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[[File:LMS Class 8F No 48733 (8233) (8062220835).jpg|thumb|200px|right|48773 at Bridgnorth, running as LMS 8233]]
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==48773 in service==
 
 
48773 is an LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive.  As well as being used on the LMS, the Stanier 8F was adopted as the Country’s standard WW2 freight locomotive. The War Department had more than 200 built to order and requisitioned more than 50 others, before the cheaper WD Austerity 2-8-0 was introduced in 1943.
 
48773 is an LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive.  As well as being used on the LMS, the Stanier 8F was adopted as the Country’s standard WW2 freight locomotive. The War Department had more than 200 built to order and requisitioned more than 50 others, before the cheaper WD Austerity 2-8-0 was introduced in 1943.
  
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==48773 in service==
 
48773 was built by the North British Locomotive Co. in Glasgow as Works No 24607 of 1940. The locomotive was part of a War Department order for use in France, for which it was numbered WD 307.  France fell to Germany before the locomotive could be exported, so it was loaned back to the LMS and numbered 8233.
 
48773 was built by the North British Locomotive Co. in Glasgow as Works No 24607 of 1940. The locomotive was part of a War Department order for use in France, for which it was numbered WD 307.  France fell to Germany before the locomotive could be exported, so it was loaned back to the LMS and numbered 8233.
 
    
 
    
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Fortunately, the locomotive was not scrapped but repatriated to the UK and overhauled at Derby between 1952 and 1954. The locomotive then adopted yet another identity as WD 500 at the Longmoor Military Railway.   
 
Fortunately, the locomotive was not scrapped but repatriated to the UK and overhauled at Derby between 1952 and 1954. The locomotive then adopted yet another identity as WD 500 at the Longmoor Military Railway.   
 
In 1957 the locomotive was bought by British railways and entered service as No 48773. Although withdrawn twice for scrapping, 48773 survived each time, finally ending BR service based at Rose Grove in July 1968 when it participated in the ‘grand finale of steam’ over the trans-Pennine route via Copy Pit summit. It also worked the LCGB ‘Farewell to Steam’ on 4 August 1968.
 
In 1957 the locomotive was bought by British railways and entered service as No 48773. Although withdrawn twice for scrapping, 48773 survived each time, finally ending BR service based at Rose Grove in July 1968 when it participated in the ‘grand finale of steam’ over the trans-Pennine route via Copy Pit summit. It also worked the LCGB ‘Farewell to Steam’ on 4 August 1968.
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==48773 in preservation==
 
==48773 in preservation==
 
48773 arrived on the SVR in January 1969 in working order direct from BR.  During the early years it ran under its LMS number as 8233.  Since then it has achieved the greatest mileage in preservation of any of the SVR locos, logging 151,805 miles (including a few [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | main line excursions]]) and going through a set of tyres in the process.
 
48773 arrived on the SVR in January 1969 in working order direct from BR.  During the early years it ran under its LMS number as 8233.  Since then it has achieved the greatest mileage in preservation of any of the SVR locos, logging 151,805 miles (including a few [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | main line excursions]]) and going through a set of tyres in the process.
  
