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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7668 m/e 08/1944
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3117 m/e 05/1946
London and North Eastern Railway (1947) 3517 m/e 03/1947
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8722 m/e 11/1947
British Railways 48722 w/e 07/05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 08/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 11/05/1968 off Edge Hill (8A)
Service Life 23 yrs, 9 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1969 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1944
24A   Accrington on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
25C   Goole w/e 13/08/1949
26A   Newton Heath 4w/e 09/09/1950
3A   Bescot 4w/e 08/09/1951
3A   Bescot w/e 13/10/1951
8C   Speke Junction w/e 30/04/1960
8G   Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) w/e 21/05/1966
8E   Northwich w/e 20/05/1967
8A   Edge Hill w/e 09/03/1968
     Withdrawn w/e 11/05/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 25A Wakefield w/e 15/11/1947
ALLOC 25C Goole w/e 13/08/1949
ALLOC 26A Newton Heath w/e 09/09/1950
LOAN 3A Bescot w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 3A Bescot w/e 13/10/1951
ALLOC 8C Speke Junction 5w/e 30/04/1960
ALLOC 8G Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) 5w/e 11/06/1966
ALLOC 8E Northwich 5w/e 10/06/1967
ALLOC 8A Edge Hill 4w/e 09/03/1968
WDN 8A Edge Hill w/e 11/05/1968

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1944 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 7668
Built at Brighton Works
   
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3117    
03/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3517    
11/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 8722    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Accrington (24A)    
07/05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48722    
13/08/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Goole (25C)    
09/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Heath (26A)    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bescot (3A)    
13/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bescot (3A)    
30/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C)    
21/05/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) (8G)    
20/05/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Northwich (8E)    
09/03/1968 Allocation Reallocated to Edge Hill (8A)    
11/05/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 48722 from Edge Hill (8A)    
01/1969 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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