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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8702 m/e 05/1944
British Railways 48702 w/e 27/11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 05/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 04/05/1968 off Bolton (9K)
Service Life 24 yrs , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1968

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1944
20D   Normanton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
56A   Wakefield 5w/e 20/07/1957
56D   Mirfield 5w/e 14/06/1958
56F   Low Moor 5w/e 15/11/1958
55B   Stourton w/e 23/01/1960
8A   Edge Hill w/e 01/09/1962
8C   Speke Junction w/e 07/09/1963
9F   Heaton Mersey w/e 14/12/1963
8E   Northwich w/e 25/01/1964
9K   Bolton w/e 22/08/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 04/05/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 56D Mirfield 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 55B Stourton 4w/e 23/01/1960
ALLOC 8A Edge Hill 4w/e 08/09/1962
LOAN 8A Edge Hill 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 8C Speke Junction 5w/e 07/09/1963
ALLOC 9F Heaton Mersey 5w/e 11/01/1964
ALLOC 8E Northwich 3w/e 01/02/1964
ALLOC 9K Bolton 4w/e 05/09/1964
WDN 9K Bolton w/e 04/05/1968

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1944 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8702
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Normanton (20D)    
27/11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 48702    
20/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Mirfield (56D)    
15/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
23/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Stourton (55B)    
01/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)    
07/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C)    
14/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton Mersey (9F)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Northwich (8E)    
22/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Bolton (9K)    
04/05/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 48702 from Bolton (9K)    
08/1968 Scrapped Scrapped    

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