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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Western Railway 1513 m/e 05/1911
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (1st) 5343 m/e 04/1926
London, Midland & Scottish Railway (Dup.) 25343 m/e Not applied

Names Carried
Date From Name
05/1911 OTTERHOUND

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Cooke
Class George V
Company History LNWR/LMS
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Crewe Works
Works Number 4993
To Service During 05/1911
Withdrawal During 04/1936
Service Life 24 yrs, 11 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1936

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1911
     Withdrawn m/e 04/1936
65E   Kipps 4w/e 23/02/1952

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 65E Kipps 4w/e 23/02/1952

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Crewe Works During the past month a further seven Class '5' 4-6-0's-Nos. 44718-24 inclusive-have been put into traffic, painted black with red, cream and grey lining but carrying neither lettering nor crests on the tender sides. No. 46202 recently returned to traffic. The engine was run in on trips from Crewe to Shrewsbury during W/E 19/3, and returned to the regular London-Liverpool working the following week. Since then, however, it is reported to have failed again at Camden, details are not known.
Dynamometer car trials were carried out with Class '4' 2-6-0 No. 43027 on the Crewe-Holyhead line during W/E 9/4; the dynamometer car used was No. 1. Locomotives entering Works during March included:-Nos. 42227/52, 2263/66, 2432/54/80, 2541/44/63, 2611/13/42/50/57/60/73, 44745, 4775, 4819/72/97, 4911/39/63, 44984, 5046/54/88, 45091, 5110/45, 45195, 45229/34, 5244, 45264, 5269/96/7/8, 45326, 5343/82/84, 5408, 5501, 45520, 5556, 45568, 5591, 45597, 5659/70, 45676/90/99, 5703/35, 6004, 46100, 6103/10/13/21, 46134, 6155/56, 46160/63, 6169, 6206/27, 46231, 6235/50/1/2/5, 7972, 47982, 7994/95, 8026/75, 8112/50/57, 8206/70, 8301/2/3/17/24/31/50/61/67, 8495, 8522, 8610/45/91, 48696, 8770, 8906/18, 9042/52/74, 9110/11/66/85, 9210/59/63/89/96/97, 9305/29/40/63/81, 9419/27/29, 28619, 58889 and 2-10-0 73788 (65F).
SLS/194905

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1911 To Service To service as London and North Western Railway Number 1513, name: OTTERHOUND
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number 4993
   
04/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 5343    
1936 Number Allocated Allocated number 25343 but not taken up    
04/1936 Withdrawn Condemned as 5343    
04/1936 Scrapped Scrapped    
23/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Kipps (65E)    

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