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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway	2462	on	01/10/1936
British Railways	42462	w/e	03/07/1948

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

W. Stanier

Class

Company History

LMS

Rebuild History

Class	From
4P	01/10/1936

Wheels

2-6-4T

Builder

Derby Works

To Service

Sat 01/10/1936

Withdrawal

Sat 14/05/1966

Service Life

29 yrs, 7 mths , 13 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 08/1966 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	on	01/10/1936
11B	Barrow in Furness	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
9A	Longsight	4w/e	06/10/1951
10A	Springs Branch (Wigan)	4w/e	05/09/1953
65C	Parkhead	w/e	04/02/1961
65C	Parkhead	4w/e	11/02/1961
8F	Springs Branch (Wigan)	w/e	11/11/1961
	Withdrawn	on	14/05/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	11B	Barrow in Furness	w/e	21/06/1947
ALLOC	9A	Longsight	w/e	06/10/1951
ALLOC	10A	Springs Branch (Wigan)	4w/e	05/09/1953
LOAN	91X	To Scottish Region	5w/e	04/02/1961
ALLOC	65C	Parkhead	4w/e	11/02/1961
WDN			w/e	14/05/1966

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

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
01/10/1936	To Service	To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2462 Built at Derby Works
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Barrow in Furness (11B)
03/07/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 42462
06/10/1951	Allocation	Reallocated to Longsight (9A)
05/09/1953	Allocation	Reallocated to Springs Branch (Wigan) (10A)
04/02/1961	Allocation	Reallocated to Parkhead (65C)
11/02/1961	Allocation	Reallocated to Parkhead (65C)
11/11/1961	Allocation	Reallocated to Springs Branch (Wigan) (8F)
14/05/1966	Withdrawn	Condemned as 42462
08/1966	Scrapped	Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge

Complete BR Locomotive Database 1948-1997

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