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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8302 m/e 10/1943
British Railways 48302 w/e 16/04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Crewe Works
Works Number Lot-158
To Service During 10/1943
Withdrawal w/e Sat 15/01/1966
Service Life 22 yrs, 3 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1943
28C   Carstairs on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
18B   Westhouses w/e 05/03/1949
15B   Kettering w/e 11/02/1950
17A   Derby w/e 11/03/1950
9F   Heaton Mersey w/e 04/03/1961
18A   Toton w/e 11/04/1961
9F   Heaton Mersey w/e 29/04/1961
9B   Stockport Edgeley w/e 26/09/1964
10J   Lancaster Green Ayre w/e 14/08/1965
10D   Lostock Hall w/e 13/11/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 15/01/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 18B Westhouses w/e 19/02/1949
ALLOC 18B Westhouses w/e 05/03/1949
ALLOC 15B Kettering w/e 11/02/1950
ALLOC 17A Derby w/e 11/03/1950
ALLOC 9F Heaton Mersey 4w/e 04/03/1961
ALLOC 18A Toton 4w/e 01/04/1961
ALLOC 9F Heaton Mersey 5w/e 06/05/1961
ALLOC 9B Stockport Edgeley 3w/e 03/10/1964
ALLOC 10J Lancaster Green Ayre 5w/e 11/09/1965
ALLOC 10D Lostock Hall 4w/e 04/12/1965
WDN   w/e 15/01/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Crewe Works During the past month a further seven Class '5' 4-6-0's-Nos. 44718-24 inclusive-have been put into traffic, painted black with red, cream and grey lining but carrying neither lettering nor crests on the tender sides. No. 46202 recently returned to traffic. The engine was run in on trips from Crewe to Shrewsbury during W/E 19/3, and returned to the regular London-Liverpool working the following week. Since then, however, it is reported to have failed again at Camden, details are not known.
Dynamometer car trials were carried out with Class '4' 2-6-0 No. 43027 on the Crewe-Holyhead line during W/E 9/4; the dynamometer car used was No. 1. Locomotives entering Works during March included:-Nos. 42227/52, 2263/66, 2432/54/80, 2541/44/63, 2611/13/42/50/57/60/73, 44745, 4775, 4819/72/97, 4911/39/63, 44984, 5046/54/88, 45091, 5110/45, 45195, 45229/34, 5244, 45264, 5269/96/7/8, 45326, 5343/82/84, 5408, 5501, 45520, 5556, 45568, 5591, 45597, 5659/70, 45676/90/99, 5703/35, 6004, 46100, 6103/10/13/21, 46134, 6155/56, 46160/63, 6169, 6206/27, 46231, 6235/50/1/2/5, 7972, 47982, 7994/95, 8026/75, 8112/50/57, 8206/70, 8301/2/3/17/24/31/50/61/67, 8495, 8522, 8610/45/91, 48696, 8770, 8906/18, 9042/52/74, 9110/11/66/85, 9210/59/63/89/96/97, 9305/29/40/63/81, 9419/27/29, 28619, 58889 and 2-10-0 73788 (65F).
SLS/194905

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1943 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8302
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number Lot-158
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Carstairs (28C)    
05/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Westhouses (18B)    
16/04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48302    
11/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Kettering (15B)    
11/03/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Derby (17A)    
04/03/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton Mersey (9F)    
11/04/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Toton (18A)    
29/04/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton Mersey (9F)    
26/09/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Stockport Edgeley (9B)    
14/08/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Lancaster Green Ayre (10J)    
13/11/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Lostock Hall (10D)    
15/01/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 48302    
04/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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