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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7673 m/e 09/1944
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3122 m/e 05/1946
London and North Eastern Railway (1947) 3522 m/e 03/1947
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8727 m/e 11/1947
British Railways 48727 w/e 30/07/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 09/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 03/08/1968
Service Life 23 yrs, 11 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1969

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1944
25A   Wakefield on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
25C   Goole w/e 15/10/1949
26A   Newton Heath 4w/e 09/09/1950
3A   Bescot 4w/e 08/09/1951
3A   Bescot w/e 13/10/1951
5C   Stafford 4w/e 01/12/1956
3A   Bescot 4w/e 26/01/1957
9D   Buxton (LNWR) w/e 10/12/1960
8B   Warrington Dallam w/e 12/01/1963
8E   Northwich w/e 16/03/1963
16D   Annesley w/e 25/05/1963
2F   Woodford Halse w/e 27/07/1963
16E   Kirkby in Ashfield w/e 29/02/1964
5B   Crewe South w/e 28/03/1964
8H   Birkenhead Mollington Street w/e 07/11/1964
8G   Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) w/e 17/04/1965
8E   Northwich w/e 20/05/1967
10F   Rose Grove w/e 09/03/1968
     Withdrawn w/e 03/08/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 25A Wakefield w/e 08/11/1947
LOAN 12A Carlisle Kingmoor w/e 28/08/1948
EXLOAN 25A Wakefield w/e 02/10/1948
ALLOC 25C Goole w/e 15/10/1949
ALLOC 26A Newton Heath w/e 09/09/1950
ALLOC 3A Bescot w/e 13/10/1951
LOAN 5C Stafford 4w/e 01/12/1956
EXLOAN 3A Bescot 4w/e 26/01/1957
ALLOC 9D Buxton (LNWR) 4w/e 31/12/1960
ALLOC 8B Warrington Dallam 4w/e 02/02/1963
ALLOC 8E Northwich 4w/e 30/03/1963
ALLOC 16D Annesley 4w/e 01/06/1963
ALLOC 2F Woodford Halse 4w/e 03/08/1963
ALLOC 16E Kirkby in Ashfield 5w/e 07/03/1964
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 4w/e 04/04/1964
ALLOC 8H Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 07/11/1964
ALLOC 8G Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) 4w/e 08/05/1965
ALLOC 8E Northwich 5w/e 10/06/1967
ALLOC 10F Rose Grove 4w/e 09/03/1968
WDN 10F Rose Grove w/e 03/08/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
27/06/1965 Crewe Works (Erecting shop) Erecting shop: D1859/60/1, D1962-7, D202/11/32/4/95, D338/50/2, D1508/12/18/29/30/43/54/68, D5709/15, D8015/24, 44669/963, 45018/227/435/93, 48012/111/67/271/322/445/93/507/51/727, 70035/54, 92011/49/50/137/234. Electric shop: E3059/78/80/2/3, E26000. New Diesel shop: D222, D284, D290, D396, D1501/15/61, D1633. Paint shop: D1853/5-8, E3038/87, E26045, D8021, 71000 (stored outside). Traverser Area: 44679, 45327, 48116/768, D240, D1511/21, E3072. Side of Works: 44673/8/877/5004/190, 48474, 92021/212, 70023. Ex-Works: D248, D342, D1615/35/88, D6885, 44759, 45200, 45444/8, 48055, 70039, 92054/247. New diesel shop is the old 'cutting up' shop which has been converted into a light diesel repair shop. SLS/196508

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1944 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 7673
Built at Brighton Works
   
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3122    
03/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3522    
11/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 8727    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Wakefield (25A)    
30/07/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48727    
15/10/1949 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)    
01/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford (5C)    
26/01/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Bescot (3A)    
10/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Buxton (LNWR) (9D)    
12/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Warrington Dallam (8B)    
16/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Northwich (8E)    
25/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (16D)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (2F)    
29/02/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Kirkby in Ashfield (16E)    
28/03/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
07/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (8H)    
17/04/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Sutton Oak (Peasley Cross) (8G)    
20/05/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Northwich (8E)    
09/03/1968 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (10F)    
03/08/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 48727    
01/1969 Scrapped Scrapped    

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