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One of the main line excursions was in [[Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_1970-1979#1975 | 1975]] when 48773 traveled to Shildon to take part in the Rail 150 celebrations, piloting a short train which also included [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 | 43106]] and three carriages.
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One of the main line excursions was in [[Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_1970-1979#1975 | 1975]] when 48773 traveled to Shildon to take part in the Rail 150 celebrations, piloting a short train which also included [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 | 43106]] and three carriages. A full list of main line activities is as follows:
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!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News
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|11 Aug 1975||Rail 150 Shildon || Kidderminster-Shildon || As LMS 8233, with 43106 || 8F ||37-24
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|06 Sep 1975||Rail 150 Shildon || York-Kidderminster || Darlington to York some days earlier ||  ||37-24
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|03 Oct 1987||Cotswold Engineer || Honeybourne - Long Marston - Honeybourne || As LMS 8233 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/871003ns.htm SBJ] ||86-26
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|03 May 1989||Cumbrian Mountain Express || Carlisle-Shap-Crewe ||  || UKS ||
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|21 Sep 1991||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Crewe || As LMS 8233. Also had visited Derby, Sheffield, Worcester ||  ||101-50
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|01 Feb 1992||Lancastrian || Shrewsbury - Bolton? - Blackburn || Photo at Manchester with this headboard on 8F web site || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/920201la.htm SBJ] ||
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|16 May 1998||Stanier Hind || Bristol-Exeter-Plymouth || Photos on Stanier 8F web site || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/980516pr.htm SBJ] ||127-3
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|12 Sep 1998||Central Wales Adventurer II || Newport-Shrewsbury || Photos on Stanier 8F web site || UKS, 8F ||132-46
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|24 Oct 1998||Royal Duchy || Exeter - Plymouth-Newquay || D/H with 45110 || UKS ||129-12
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|31 Oct 1998||Stannary Staniers || Ealing Broadway-Penzance || D/H with 45110 || UKS ||
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|02 Jan 1999||Midlander || Gloucester-Lickey-Tyseley-Kidderminster-Gloucester || Photo at Gloucester on Stanier 8F web site || UKS, 8F ||133-40
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|16 Jan 1999||Barrow Hill Collier || Nottingham-Chesterfield-Nottingham || Photo light engine but with tour headboard || UKS, 8F ||
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|10 Apr 1999||Copy Pitfinder || Crewe-Copy Pit-Pontefract-York ||  || UKS ||130-56
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|17 Apr 1999||Cotton Weaver || York-Copy Pit-Crewe || D/H with 45407, photo on Stanier 8F web site || UKS, 8F ||
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|24 Apr 1999||Cumbrian Mountain Express || Crewe-Shap-Carlisle || D/H with 45407, photo on Stanier 8F web site || UKS, 8F ||
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|05 Sep 1999||Midland Devonian || Gloucester-Stourbridge Jct-Bescot || D/H with 6024 || UKS, 8F ||
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|01 Apr 2000||Buxton Peaks || Crewe-Manchester Vic-Buxton-Derby ||  || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/000401pr.htm SBJ] ||133-29
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On 27 September 1986 a service took place at Highley in which 47383 was dedicated as a memorial to British military railway personnel who lost their lives on active service during the Second World War.  The event was marked by a flypast of an Air Atlantique Douglas DC3 and the last working de Havilland Mosquito.  The locomotive carries a plaque commemorating the dedication service.
 
On 27 September 1986 a service took place at Highley in which 47383 was dedicated as a memorial to British military railway personnel who lost their lives on active service during the Second World War.  The event was marked by a flypast of an Air Atlantique Douglas DC3 and the last working de Havilland Mosquito.  The locomotive carries a plaque commemorating the dedication service.
 
    
 
    
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48773 is currently (February 2015) on display in [[The Engine House]] awaiting overhaul.  It is owned by the [[Stanier 8F Locomotive Society]].
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{{As of | 2016}} 48773 is on display in [[The Engine House]] awaiting overhaul.  It is owned by the [[Stanier 8F Locomotive Society]].
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
[[Steam Locomotives]]<br>
 
[[Steam Locomotives]]<br>
 
[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]
 
[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]
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==References==
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==Links==
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[http://www.8fsociety.co.uk/index.html Stanier 8F Locomotive Society website]<br>
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[http://www.8fsociety.co.uk/gallery1.html 8F Society gallery of photographs] (includes some main line tours)

Revision as of 15:32, 15 June 2016

48773 at Bridgnorth, running as LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 8233

48773 is an LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 Class 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive. As well as being used on the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway, the StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. was adopted as the Country’s standard WW2 freight locomotive. The War Department had more than 200 built to order and requisitioned more than 50 others, before the cheaper WD Austerity 2-8-0 was introduced in 1943.

48773 in service

48773 was built by the North British Locomotive Co. in Glasgow as Works No 24607 of 1940. The locomotive was part of a War Department order for use in France, for which it was numbered WD 307. France fell to Germany before the locomotive could be exported, so it was loaned back to the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway and numbered 8233.

Following Russia’s entry into the War, the locomotive was requisitioned and sent to Iran as Iranian State Railways No 41.109. There it worked on the Trans-Iranian Railway, hauling double-headed 700 ton trains of supplies intended for Russia up steep gradients in the searing desert heat. On 19th August 1942, the locomotive was famously derailed after colliding with a camel, and later in 1944 was converted to oil-burning.

