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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8055 m/e 10/1936
British Railways 48055 w/e 13/11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Works Number 4732
To Service During 10/1936
Withdrawal Sat 04/11/1967
Service Life 31 yrs, 1 mth , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1968 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1936
20H   Lancaster Green Ayre on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
19C   Canklow w/e 10/12/1949
19C   Canklow 5w/e 24/12/1949
20D   Normanton 4w/e 14/08/1954
56A   Wakefield 5w/e 20/07/1957
55B   Stourton 4w/e 21/09/1957
56D   Mirfield w/e 23/01/1960
56A   Wakefield 4w/e 28/01/1967
55D   Royston 4w/e 15/07/1967
     Withdrawn on 04/11/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 19C Canklow w/e 10/12/1949
ALLOC 20D Normanton 4w/e 07/08/1954
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 55B Stourton 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 56D Mirfield 4w/e 23/01/1960
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 8w/e 25/02/1967
ALLOC 55D Royston 4w/e 15/07/1967
WDN   on 04/11/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
27/06/1965 Crewe Works (Ex-Works: rks) Erecting shop: D1859/60/1, D1962-7, D202/11/32/4/95, D338/50/2, D1508/12/18/29/30/43/54/68, D5709/15, D8015/24, 44669/963, 45018/227/435/93, 48012/111/67/271/322/445/93/507/51/727, 70035/54, 92011/49/50/137/234. Electric shop: E3059/78/80/2/3, E26000. New Diesel shop: D222, D284, D290, D396, D1501/15/61, D1633. Paint shop: D1853/5-8, E3038/87, E26045, D8021, 71000 (stored outside). Traverser Area: 44679, 45327, 48116/768, D240, D1511/21, E3072. Side of Works: 44673/8/877/5004/190, 48474, 92021/212, 70023. Ex-Works: D248, D342, D1615/35/88, D6885, 44759, 45200, 45444/8, 48055, 70039, 92054/247. New diesel shop is the old 'cutting up' shop which has been converted into a light diesel repair shop. SLS/196508
09/09/1967 Eastern Region (North) Steam Locomotive Stock No less than 90 steam locomotives were withdrawn in September and the total steam stock at the 1st October, 1967, was reduced to 21 as under:- 1 C1.5 4-6-0 (45208 at Low Moor). 2 Jubilees (45562 Alberta and 45593 Kolhapur at Holbeck). 1 K1 2-6-0 (62005 at Holbeck-transferred from Tyne Dock). 17 8F 2-8-0 (48055/67/70/76/84/93, 48113/69, 48222/76, 48352, 48439/73, 48537/40, 48622/64-all at Royston). The following classes are now extinct:-W.D. 2-8-0, Q6 0-8-0, B1 4-6-0, J27 0-6-0 and Stanier and Fairburn 2-cyl. 2-6-4Ts. 65882 (J27) was the last North Eastern Railway locomotive and the last of the pre-grouping companies' standard gauge locomotives to remain in service. No locomotives at all remain in the wheel classification 0-8-0, 0-6-0 and 2-6-4T. The number of tanks in British Railways stock at 1st October is 7 ! (three LMS 0-6-0Ts and one LNE J94 0-6-OST at Westhouses and three GW narrow gauge 2-6-2Ts for the Vale of Rheidol at Aberystwyth). (Ed. Since the above was compiled, 45593 has arrived at Tyseley (Birmingham) for repainting and the three LMS 0-6-0Ts and the J94 were taken out of traffic on 4th October, when an N.C.B. diesel commenced work at Williamthorpe Colliery). SLS/196711

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1936 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8055
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 4732
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Lancaster Green Ayre (20H)    
13/11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 48055    
10/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Canklow (19C)    
24/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Canklow (19C)    
14/08/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Normanton (20D)    
20/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
21/09/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Stourton (55B)    
23/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Mirfield (56D)    
28/01/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
15/07/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Royston (55D)    
04/11/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 48055    
04/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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