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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8527 m/e 12/1944
British Railways 48527 w/e 09/10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Doncaster Works
To Service During 12/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 29/10/1966
Service Life 21 yrs, 10 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1967 at Cohens (Kettering)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1944
24C   Lostock Hall on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
24A   Accrington w/e 26/03/1949
5B   Crewe South w/e 25/06/1949
6B   Mold Junction w/e 24/09/1949
19D   Heaton Mersey w/e 31/12/1949
19D   Heaton Mersey 3w/e 14/01/1950
18C   Hasland 4w/e 04/10/1958
14A   Cricklewood East w/e 16/03/1963
2F   Woodford Halse w/e 03/08/1963
1A   Willesden w/e 19/06/1965
5D   Stoke w/e 02/10/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 29/10/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 24C Lostock Hall w/e 02/11/1946
ALLOC 24C Lostock Hall w/e 30/11/1946
ALLOC 24A Accrington w/e 26/03/1949
LOAN 5B Crewe South w/e 21/05/1949
ALLOC 5B Crewe South w/e 25/06/1949
ALLOC 6B Mold Junction w/e 24/09/1949
ALLOC 19D Heaton Mersey w/e 31/12/1949
ALLOC 18C Hasland 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 14A Cricklewood East 4w/e 30/03/1963
ALLOC 2F Woodford Halse 4w/e 03/08/1963
ALLOC 1A Willesden 4w/e 10/07/1965
ALLOC 5D Stoke 4w/e 09/10/1965
ALLOC 55D Royston 4w/e 08/10/1966
WDN   w/e 29/10/1966

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1944 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8527
Built at Doncaster Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Lostock Hall (24C)    
09/10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 48527    
26/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Accrington (24A)    
25/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
24/09/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Mold Junction (6B)    
31/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton Mersey (19D)    
14/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton Mersey (19D)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Hasland (18C)    
16/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Cricklewood East (14A)    
03/08/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (2F)    
19/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Willesden (1A)    
02/10/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Stoke (5D)    
29/10/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 48527    
05/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Kettering    

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