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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8492 m/e 07/1945
British Railways 48492 w/e 11/02/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Horwich Works
To Service During 07/1945
Withdrawal w/e Sat 10/02/1968
Service Life 22 yrs, 7 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1968

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1945
15A   Wellingborough on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
15C   Kettering w/e 14/12/1963
15B   Wellingborough w/e 29/02/1964
15A   Leicester Midland w/e 26/06/1965
16E   Kirkby in Ashfield w/e 11/06/1966
10D   Lostock Hall w/e 18/02/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 10/02/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 15C Kettering 5w/e 11/01/1964
ALLOC 15B Wellingborough 5w/e 07/03/1964
ALLOC 15A Leicester Midland 4w/e 10/07/1965
ALLOC 16E Kirkby in Ashfield 5w/e 11/06/1966
ALLOC 10D Lostock Hall 4w/e 04/03/1967
WDN 10D Lostock Hall w/e 10/02/1968

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8492
Built at Horwich Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Wellingborough (15A)    
11/02/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 48492    
14/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Kettering (15C)    
29/02/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Wellingborough (15B)    
26/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester Midland (15A)    
11/06/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Kirkby in Ashfield (16E)    
18/02/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Lostock Hall (10D)    
10/02/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 48492    
05/1968 Scrapped Scrapped    

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