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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8511 m/e 03/1944
British Railways 48511 w/e 28/01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Doncaster Works
To Service During 03/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 25/06/1966
Service Life 22 yrs, 3 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1944
25A   Wakefield on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
8C   Speke Junction w/e 25/06/1949
3A   Bescot w/e 07/11/1959
8E   Northwich w/e 04/06/1960
9K   Bolton w/e 22/08/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 25/06/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 25A Wakefield on 23/07/1947
ALLOC 25A Wakefield w/e 23/08/1947
LOAN 12A Carlisle Kingmoor w/e 21/08/1948
EXLOAN 25A Wakefield w/e 06/11/1948
LOAN 8C Speke Junction w/e 04/06/1949
ALLOC 8C Speke Junction w/e 25/06/1949
ALLOC 3A Bescot 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 8E Northwich 5w/e 02/07/1960
ALLOC 9K Bolton 4w/e 05/09/1964
WDN   w/e 25/06/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
07/05/1961 Crewe Works (Erecting Shop) Paint Shop: D100-2, 41254/65/73, 41325, 44872, 90173 and the usual preserved locos. Outside Paint Shop: D103/5, 44837/43, 45565, 49395, 90582. Works Sidings: 41222, 42114, 42283, 42569, 43200, 43605, 44731/64, 44906, 45150, 45226/53, 45417, 45507/84, 46130, 46227/45, 46410/43, 47513, 47625, 48262, 48435, 48603, 48895, 49431, 70050, 78021, 90033, 92107. Erecting Shop: D110-6, 41246/64, 42110/54/60/86, 42285, 42557, 42618, 44750/62, 44834/9/91, 44932, 45078, 45142/82, 45238/74, 45300/97, 45441, 45514/21/45, 45613/28/44/64/95, 45701/2/10/36, 46127/50/7/70, 46246/7, 46487, 46501, 48171, 48317/54, 48430/74, 48511, 48672, 49094, 78031/62, 90214/99, 90315, 90530, 90712, 92020/49. Outside Erecting Shop: 42584, 44937, 45014, 45681, 48418/31/44, 90555, 92124. New Erecting Shop: D106-9/17-9. Scrap Road: 40204, 40589, 43515, 43729, 43948, 44072, 44357, 44480, 47626/37, 58221, with 47190 just cut-up. Works Shunters: 12022, 43957, 44363, 44552, 47592, 51412, 52093, 52218, 52312, 52441. SLS/196106

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1944 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8511
Built at Doncaster Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Wakefield (25A)    
25/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C)    
28/01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 48511    
07/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Bescot (3A)    
04/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Northwich (8E)    
22/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Bolton (9K)    
25/06/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 48511    
10/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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