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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8017 m/e 01/1937
British Railways 48017 w/e 08/05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Crewe Works
Works Number Lot-130
To Service During 01/1937
Withdrawal w/e Sat 04/11/1967
Service Life 30 yrs, 10 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1968

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1937
19A   Sheffield Grimesthorpe on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
25A   Wakefield w/e 30/04/1949
6B   Mold Junction 5w/e 16/07/1949
6B   Mold Junction w/e 23/07/1949
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 10/11/1951
8D   Widnes 4w/e 31/10/1953
8E   Northwich w/e 15/11/1958
8H   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 13/02/1965
8L   Aintree w/e 17/04/1965
8A   Edge Hill w/e 17/06/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 04/11/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 24B Rose Grove w/e 02/04/1949
LOAN 25A Wakefield w/e 09/04/1949
ALLOC 25A Wakefield w/e 30/04/1949
LOAN 6B Mold Junction w/e 09/07/1949
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction w/e 23/07/1949
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 10/11/1951
ALLOC 8D Widnes 4w/e 31/10/1953
ALLOC 8E Northwich 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 8H Birkenhead Mollington Street 5w/e 13/03/1965
ALLOC 8L Aintree 4w/e 08/05/1965
ALLOC 8A Edge Hill 4w/e 08/07/1967
WDN 8A Edge Hill w/e 04/11/1967

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1937 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8017
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number Lot-130
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Sheffield Grimesthorpe (19A)    
08/05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 48017    
30/04/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (25A)    
16/07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
23/07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
10/11/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
31/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Widnes (8D)    
15/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Northwich (8E)    
13/02/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (8H)    
17/04/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Aintree (8L)    
17/06/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)    
04/11/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 48017    
07/1968 Scrapped Scrapped    

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