	01/02/1958
ALLOC	14D	Neasden	on	23/02/1958
ALLOC	16B	Kirkby in Ashfield	4w/e	02/12/1961
WDN			w/e	22/06/1963

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

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
05/06/1946	To Service	To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2231 Built at Derby Works Allocated to Southport (23C)
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Stoke (5D)
11/09/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 42231
11/12/1948	Allocation	Reallocated to St Albans (14C)
23/07/1949	Allocation	Reallocated to St Albans (14C)
30/11/1949	Allocation	Reallocated to Plaistow (PLS)
19/02/1955	Allocation	Reallocated to Neasden (34E)
18/11/1961	Allocation	Reallocated to Kirkby in Ashfield (16B)
22/06/1963	Withdrawn	Condemned as 42231
09/1963	Scrapped	Scrapped

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