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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8471 on 28/04/1945
British Railways 48471 w/e 01/04/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 353
To Service Sat 28/04/1945
Withdrawal w/e Sat 27/04/1968 off Heaton Mersey (9F)
Service Life 22 yrs, 11 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1968

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 28/04/1945
24B   Rose Grove on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
20G   Hellifield w/e 23/07/1949
15B   Kettering w/e 21/01/1950
84C   Banbury 4w/e 16/07/1955
6E   Chester West 4w/e 14/06/1958
84E   Tyseley w/e 11/04/1959
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 13/08/1960
82F   Bath Green Park (S&D) 4w/e 07/10/1961
89A   Shrewsbury 4w/e 30/12/1961
9D   Newton Heath w/e 28/05/1966
9L   Buxton (LNWR) w/e 11/11/1967
9F   Heaton Mersey w/e 09/03/1968
     Withdrawn w/e 27/04/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 26C Bolton w/e 10/05/1947
ALLOC 26C Bolton w/e 24/05/1947
ALLOC 24B Rose Grove w/e 11/10/1947
LOAN 21A Saltley w/e 19/03/1949
LOAN 20G Hellifield w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC 20G Hellifield w/e 23/07/1949
ALLOC 15B Kettering w/e 21/01/1950
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 16/07/1955
LOAN 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 08/10/1955
LOAN 6E Chester West 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region m/e 30/06/1958
ALLOC 6E Chester West 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 18/04/1959
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR m/e 30/04/1959
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR 5w/e 02/05/1959
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 13/08/1960
ALLOC 82F Bath Green Park (S&D) 4w/e 07/10/1961
ALLOC 89A Shrewsbury 4w/e 30/12/1961
ALLOC 9D Newton Heath 5w/e 11/06/1966
ALLOC 9L Buxton (LNWR) w/e 11/11/1967
ALLOC 9F Heaton Mersey 4w/e 09/03/1968
WDN 9F Heaton Mersey w/e 27/04/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/05/1959 Chester MPD (6E) The W.R. has taken over all freight workings of this shed (now under LMR control) and as a result have gained back from the LMR all the locomotives transferred in exchange for W.R. types. Engines transferred LMR to WR to cover these freight workings are-48402/12/5/7/8/24/30/44/71, 73021/3/4/5/6, 75005/6/26. The only engines left at 6E now are several 82XXX tanks and a few standards. SLS/195907
30/12/1962 Western Regionboundary changes The following former W.R. engines were transferred to the L.M. Region when the depots to which they are allocated became the responsibility of that Region on 1.1.63. The official date of the transfer is December 30th, 1962: D3004/25-9/34-9, D3105-13/5/6/91-4, D3752/5/7, D3950-2/6-8/68-70/73-85/8/95-7, 1002/13/6/9/23/5, 1432/58, 1619/28/32/8/60/3/8, 2210/1/36/89 2845/51/6/66/75/88, 3208/9/17, 3601/5/7/19/25/31/58/60/73, 3709/44/9/70/6/8/82/8/9/92, 3802/6/9/13/5/7/21/5/8/9/31/45/6/9/52/5/7/65, 4105/11/4/20/5/33/40/7-9/53-5/8/65/7/8/71-3/5/6/8/9, 4602/17/45/6/8/65/83/7/96, 4923/46/54/98, 5022/6/31/63/89, 5101/53, 5192, 5606/40/58, 5927/42/83/90/1/4/5, 6129, 6314/64, 6403/24, 6604/9-11/5/8/25/31/2/44/6/63/7/8/71/4/8/9/83/92/4/8, 6803/11/23/7/8/30/1/3/9/42/5/51/3-5/7/8/61/2/4/6/70/1/9, 6903/4/6/7/11/5/6/7/22/5/6/9/30/3/4/52/64/71/6/9/80, 7001/12/4/9/24/6, 7207/18/36, 7414/8/24/6/31/43. 7800-3/6/7/9/10/2/8/9/21-4/7/8, 7905/8/12/5/8/29, 8109, 8464/98, 8718, 9435/63/70/98, 9608/10/3/4/24/30/6/9/46/57/69, 9724/33/53/68/74/82/93, 41201-4/9/31/2/40/1/85, 44835, 45143/5/90, 45283/98, 45406/22, 45572/7, 45660/99, 46401, 46503-27, 48330/47/54/69/402/4/10/2/5/7/8/24/30/6/50/9/60/71/4/5/8, 48724/38/9/68, 73025 6/34-6/90/5/7, 75000/2-4/6/9/20/1/3/4/6/7/9, 78000/2/3/7/8, 80070/8-80/96/8/100/l/2/4/5/31/2/5/6, 82000/3/5/6/9/20/1/31-4, 92001, 92212/3/5/27/8/34/47. SLS/196303

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
28/04/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8471
Built at Swindon Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Rose Grove (24B)    
23/07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Hellifield (20G)    
21/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Kettering (15B)    
01/04/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 48471    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (6E)    
11/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
13/08/1960 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Bath Green Park (S&D) (82F)    
30/12/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (89A)    
28/05/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Heath (9D)    
11/11/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Buxton (LNWR) (9L)    
09/03/1968 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton Mersey (9F)    
27/04/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 48471 from Heaton Mersey (9F)    
09/1968 Scrapped Scrapped    

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