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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 7959 m/e 01/1924
British Railways 47959 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Beames
Class 7F
Company History LNWR/LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
38001/1924
Wheels 0-8-4T
Builder Crewe Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 5751
To Service During 01/1924
Withdrawal During 06/1948
Service Life 24 yrs , 5 mths

Disposal
Scrapping w/e Sat 07/08/1948 at Locomotive Works (Crewe, Cheshire)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1924
8A   Edge Hill on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn m/e 06/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   w/e 05/06/1948

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/10/1948 Crewe Works The remaining nine 2-6-2T's of Order E471 are now in traffic. They were completed on the following dates:-Nos. 41221 (9/9), 41222 (13/9), 41223 (16/9), 41224 (21/9), 41225 (24/9), 41226 (28/9), 41227 (30/9), 41228 (5/10), and 41229 (8/10). The construction of a further batch of '2F' 2-6-0's is now well under way and the first five engines were completed as follows:-Nos. 46420 (14/10), 46421 (26/10), 46422 (22/10), 46423 (29/10), and 46424 (2/11). Three more 'Patriot' Class 4-6-0's have been rebuilt with tapered boilers-No. 45523 was completed on 20/9, No. 45545 on 8/10 and No 45536 on 26/10; No. 45545 has been named Planet. Another 'Royal Scot,' No. 6167, is at present in for rebuilding and - will probably be in traffic by the middle of December.
During the past two months Nos. 44829/30 an 48064 have had their oil-burning apparatus removed, which seems to indicate that the other locomotives so fitted will be similarly dealt with as they pass through the shops.
The ranks of ex L.N.W.R. engines continue to be steadily thinned and many more have gone to the scrap heap recently, they were cut up as follows:-W.E. 7/8 Nos. 6653/89, 7959, 28535; W.E. 14/8 Nos. 6870, 9270; W.E. 21/8 Nos. 28097, 28367, 28586; W.E. 28/8 Nos. 7948, 9309, 28088; W.E. 4/9 Nos. 7787, 8913, 28234; W.E. 11/9 Nos. 7756, 9136; WE. 18/9 Nos. 6691, 7840; W.E. 25/9 Nos. 7816, 27556, 28104; W.E. 2/10 No. 7721; W.E. 9/10 Nos. 7703, 28404; W.E. 16/10 Nos. 9152, 9165, 27681; W.E. 23/10 Nos. 7733, 28262, 28313, 28608; W.E. 30/10 No. 7954.
During October considerable interest was aroused here by the arrival of five ex G.W.R. 0-6-0 pannier tanks Nos. 2021/67, 2115/50/85. These engines are at present undergoing repair and it is understood that more are to follow.
SLS/194812

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1924 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 7959
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number 5751
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Edge Hill (8A)    
06/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 7959    
07/08/1948 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Crewe, Cheshire    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 47959 but not taken up    

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