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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 43135 on 31/12/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Ivatt
Class 4MT
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Horwich Works
To Service Mon 31/12/1951 to Eastfield (65A)
Withdrawal During 11/1966
Service Life 14 yrs , 10 mths

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1967

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
65A   Eastfield (New) on 31/12/1951
63D   Fort William 4w/e 16/05/1953
65A   Eastfield 4w/e 11/07/1953
65C   Parkhead 4w/e 30/07/1960
65D   Dawsholm 4w/e 21/10/1961
51L   Thornaby w/e 26/10/1963
55B   Stourton w/e 30/05/1964
55F   Manningham 4w/e 16/07/1966
     Withdrawn m/e 11/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 63D Fort William 4w/e 16/05/1953
ALLOC 65A Eastfield 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 65C Parkhead 4w/e 30/07/1960
ALLOC 65D Dawsholm 2w/e 07/10/1961
ALLOC 51L Thornaby 4w/e 09/11/1963
ALLOC 91NE   4w/e 09/11/1963
ALLOC 55B Stourton 5w/e 13/06/1964
ALLOC 55F Manningham 4w/e 16/07/1966
WDN   on 30/10/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1959 Midland & Great Northern Railway closure On 28th February the 1-45 p.m. Birmingham (New Street)-Yarmouth had Class 4F 44542 (17B) as far as Leicester where 43060 took over to Spalding; Restaurant car E668E was attached there too; the 9 a.m. Yarmouth-Birmingham New Street arrived behind 43036 (21A)'; the 4 p.m. Spalding-Nottingham was worked by 43058 (40F) and the 4-20 p.m. Nottingham-Kings Lynn by 43954 (16A), changed to 43061 (40F) at Bourne; the 4-20 p.m. Kings Lynn-Nottingham arrived at Bourne behind 43060 changing to 43954 and this was the last train going west from Bourne-43060 returned to Spalding with a goods. 43090 ran the 5-45 p.m. Kings Lynn-Peterboro' and 43135 the 8-37 p.m. Peterboro'-Melton Constable. At Yarmouth Beach, the S.M.'s bell tolled out for the last trains and at Norwich City the Reepham Parish Council gave the last diesel an official send-off just before midnight. Track demolition commenced immediately on the East Rudham-Melton and Sutton Bridge-South Lynn sections-the latter was double-track ! A daily goods now runs between Spalding and Bourne (diesel hauled) and serves also the Billingboro' branch (SK); similarly between South Lynn and East Rudham; two daily goods run between Spalding and Sutton Bridge and two between Melton Constable and Norwich City and between Peterboro' and Wisbech Harbour with an additional service between Peterboro' and Eye Green. The Saxby-South Witham section still has its 6 freights each way to and from the L.M.R. SLS/195904

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
31/12/1951 To Service To service as British Railways Number 43135
Built at Horwich Works
Allocated to Eastfield (65A)
   
16/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Fort William (63D)    
11/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Eastfield (65A)    
30/07/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Parkhead (65C)    
21/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Dawsholm (65D)    
26/10/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
30/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Stourton (55B)    
16/07/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Manningham (55F)    
11/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 43135    
01/1967 Scrapped Scrapped    

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