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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway	2693	m/e	09/1945
British Railways	42693	w/e	05/06/1948

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

C. Fairburn

Class

Company History

LMS

Rebuild History

Class	From
4P	09/1945

Wheels

2-6-4T

Builder

Derby Works

To Service

During 09/1945 to Polmadie (27A)

Withdrawal

During 10/1966

Service Life

21 yrs , 30 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 01/1967

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
27A	Polmadie (New)	m/e	09/1945
27A	Polmadie	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
62B	Dundee Tay Bridge	4w/e	25/12/1954
63B	Stirling	4w/e	14/03/1959
68D	Beattock	4w/e	09/04/1960
	Withdrawn	m/e	10/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	62B	Dundee Tay Bridge	4w/e	25/12/1954
ALLOC	63B	Stirling	4w/e	14/03/1959
ALLOC	68D	Beattock	4w/e	09/04/1960
WDN			on	23/09/1966

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

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
06/07/1961	St. Rollox Works (Steam Erecting Shop)	Diesel Erecting Shop: D3132, D3410, D3528, D5300/3/10/1, D6120/37. Works Yard : 42243, 45157, 45489/92, 57328, 57631, D6111. Steam Erecting Shop: 42690/3, 42804, 42913, 44724, 44820/98, 44920/55, 45047, 45118, 45687/96, 45727, 57617. Waiting Works : 42167, 42780, 44722. Ex-Works: D3279, 42882, 44954, 45083, 45126.	SLS/196108
01/05/1965	Cowlairs Works (Erecting shop)	Erecting shop: 42138/693, 44727/92, 44845/949/91/7, 45034/54/115/82/390, 76050, 73053/100, 80122, 90199; Outside: 45012/28, 45403/51, 73151, 76024.	SLS/196506

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
09/1945	To Service	To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 2693 Built at Derby Works
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Polmadie (27A)
05/06/1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 42693
25/12/1954	Allocation	Reallocated to Dundee Tay Bridge (62B)
14/03/1959	Allocation	Reallocated to Stirling (63B)
09/04/1960	Allocation	Reallocated to Beattock (68D)
10/1966	Withdrawn	Condemned as 42693
01/1967	Scrapped	Scrapped

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