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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 70446 m/e 12/1941
British Railways 48295 w/e 19/11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Works Number 7040
To Service During 12/1941
Withdrawal w/e Sat 25/09/1965
Service Life 23 yrs, 9 mths , 26 dys
Information WD 70446 never allocated a LMS No.

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1941
8E   Brunswick 4w/e 22/03/1958
9K   Bolton w/e 08/08/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 25/09/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK 5B Crewe South w/e 19/11/1949
ALLOC 9G Northwich 4w/e 22/03/1958
ALLOC 9K Bolton 4w/e 08/08/1964
WDN   w/e 25/09/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1948 Crewe Works New construction for the past month produced only three Caprotti 4-6-0's: No. 44756 (No. 9 of Order E468) completed on 10/5, and No. 44741 and 44742 (Nos. 4 & 5 of Order E.469) completed on 18/5 and 28/5 respectively.
Condemned engines cut-up during the past month were dealt with a follows: W/E 8/5 Nos. 7821, 9250; W/E 15/5 Nos. 7769, 9038; W/E 22/5 Nos. 6673, 6738, 9013; W/E 29/5 Nos. 6740, 6920, 25373 an 28484.
A number of War Department 2-8-0's of the standard L.M.S. '8F' type have recently returned from the Middle East, and are at present stored in the old carriage works. They are Nos. 70300/01/11/14/18/32/63/94/95/98, 70401/2/3/13/38/43/46/49, 70504/18/76/77/79/82/88 an 70611. Several of these engines are fitted with steam turbo-generators mounted on the right-hand side of the firebox, but no electric lights are in evidence, although conduit piping still exists along the boilers of a few engines.
Eight locomotives were recently painted in the new experimental liveries of the British Railways Six Class '7P' 4-6-2's Nos. 46224/27/30/1/2/41 were painted blue (the shade approaching that of Oxford blue), and lined in accordance gwith ex L.N.W.R. practice, whilst two Class '6P' 4-6-0's Nos. 45540 an 46139 were painted green (a shade closely resembling the standard L.N.E.R. green) and also lined in the ex L.N.W.R. style. All eight engines had their buffers, cylinder covers, motion, etc., scoured bright
SLS/194807
15/04/1962 Horwich Works (Erecting Shop) Paint Shop: 42789, 48670, LYR 1008, D4127, uM65437, uM77158, uM28580, u28930, u29154, u29241, u29653, u29830 M. Light Repair Shop: 44061, D2388. Test House: 47550, 11305. Yard: 43017, 44334, 47402/29, 48684, 11324/68, uM28331, u29560, u29881 M. Erecting Shop: 42708/32, 42828, 42979, 43960, 44074, 44266, 44364/79, 44468, 44554, 48123/38/61, 48295, 48403, 48715 Wren, 12001/9/19/36/49/63/71, D4128-30 (Engines and body sides), D4131/2 (Engines on frames), D4133/4 (frames only). Outside Erecting Shop: 42896, 42959, 44003, 48257, 48321, D117. Car Shop: uM28221, u28497, u28690, u29022, u29289, u29720/2 M. Scrap Road: NIL. SLS/196205

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1941 To Service To service as WD Number 70446
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 7040
   
19/11/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 48295    
22/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Brunswick (8E)    
08/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Bolton (9K)    
25/09/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 48295    
12/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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