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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 4881 m/e 05/1945
British Railways 44881 w/e 13/08/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five05/1945
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Crewe Works
Order Number 174
To Service During 05/1945
Withdrawal Sun 17/07/1966
Service Life 21 yrs, 2 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1945
31A   St Rollox (Balornock) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
66B   Motherwell 4w/e 19/01/1963
     Withdrawn on 17/07/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 66B Motherwell 7w/e 29/12/1962
WDN   on 17/07/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
09/07/1949 St. Rollox Works Locomotives entering Works 6/6 to 9/7: These included Nos. 40187, 575, 614, 40670, 40914, 1138, 42416/18, 42751, 42830, 2875, 42912/14, 4011, 4198, 44234, 4881/86/99, 44900/31/77, 45008, 45120/55/60/65/66/70/92, 45423, 5432, 45452/61/89, 45577/84, 45643, 15141/89, 15211/37, 55356, 16162, 16247/75/95, 56359, 17282, 17411, 17554, 57619, 17625/67. During June, locomotives were still being turned out lettered 'British Railways' from this Works. SLS/194908

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1945 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 4881
Built at Crewe Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Rollox (Balornock) (31A)    
13/08/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 44881    
19/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Motherwell (66B)    
17/07/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 44881    
11/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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