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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway	2547	m/e	07/1936
British Railways	42547	w/e	28/08/1948

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

W. Stanier

Class

Company History

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Rebuild History

Class	From
4P	07/1936

Wheels

2-6-4T

Builder

North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow

Order Number

L896

Works Number

24303

To Service

During 07/1936

Withdrawal

w/e Sat 04/05/1963

Service Life

26 yrs, 10 mths , 4 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 08/1963

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	07/1936
24B	Rose Grove	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
	Withdrawn	w/e	04/05/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
LOAN	24B	Rose Grove	5w/e	02/03/1946
ALLOC	24B	Rose Grove	4w/e	30/03/1946
WDN			w/e	04/05/1963

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

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
07/1936	To Service	To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2547 Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 24303
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Rose Grove (24B)
28/08/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 42547
04/05/1963	Withdrawn	Condemned as 42547
08/1963	Scrapped	Scrapped

Complete BR Locomotive Database 1948-1997

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