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Record: 71951 (21/04/2026)
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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Western Railway 843 m/e 04/1902
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8906 m/e 01/1926
British Railways 48906 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Webb
Class 4 Cylinder Compound
Company History LNWR/LMS
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B04/1902
G1 (0-8-0)10/1923
Wheels 0-8-0
Builder Crewe Works
Works Number 4239
To Service During 04/1902
Withdrawal During 03/1949
Service Life 46 yrs, 10 mths , 28 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date Reference
    (New) m/e 04/1902  
5B   Crewe South on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)  
9A   Longsight w/e 21/08/1948  
     Withdrawn m/e 03/1949  

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 2D Nuneaton w/e 24/04/1948
EXLOAN 5B Crewe South w/e 15/05/1948
ALLOC 9A Longsight w/e 21/08/1948
WDN   w/e 12/03/1949

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1902 To Service To service as London and North Western Railway Number 843
Built at Crewe Works, Works Number 4239
   
01/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 8906    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Crewe South (5B)    
21/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 48906 but not taken up    
03/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 8906    

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