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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5234 m/e 08/1936
British Railways 45234 w/e 24/07/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 5MT
Company History LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Black Five08/1936
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1289
To Service During 08/1936
Withdrawal w/e Sat 09/09/1967
Service Life 31 yrs, 1 mth , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1968 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1936
26A   Newton Heath on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
26B   Agecroft 4w/e 29/12/1956
15E   Leicester (G.C.) w/e 17/10/1959
15E   Leicester (G.C.) w/e 07/11/1959
16D   Annesley w/e 09/01/1960
14A   Cricklewood East w/e 02/02/1963
16D   Annesley w/e 09/03/1963
10F   Rose Grove w/e 03/07/1965
9D   Newton Heath w/e 12/02/1966
     Withdrawn w/e 09/09/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 26B Agecroft 4w/e 29/12/1956
LOAN 15E Leicester (G.C.) 5w/e 31/10/1959
ALLOC 15E Leicester (G.C.) 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 16D Annesley 4w/e 30/01/1960
ALLOC 14A Cricklewood East 4w/e 02/02/1963
ALLOC 16D Annesley 4w/e 30/03/1963
ALLOC 10F Rose Grove 4w/e 10/07/1965
ALLOC 9D Newton Heath 5w/e 12/03/1966
WDN   w/e 09/09/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Crewe Works During the past month a further seven Class '5' 4-6-0's-Nos. 44718-24 inclusive-have been put into traffic, painted black with red, cream and grey lining but carrying neither lettering nor crests on the tender sides. No. 46202 recently returned to traffic. The engine was run in on trips from Crewe to Shrewsbury during W/E 19/3, and returned to the regular London-Liverpool working the following week. Since then, however, it is reported to have failed again at Camden, details are not known.
Dynamometer car trials were carried out with Class '4' 2-6-0 No. 43027 on the Crewe-Holyhead line during W/E 9/4; the dynamometer car used was No. 1. Locomotives entering Works during March included:-Nos. 42227/52, 2263/66, 2432/54/80, 2541/44/63, 2611/13/42/50/57/60/73, 44745, 4775, 4819/72/97, 4911/39/63, 44984, 5046/54/88, 45091, 5110/45, 45195, 45229/34, 5244, 45264, 5269/96/7/8, 45326, 5343/82/84, 5408, 5501, 45520, 5556, 45568, 5591, 45597, 5659/70, 45676/90/99, 5703/35, 6004, 46100, 6103/10/13/21, 46134, 6155/56, 46160/63, 6169, 6206/27, 46231, 6235/50/1/2/5, 7972, 47982, 7994/95, 8026/75, 8112/50/57, 8206/70, 8301/2/3/17/24/31/50/61/67, 8495, 8522, 8610/45/91, 48696, 8770, 8906/18, 9042/52/74, 9110/11/66/85, 9210/59/63/89/96/97, 9305/29/40/63/81, 9419/27/29, 28619, 58889 and 2-10-0 73788 (65F).
SLS/194905
22/10/1959 Leicester GC MPD Only four Bls now remain viz. 61111/36, 61376/81; others having moved to Agecroft (26B) in exchange for LM Class 5s, the latest arrivals being 44932, 45116 (still with Sc. R. numbering), 45234 an 45450. SLS/195912
31/10/1959 Leicester GC MPD Leicester GC (15E) - All the LMR Class 5s have been transferred to Annesley, viz. 44932, 45116, 45223/34, 45450. SLS/196003
04/06/1961 Crewe Works (Works Sidings) Paint Shop: D105-8/10, 45139, 45403, 45584, 45626, 46146, 78021. Outside Paint Shop: D97, D109, 41222/66, 42286, 44910, 45397, 45694, 46127, 46246, 49395, 92020. Works Sidings: 41269, 42441/78, 42604, 44685, 44714/66, 44832, 44907, 45021, 45208/34/96, 45438, 45535/91, 45641, 46125/8, 46404, 48525, 90163, 90388, 90595, 92033/74. Erecting Shop: D114-9, 41218/42, 42226/96, 42431, 42559, 42625/64, 44682, 44715, 44875/92, 44946, 45056/70/80, 45107/9, 45222/38/42, 45310/27/42, 45415/26/37, 45510/23/55/64, 45703/17, 46117, 46222/9/32/8, 46429, 46509, 48258, 48305/35/93, 48409/36, 48549/53/6, 48760, 49447, 70004, 78061, 90251/76, 90557, 90685, 90724, 92087, 92132. Outside Erecting Shop: 42227, 44874, 45686, 45734, 46116/70. New Erecting Shop: D111-3/20-4, D222. Scrap Yard: 40002, 40658/91, 43225, 43459, 47374, 52240/60, 52464, 52526 all intact, with 40502 being cut-up. Works Shunters: 12022, 44373/4, 47592, 47648, 51441/4/6, 52093, 52312. SLS/196107

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1936 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 5234
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 1289
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newton Heath (26A)    
24/07/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 45234    
29/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Agecroft (26B)    
17/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester (G.C.) (15E)    
07/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester (G.C.) (15E)    
09/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (16D)    
02/02/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Cricklewood East (14A)    
09/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (16D)    
03/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (10F)    
12/02/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Heath (9D)    
09/09/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 45234    
01/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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