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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8537 m/e 07/1945
British Railways 48537 w/e 10/12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Doncaster Works
To Service During 07/1945
Withdrawal Mon 30/10/1967
Service Life 22 yrs , 4 mths

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1968 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1945
18D   Staveley (Barrow Hill) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
20A   Holbeck (MR) w/e 24/01/1948
20B   Stourton 4w/e 08/10/1955
55D   Royston w/e 07/03/1959
55B   Stourton 4w/e 09/10/1965
55D   Royston 4w/e 08/10/1966
     Withdrawn on 30/10/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
EXLOAN 18D Staveley (Barrow Hill) on 24/06/1947
ALLOC 20A Holbeck (MR) w/e 24/01/1948
LOAN 23B Aintree w/e 18/02/1950
EXLOAN 20A Holbeck (MR) w/e 15/04/1950
ALLOC 20B Stourton 4w/e 08/10/1955
ALLOC 55D Royston 4w/e 21/03/1959
ALLOC 55B Stourton 4w/e 09/10/1965
WDN   on 30/10/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
09/09/1967 Eastern Region (North) Steam Locomotive Stock No less than 90 steam locomotives were withdrawn in September and the total steam stock at the 1st October, 1967, was reduced to 21 as under:- 1 C1.5 4-6-0 (45208 at Low Moor). 2 Jubilees (45562 Alberta and 45593 Kolhapur at Holbeck). 1 K1 2-6-0 (62005 at Holbeck-transferred from Tyne Dock). 17 8F 2-8-0 (48055/67/70/76/84/93, 48113/69, 48222/76, 48352, 48439/73, 48537/40, 48622/64-all at Royston). The following classes are now extinct:-W.D. 2-8-0, Q6 0-8-0, B1 4-6-0, J27 0-6-0 and Stanier and Fairburn 2-cyl. 2-6-4Ts. 65882 (J27) was the last North Eastern Railway locomotive and the last of the pre-grouping companies' standard gauge locomotives to remain in service. No locomotives at all remain in the wheel classification 0-8-0, 0-6-0 and 2-6-4T. The number of tanks in British Railways stock at 1st October is 7 ! (three LMS 0-6-0Ts and one LNE J94 0-6-OST at Westhouses and three GW narrow gauge 2-6-2Ts for the Vale of Rheidol at Aberystwyth). (Ed. Since the above was compiled, 45593 has arrived at Tyseley (Birmingham) for repainting and the three LMS 0-6-0Ts and the J94 were taken out of traffic on 4th October, when an N.C.B. diesel commenced work at Williamthorpe Colliery). SLS/196711

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8537
Built at Doncaster Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Staveley (Barrow Hill) (18D)    
24/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Holbeck (MR) (20A)    
10/12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48537    
08/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Stourton (20B)    
07/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Royston (55D)    
09/10/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Stourton (55B)    
08/10/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Royston (55D)    
30/10/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 48537    
05/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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