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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8685 m/e 02/1944
British Railways 48685 w/e 07/08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 02/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 22/04/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 2 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1967

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1944
18A   Toton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
15A   Leicester Midland w/e 17/04/1965
16B   Colwick w/e 15/01/1966
8E   Northwich w/e 04/02/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 22/04/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 15A Leicester Midland 4w/e 08/05/1965
ALLOC 16B Colwick 4w/e 05/02/1966
ALLOC 8E Northwich 4w/e 01/02/1967
WDN   w/e 22/04/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
15/11/1964 Crewe Works (Misc.) Erecting shop: D1641-1662; D214, D224, D236, D257, D351, D395/7, D5700/14, D6833/49, D8014/26/35/59, 42581, 42665, 44689, 44710/74, 45215/79, 46484, 48056, 48190, 48301, 48533/56, 48719/40, 92008/74/9/87/8; Near Chester line: 44715, 44844, 44988, 45000, 45660, 46402, 92019; Side of Works: 42089, 42218, 42569, 44658, 44778, 44838, 44989, 45035, 45303, 45412, 45562, 46501, 48168, 48612, 92004/64, 92117/67. Paint shop area: D251, D297, D305, D329, D336, D369, D1633/4/5/7/8/9/40, D5716, D6889, D8058, 42233, 48046/50, 70002/11/34, 92233; Cutting up: 42221, 42559; New Erecting shop: D338, E3002/4, 26025; Inspection road: 44667, 45031, 48206/52, 92139/57; Misc.: 42267/97, 44730, 45089, 45130, 48153/92, 48212/67, 48345/65, 48455, 48529, 48677/85, 48764, 70015/18/37, 80072, 92206, D219, D293, D6774, D8001/36, 26049. SLS/196412

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1944 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8685
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Toton (18A)    
07/08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 48685    
17/04/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester Midland (15A)    
15/01/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (16B)    
04/02/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Northwich (8E)    
22/04/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 48685    
11/1967 Scrapped Scrapped    

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