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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway	2460	on	17/09/1936
British Railways	42460	w/e	24/04/1948

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

W. Stanier

Class

Company History

LMS

Rebuild History

Class	From
4P	17/09/1936

Wheels

2-6-4T

Builder

Derby Works

To Service

Sat 17/09/1936

Withdrawal

Sat 28/08/1965

Service Life

28 yrs, 11 mths , 11 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 11/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	on	17/09/1936
7B	Bangor	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
26D	Bury	4w/e	06/10/1956
26C	Bolton	w/e	15/09/1962
8F	Springs Branch (Wigan)	w/e	26/09/1964
10C	Fleetwood	w/e	30/01/1965
	Withdrawn	on	28/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	26D	Bury	4w/e	06/10/1956
ALLOC	26C	Bolton	5w/e	06/10/1962
ALLOC	8F	Springs Branch (Wigan)	3w/e	03/10/1964
ALLOC	10C	Fleetwood	3w/e	06/02/1965
WDN			w/e	28/08/1965

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

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
31/12/1961	Crewe Works (Works Sidings)	Paint Shop: D9, D50, D134-7, 42600/9, 44755/81, 44942, 45092, 45680, 46224, 49395, 78035 and the usual preserved locos. Out-side Paint Shop: D5031, 42117, 42639, 45421. 45690, 48205, 70043/9. Erecting Shop: D51-60, D235, D5137, 41200, 42234/67/83/92, 42437, 42606, 44680/4, 44739/49/53, 44806, 44985, 45034, 45147, 45233, 45369/83/95, 45568/9, 45625/39/60/84, 46166, 46230/44, 46485, 48080, 48111/34, 48304, 48429/53, 48518, 48601/74, 48733, 49141. 70031, 78036, 84001, 92025/93, 92167. Outside Erecting Shop: 42073, 45283, 45560, 46152, 70022, 90702. New Erecting Shop: D1/5, D229/31/6, D328, D5073, D5136. Works Sidings: 41262, 42460, 44686, 44756, 45140/5, 45215/27/79/98, 45645. 46109/21/7/50, 46236, 48172, 48416, 48649, 48930/50. 49246, 49313, 70026/42, 78037, 90147, 90413, 92018, 92159. Scrap Road: 47467, 47420, 47570 being cut up, 40074, 42220. 44088, 44249, 45544, 47755, 47405. 50850 intact. Works Shunters: D3584, 43957, 44374, 47618/61/77, 51412/46, 52093.	SLS/196202

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
17/09/1936	To Service	To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2460 Built at Derby Works
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Bangor (7B)
24/04/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 42460
06/10/1956	Allocation	Reallocated to Bury (26D)
15/09/1962	Allocation	Reallocated to Bolton (26C)
26/09/1964	Allocation	Reallocated to Springs Branch (Wigan) (8F)
30/01/1965	Allocation	Reallocated to Fleetwood (10C)
28/08/1965	Withdrawn	Condemned as 42460
11/1965	Scrapped	Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport

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