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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 70449 m/e 01/1942
British Railways 48297 w/e 05/11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Works Number 7043
To Service During 01/1942
Withdrawal w/e Sat 24/07/1965
Service Life 23 yrs, 6 mths , 23 dys
Information WD 70449 never allocated a LMS No.

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1965 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1942
3A   Bescot 4w/e 01/11/1952
3A   Bescot 8w/e 29/11/1952
3D   Aston 4w/e 14/06/1958
5B   Crewe South 4w/e 12/07/1958
8E   Northwich w/e 31/01/1959
5B   Crewe South w/e 20/06/1959
81E   Didcot w/e 07/01/1961
8C   Speke Junction w/e 06/05/1961
8B   Warrington Dallam w/e 22/02/1964
8C   Speke Junction w/e 19/09/1964
10J   Lancaster Green Ayre w/e 10/10/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 24/07/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK 5B Crewe South w/e 05/11/1949
ALLOC 3A Bescot 4w/e 01/11/1952
LOAN 2B Nuneaton 4w/e 31/10/1953
EXLOAN 3A Bescot 4w/e 31/10/1953
ALLOC 3D Aston 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 8E Northwich 5w/e 31/01/1959
EXLOAN 5B Crewe South 6w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 8E Northwich 5w/e 04/02/1961
ALLOC 8C Speke Junction 5w/e 06/05/1961
ALLOC 8B Warrington Dallam 5w/e 07/03/1964
ALLOC 10J Lancaster Green Ayre w/e 10/10/1964
WDN   w/e 24/07/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1948 Crewe Works New construction for the past month produced only three Caprotti 4-6-0's: No. 44756 (No. 9 of Order E468) completed on 10/5, and No. 44741 and 44742 (Nos. 4 & 5 of Order E.469) completed on 18/5 and 28/5 respectively.
Condemned engines cut-up during the past month were dealt with a follows: W/E 8/5 Nos. 7821, 9250; W/E 15/5 Nos. 7769, 9038; W/E 22/5 Nos. 6673, 6738, 9013; W/E 29/5 Nos. 6740, 6920, 25373 an 28484.
A number of War Department 2-8-0's of the standard L.M.S. '8F' type have recently returned from the Middle East, and are at present stored in the old carriage works. They are Nos. 70300/01/11/14/18/32/63/94/95/98, 70401/2/3/13/38/43/46/49, 70504/18/76/77/79/82/88 an 70611. Several of these engines are fitted with steam turbo-generators mounted on the right-hand side of the firebox, but no electric lights are in evidence, although conduit piping still exists along the boilers of a few engines.
Eight locomotives were recently painted in the new experimental liveries of the British Railways Six Class '7P' 4-6-2's Nos. 46224/27/30/1/2/41 were painted blue (the shade approaching that of Oxford blue), and lined in accordance gwith ex L.N.W.R. practice, whilst two Class '6P' 4-6-0's Nos. 45540 an 46139 were painted green (a shade closely resembling the standard L.N.E.R. green) and also lined in the ex L.N.W.R. style. All eight engines had their buffers, cylinder covers, motion, etc., scoured bright
SLS/194807

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1942 To Service To service as WD Number 70449
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 7043
   
05/11/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48297    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bescot (3A)    
29/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bescot (3A)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Aston (3D)    
12/07/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
31/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Northwich (8E)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
07/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
06/05/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C)    
22/02/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Warrington Dallam (8B)    
19/09/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C)    
10/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Lancaster Green Ayre (10J)    
24/07/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 48297    
12/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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