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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8076 m/e 12/1936
British Railways 48076 w/e 14/08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Works Number 4753
To Service During 12/1936 to Toton (18A)
Withdrawal Sat 04/11/1967
Service Life 30 yrs, 11 mths , 5 dys

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

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
18A   Toton (New) m/e 12/1936
18B   Westhouses on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
20D   Normanton 4w/e 24/02/1951
20D   Normanton m/e 28/02/1951
56A   Wakefield 5w/e 20/07/1957
55B   Stourton 4w/e 21/09/1957
56D   Mirfield w/e 23/01/1960
55D   Royston w/e 25/08/1962
55C   Farnley Junction w/e 18/01/1964
55D   Royston 4w/e 03/12/1966
     Withdrawn on 04/11/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 20D Normanton m/e 28/02/1951
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 55D Royston 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 55C Farnley Junction 4w/e 08/02/1964
ALLOC 55D Royston 8w/e 31/12/1966
WDN   on 04/11/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
24/07/1966 Crewe Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: 45041/187/203/54/312, 48076/151/356/465/622, 75029, 92069/154, D223/35/56/87/91, D360, D1563/4/89/94, D1612/82/90, D1724/51/9/72, D5717, D8026/49, D1102-9. Electric shop: E3033/8/42/3/89, 26037; Adjoining Electric shop: D1500/14/8/687/715/60/813/58/88, D244, D297, D5252/7, D7584/5, 27000. Paint shop area: D200, D277, D342, D1101, D1716, D1841, D5709. Traverser area: 26009, 27005, D333, D1510/78/632/50/70/743/8/851/79/906/9, D5714, E3011/44/86. Test area: D397, D1542/59/82/95/710/7, D5275. Old C shop: E3016/45/67/173, D5102/3, D5704. Side of works: D386, D1581, D1853, D5710, 44779, 60007 for restoration, 70051, 71000, 75062. SLS/196609
09/09/1967 Eastern Region (North) Steam Locomotive Stock No less than 90 steam locomotives were withdrawn in September and the total steam stock at the 1st October, 1967, was reduced to 21 as under:- 1 C1.5 4-6-0 (45208 at Low Moor). 2 Jubilees (45562 Alberta and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
12/1936 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8076
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 4753
Allocated to Toton (18A)
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Westhouses (18B)    
14/08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 48076    
24/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Normanton (20D)    
28/02/1951 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)    
25/08/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Royston (55D)    
18/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Farnley Junction (55C)    
03/12/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Royston (55D)    
04/11/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 48076    
04/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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