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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8120 m/e 05/1939
British Railways 48120 w/e 22/07/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Crewe Works
Works Number Lot-149
To Service During 05/1939
Withdrawal w/e Sat 15/01/1966
Service Life 26 yrs, 8 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1966 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1939
18D   Staveley (Barrow Hill) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
26D   Bury w/e 05/06/1948
26A   Newton Heath w/e 21/01/1950
3A   Bescot 2w/e 17/06/1950
3A   Bescot w/e 22/07/1950
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 23/02/1957
2A   Rugby w/e 25/04/1959
2B   Oxley w/e 09/01/1965
6B   Mold Junction w/e 19/06/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 15/01/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 26D Bury w/e 20/03/1948
ALLOC 26D Bury w/e 05/06/1948
ALLOC 26A Newton Heath w/e 21/01/1950
LOAN 3A Bescot w/e 10/06/1950
ALLOC 3A Bescot w/e 22/07/1950
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 23/02/1957
ALLOC 2A Rugby 5w/e 02/05/1959
ALLOC 2B Oxley 5w/e 09/01/1965
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction 4w/e 10/07/1965
WDN   w/e 15/01/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
08/01/1961 Crewe Works (Erecting Shop) Paint Shop: D77/8, D83/5, D3921, 42179, 45063/8, 45646/95, 48755, L.N.W.R. 1054 and the usual preserved engines. Outside Paint Shop: D74/5/9, D80/2/4, 44767, 45132, 45201, 45348, 45667, 46457, 48529, 48600, 70032, 90346. Works Sidings: 40161, 44697, 44734/82, 44867, 44936, 45336, 45428, 46235, 46430, 49158/99, 49270, 49432, 70021, 84015, 92092, 92160/7. Erecting Shop: D90-6, 42476, 42580, 44869, 45037/48, 45197, 45219/40/50/77/94, 45302/44, 45411/9, 45506/78/82, 45616/38/54/75/80, 46203/9/47/50/5, 46410/36, 48054, 48120/73, 48255, 48438, 48635/68, 48898, 49281, 70033, 90137/8/57/97, 90203/33/51, 90316, 90509, 92018/33/43, 92134/55/65. Outside Erecting Shop: 42295, 45515/60, 46103/36/7, 48508, 49034, 90297, 92048. New Erecting Shop: D76, D81/6-9, D97-102. Cutting-up Shop: Nil. SLS/196102

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1939 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8120
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number Lot-149
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Staveley (Barrow Hill) (18D)    
05/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Bury (26D)    
21/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Heath (26A)    
17/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bescot (3A)    
22/07/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bescot (3A)    
22/07/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 48120    
23/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
25/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
09/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (2B)    
19/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
15/01/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 48120    
09/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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