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+ | [[File:LMS Class 8F No 48733 (8233) (8062220835).jpg |thumb|300px|right|48773 at Bridgnorth, running as LMS 8233]] | ||
The Stanier 8F Locomotive Society owns [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773 | LMS Stanier 8F 48773]]. | The Stanier 8F Locomotive Society owns [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773 | LMS Stanier 8F 48773]]. | ||
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+ | ==Organisation== | ||
+ | The Stanier 8F Locomotive Society Limited, Company number 00990440, is a Private company limited by guarantee without share capital. It was incorporated on 29 September 1970.<ref>[http://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00990440 Companies House]</ref> | ||
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+ | The Society is a Registered Charity, number 261751. The Charity Commission records the Society’s principal activity as “Preservation in working order of ex LMS Stanier 8F steam locomotive 48773/8233”.<ref>[http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=261751&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Charity Commission]</ref> | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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[[List of preservation groups]] | [[List of preservation groups]] | ||
+ | ==References== | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
[http://www.8fsociety.co.uk/ Stanier 8F Locomotive Society website] | [http://www.8fsociety.co.uk/ Stanier 8F Locomotive Society website] |
Revision as of 16:26, 29 November 2016
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. Locomotive Society owns LMS Stanier 8F 48773.
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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. Locomotive Society Limited, Company number 00990440, is a Private company limited by guarantee without share capital. It was incorporated on 29 September 1970.[1]
The Society is a Registered Charity, number 261751. The Charity Commission records the Society’s principal activity as “Preservation in working order of ex LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 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. steam locomotive 48773/8233”.[2]