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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 2266 on 15/01/1947
British Railways 42266 w/e 09/04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Fairburn
Class 4P
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
4P15/01/1947
Wheels 2-6-4T
Builder Derby Works
To Service Fri 15/01/1947
Withdrawal Fri 25/03/1966
Service Life 19 yrs, 2 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 15/01/1947
5A   Crewe North on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
2A   Rugby 3w/e 11/12/1948
10A   Springs Branch (Wigan) w/e 29/04/1950
66D   Greenock Ladyburn 8w/e 17/04/1954
     Withdrawn on 25/03/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 2A Rugby w/e 27/11/1948
EXLOAN 5A Crewe North w/e 25/12/1948
LOAN 1C Watford w/e 05/02/1949
EXLOAN 5A Crewe North w/e 19/02/1949
ALLOC 10A Springs Branch (Wigan) w/e 29/04/1950
LOAN 66D Greenock Ladyburn 4w/e 20/03/1954
LOAN 91X To Scottish Region 4w/e 20/03/1954
ALLOC 66D Greenock Ladyburn 4w/e 17/04/1954
WDN   on 25/03/1966

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
15/01/1947 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2266
Built at Derby Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Crewe North (5A)    
11/12/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
09/04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 42266    
29/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Springs Branch (Wigan) (10A)    
17/04/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Greenock Ladyburn (66D)    
25/03/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 42266    
06/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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