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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8559 on 22/08/1945
British Railways 48559 w/e 26/03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1966
To Service Sat 22/08/1945 to March (MAR)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 06/01/1968
Service Life 22 yrs, 4 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1968

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
MAR   March (New) on 22/08/1945
5B   Crewe South on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
25A   Wakefield w/e 27/03/1948
2A   Rugby 5w/e 24/12/1949
2A   Rugby w/e 07/01/1950
1A   Willesden w/e 29/05/1965
5B   Crewe South w/e 07/08/1965
9K   Bolton w/e 12/08/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 06/01/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 5B Crewe South on 24/06/1947
ALLOC 5B Crewe South w/e 19/07/1947
LOAN 25A Wakefield w/e 21/02/1948
ALLOC 25A Wakefield w/e 27/03/1948
LOAN 2A Rugby w/e 10/12/1949
ALLOC 2A Rugby w/e 07/01/1950
LOAN 8E Brunswick 4w/e 22/03/1952
ALLOC 1A Willesden 5w/e 12/06/1965
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 4w/e 07/08/1965
ALLOC 9K Bolton 5w/e 12/08/1967
WDN 9K Bolton w/e 06/01/1968

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
22/08/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8559
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1966
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Crewe South (5B)    
27/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (25A)    
26/03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48559    
24/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
07/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Rugby (2A)    
29/05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Willesden (1A)    
07/08/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
12/08/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Bolton (9K)    
06/01/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 48559    
04/1968 Scrapped Scrapped    

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