In 1946 the locomotive was sent to the British Army's Middle East Forces (MEF) in Egypt where, numbered WD 70307, it worked in the Suez Canal zone. For a while the locomotive was loaned to Egyptian State Railways, but by 1948 was in need of a new firebox and scheduled to be scrapped.

Fortunately, the locomotive was not scrapped but repatriated to the UK and overhauled at Derby between 1952 and 1954. The locomotive then adopted yet another identity as WD 500 at the Longmoor Military Railway. In 1957 the locomotive was bought by British railways and entered service as No 48773. Although withdrawn twice for scrapping, 48773 survived each time, finally ending BRBritish Rail or British Railways service based at Rose Grove in July 1968 when it participated in the ‘grand finale of steam’ over the trans-Pennine route via Copy Pit summit. It also worked the LCGBLocomotive Club of Great Britain ‘Farewell to Steam’ on 4 August 1968.

48773 in preservation

48773 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in January 1969 in working order direct from BRBritish Rail or British Railways. During the early years it ran under its LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway number as 8233. Since then it has achieved the greatest mileage in preservation of any of the SVRSevern Valley Railway locos, logging 151,805 miles (including a few main line excursions) and going through a set of tyres in the process.

One of the main line excursions was in 1975 when 48773 traveled to Shildon to take part in the Rail 150 celebrations, piloting a short train which also included 43106 and three carriages. A full list of main line activities is as follows:

Date Tour name Route Notes Web SVRSevern Valley Railway News
11 Aug 1975 Rail 150 Shildon Kidderminster-Shildon As LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 8233, with 43106 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. 37-24
06 Sep 1975 Rail 150 Shildon York-Kidderminster Darlington to York some days earlier 37-24
03 Oct 1987 Cotswold Engineer Honeybourne - Long Marston - Honeybourne As LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 8233 SBJ 86-26
03 May 1989 Cumbrian Mountain Express Carlisle-Shap-Crewe UKS
21 Sep 1991 Welsh Marches Express Hereford - Crewe As LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 8233. Also had visited Derby, Sheffield, Worcester 101-50
01 Feb 1992 Lancastrian Shrewsbury - Bolton? - Blackburn Photo at Manchester with this headboard on 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. web site SBJ
16 May 1998 StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 Hind Bristol-Exeter-Plymouth Photos on StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. web site SBJ 127-3
12 Sep 1998 Central Wales Adventurer II Newport-Shrewsbury Photos on StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. web site UKS, 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. 132-46
24 Oct 1998 Royal Duchy Exeter - Plymouth-Newquay D/H with 45110 UKS 129-12
31 Oct 1998 Stannary Staniers Ealing Broadway-Penzance D/H with 45110 UKS
02 Jan 1999 Midlander Gloucester-Lickey-Tyseley-Kidderminster-Gloucester Photo at Gloucester on StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. web site UKS, 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. 133-40
16 Jan 1999 Barrow Hill Collier Nottingham-Chesterfield-Nottingham Photo light engine but with tour headboard UKS, 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.
10 Apr 1999 Copy Pitfinder Crewe-Copy Pit-Pontefract-York UKS 130-56
17 Apr 1999 Cotton Weaver York-Copy Pit-Crewe D/H with 45407, photo on StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. web site UKS, 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.
24 Apr 1999 Cumbrian Mountain Express Crewe-Shap-Carlisle D/H with 45407, photo on StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. web site UKS, 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.
05 Sep 1999 Midland Devonian Gloucester-Stourbridge Jct-Bescot D/H with 6024 UKS, 8FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.
01 Apr 2000 Buxton Peaks Crewe-Manchester Vic-Buxton-Derby SBJ 133-29
For further information on sources and references, see The Severn Valley Railway on the main line

On 27 September 1986 a service took place at Highley in which 47383 was dedicated as a memorial to British military railway personnel who lost their lives on active service during the Second World War. The event was marked by a flypast of an Air Atlantique Douglas DC3 and the last working de Havilland Mosquito. The locomotive carries a plaque commemorating the dedication service.

As of 2016 48773 is on display in The Engine House awaiting overhaul. It is owned by the Stanier 8F Locomotive Society.

See also

Steam Locomotives
The Severn Valley Railway on the main line

References


Links

Stanier 8F Locomotive Society website
8F Society gallery of photographs (includes some main line tours)

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