LMS Stanier Class 8F 8233

<h2 id="construction-and-use-by-the-lms">Construction and use by the LMS</h2>
<p>8233 was originally built in 1940 by the <a href="/facts/North_British_Locomotive_Company/nDW2nHCW">North British Locomotive Company</a> of <a href="/facts/Glasgow/hHUX44Ra">Glasgow</a>, Works No. 24607 on the orders of the <a href="/facts/War_Department_(UK)/QoAwbhzT">War Department</a>, which had adopted the <a href="/facts/LMS_Stanier_Class_8F/HX80GYs3">LMS Stanier Class 8F</a> as its own standard. However, the <a href="/facts/Fall_of_France/mqqL078G">Fall of France</a> saw that it was not sent to <a href="/facts/Mainland_Europe/EXR4F23f">mainland Europe</a> with the <a href="/facts/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)/R7fPuxSs">British Expeditionary Force</a>, as originally intended. Instead, it became <a href="/facts/London%2c_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway/qk02TmfL">LMS</a> No. 8233 and was based out of <a href="/facts/Toton/xJbS28YE">Toton</a>, <a href="/facts/Holbeck/V5PBtYW3">Holbeck</a> and <a href="/facts/Westhouses/jmWbLxr2">Westhouses</a> sheds.
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<h2 id="export">Export</h2>
<p>In 1941, No. 8233 was requisitioned by the <a href="/facts/War_Department_(UK)/QoAwbhzT">War Department</a> and sent to <a href="/facts/Persia/24yukge8">Persia</a> (<a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a>), becoming <a href="/facts/Iranian_State_Railways/db0wbaMT">Iranian State Railways</a> No. 41-109, during which time, it derailed following a <a href="/facts/Collision/0a3WSqod">collision</a> with a <a href="/facts/Camel/UGvEayFf">camel</a>. In 1944, it was converted to <a href="/facts/Oil_burner_(engine)/dXnbQPNg">oil-firing</a>. In 1948, it was at <a href="/facts/Suez/0GflHFFL">Suez</a> needing a new <a href="/facts/Firebox_(steam_engine)/9epoje8A">firebox</a> and was almost scrapped, but was then returned to <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a> in 1952 and overhauled at <a href="/facts/Derby_Works/JcwdIRJQ">Derby Works</a>. In 1954, the engine was no longer needed in the <a href="/facts/Middle_East/8CD6pLWv">Middle East</a> and went instead to the <a href="/facts/Longmoor_Military_Railway/cNNy8tAF">Longmoor Military Railway</a> as WD. No. 500.
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<h2 id="british-rail-and-withdrawal">British Rail and withdrawal</h2>
<p>In 1957, No. 500 was taken into <a href="/facts/British_Railways/MUsXp9YC">British Railways</a> stock as No. 48773. It was initially allocated to <a href="/facts/Polmadie/sqKzoaNr">Polmadie</a> (66A), and was withdrawn from there in 1962. However, it was reinstated in 1963 and transferred to <a href="/facts/Carlisle_Kingmoor_TMD/SkuQR2Kf">Carlisle Kingmoor</a> (12A). It was then transferred to <a href="/facts/Stockport/71xEwuRq">Stockport</a> (Edgeley, 9B) and <a href="/facts/Buxton/VCj81AK2">Buxton</a> (9L, though perhaps only on paper), and then to <a href="/facts/Bolton/5uKqkeno">Bolton</a> (9K) in September 1964. With the end of steam approaching, No. 48773 was transferred to the North West, moving to <a href="/facts/Rose_Grove/loVXBsV1">Rose Grove</a> (10F) in July 1968. It worked its last main line train on 4 August 1968.
</p><p>During its last few years of service, No. 48773 had a diagonal yellow stripe painted on its cab side to indicate it was unable to operate south of Crewe as its top-feed was deemed to be out of <a href="/facts/Loading_gauge/DWdNjFXB">gauge</a> under the new <a href="/facts/25_kV_AC_railway_electrification/oETRDknz">25 kV AC</a> <a href="/facts/Overhead_line/bfrXA9Em">overhead electrification</a>. However, as the locomotive's original War Department top-feed had been replaced by one of LMS pattern, enthusiasts have stated the cabside stripe was unnecessary since it would have in fact been within the loading gauge.
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<h2 id="preservation">Preservation</h2>
<p>In 1968, it was the subject of a late appeal to purchase it for preservation, it was then restored on the <a href="/facts/Severn_Valley_Railway/lo4CR95F">Severn Valley Railway</a>. In 1975, it took part in the Shildon cavalcade as part of the 150th anniversary of <a href="/facts/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railway/xd8HgeKA">Stockton and Darlington Railway</a>. In 1977 it was featured in the original BBC 1 drama <i><a href="/facts/Survivors_(1975_TV_series)/96QF4zgV">Survivors</a></i>.
</p><p>In 1986, it was dedicated as a national war memorial to all British <a href="/facts/Railway_troops/j9dCHnux">railway transport troops</a> who died on active service in the Second World War.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
</p><p>As of January 2014, it is on display in <a href="/facts/The_Engine_House/2A9jmr9v">the Engine House</a>, awaiting overhaul.
</p><p>Now retired from service, the locomotive requires a heavy overhaul, including mechanical and boiler work. It is thought that the locomotive will need new tyres and a new inner firebox to be operational again
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<ul><li>Rowledge, J.W.P. (1975). <i>Engines of the LMS built 1923–51</i>. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-902888-59-5.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to LMS Stanier Class 8F 8233 (BR 48773).

<ul><li><a href="http://www.8fsociety.co.uk/">The Stanier 8F Locomotive Society</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Francis, Peter (2013). Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance. YouCaxton Publications. pp. 32, 120. ISBN 978-1-909644-11-3. <a href="978-1-909644-11-3" target="_blank">978-1-909644-11-3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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LMS Stanier Class 8F 8233 open-in-new

LMS Stanier Class 8F 8233