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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway	8457	on	23/10/1944
British Railways	48457	w/e	24/04/1948

**Locomotive Specifics**
Designer	W. Stanier
Class	8F
Company History	LMS
Wheels	2-8-0
Builder	Swindon Works
Order Number	353
To Service	Wed 23/10/1944
Withdrawal	During 09/1966
Service Life	21 yrs, 10 mths , 8 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 02/1967

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	on	23/10/1944
5B	Crewe South	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
8A	Edge Hill	w/e	15/10/1949
8C	Speke Junction	w/e	06/03/1965
	Withdrawn	m/e	09/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
LOAN	5B	Crewe South	on	07/06/1947
ALLOC	5B	Crewe South	w/e	28/06/1947
ALLOC	8A	Edge Hill	w/e	15/10/1949
ALLOC	8C	Speke Junction	5w/e	13/03/1965
WDN			w/e	01/10/1966

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

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
10/12/1960	Horwich Works (Works Yard)	Works Yard: 40173, 43023, 44125, 44262, 44602, 48084/9, 48130/88/97, 48249/54, 48457/69, 48664, 48747, 49505, 51498, 52305. Cutting-up Yard: 51227, 52139/79, 52445/52. Erecting Shop: Frames for three new diesel shunters, 12010, 40089, 40120/48, 42649, 42701/59/60/71/85, 42859, 43047, 43122, 43931, 44018 (marked to be cut-up), 44292, 44309/41, 44458, 48082, 48152/9/63, 48247/74, 48340, 48709/21, 76078/85. Paint Shop: uM28341/83M, F.R.3, L.Y.R. 1008. Works Shunters: 11304/5/24/68, 47402, 51429.	SLS/196102

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
23/10/1944	To Service	To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8457 Built at Swindon Works
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Crewe South (5B)
24/04/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 48457
15/10/1949	Allocation	Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)
06/03/1965	Allocation	Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C)
09/1966	Withdrawn	Condemned as 48457
02/1967	Scrapped	Scrapped

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