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LMS Stanier Class 8F 8151
LMS Stanier Class 8F 8151 (British Railways No. 48151) is a preserved British 8F class 2-8-0 steam locomotive.
8151 was built at Crewe Works in 1942 by the LMS as one of the 8F Class. Following nationalisation in 1948, 40000 was added to the class's original numbers and so in 1949 it was renumbered to 48151.
The engine originally was allocated to Grangemouth TMD and spent over thirteen years at Grangemouth before being transferred to Canklow in July 1955. Other sheds the engine was allocated to included Staveley in January 1963, Edge Hill (8A) in April 1964, and finally Northwich in March 1966.[citation needed] The engine remained at Northwich for its remaining working career for British Railways until January 1968, when it was withdrawn from service. No. 48151 was one of the last 359 steam engines operating on British mainline railways, those still in service in 1968.[citation needed]
No. 48151 was sold to Woodham Brothers scrapyard on Barry Island for in September 1968, and remained there until November 1975 when it was purchased for preservation.
No. 48151 was based at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway for a number of years, but its restoration was not completed there. It was then bought by David Smith and after its heavy restoration was completed in 1988 at Carnforth MPD, it was certified for mainline use and is currently operated by West Coast Railways (WCR) working steam charters across the UK, running on lines never visited before by an 8F.[citation needed]
In November 1995, it was loaned for a short time to Tunstead Quarry to haul a 975-ton train of hopper wagons.
In 2000, it made its first operational visit to a heritage railway, when it visited the Great Central Railway for a brief period in June of that year, as well as making a brief visit back to Staveley the following month, now the Barrow Hill Engine Shed. In December 2000, it worked a special one-off freight train along the Settle and Carlisle line from Hellifield to Ribblehead Quarry where the hopper wagons were loaded. It then worked the loaded train on from Ribblehead Quarry to Carlisle.[citation needed]
That same year, the engine was considered to portray the Hogwarts Express in the 2001 fantasy film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall was chosen instead.
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LMS Stanier Class 8F 8151
LMS Stanier Class 8F 8151 (British Railways No. 48151) is a preserved British 8F class 2-8-0 steam locomotive.
8151 was built at Crewe Works in 1942 by the LMS as one of the 8F Class. Following nationalisation in 1948, 40000 was added to the class's original numbers and so in 1949 it was renumbered to 48151.
The engine originally was allocated to Grangemouth TMD and spent over thirteen years at Grangemouth before being transferred to Canklow in July 1955. Other sheds the engine was allocated to included Staveley in January 1963, Edge Hill (8A) in April 1964, and finally Northwich in March 1966.[citation needed] The engine remained at Northwich for its remaining working career for British Railways until January 1968, when it was withdrawn from service. No. 48151 was one of the last 359 steam engines operating on British mainline railways, those still in service in 1968.[citation needed]
No. 48151 was sold to Woodham Brothers scrapyard on Barry Island for in September 1968, and remained there until November 1975 when it was purchased for preservation.
No. 48151 was based at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway for a number of years, but its restoration was not completed there. It was then bought by David Smith and after its heavy restoration was completed in 1988 at Carnforth MPD, it was certified for mainline use and is currently operated by West Coast Railways (WCR) working steam charters across the UK, running on lines never visited before by an 8F.[citation needed]
In November 1995, it was loaned for a short time to Tunstead Quarry to haul a 975-ton train of hopper wagons.
In 2000, it made its first operational visit to a heritage railway, when it visited the Great Central Railway for a brief period in June of that year, as well as making a brief visit back to Staveley the following month, now the Barrow Hill Engine Shed. In December 2000, it worked a special one-off freight train along the Settle and Carlisle line from Hellifield to Ribblehead Quarry where the hopper wagons were loaded. It then worked the loaded train on from Ribblehead Quarry to Carlisle.[citation needed]
That same year, the engine was considered to portray the Hogwarts Express in the 2001 fantasy film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall was chosen instead.