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No. 45700 - Amethyst
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Outline History
| April 1936: | Built at Crewe [Hawkins] | Makers Number: 298 [Rowledge] | Lot Number: 129 [Rowledge] | Original LMS number: 5700 [Various] | Allocated to Newton Heath [Hawkins] | Named Britannia [LI36] | December 1948: | Renumbered 45700 [Various] | February 1951: | Name removed (allocated to BR Standard Class 70000) [Hawkins] | September 1951: | Renamed Amethyst [Hawkins] | September 1957: | Transferred to Blackpool [Hawkins] | September 1957: | Transferred to Newton Heath [Hawkins] | November 1960: | Speedometer fitted [Hawkins] | September 1961: | AWS fitted [Hawkins] | March 1963: | Transferred to Derby [Hawkins] | July 1963: | Transferred to Newton Heath [Hawkins] | July 1964: | Withdrawn [Hands] | July 1964 to August 1964: | Stored at Crewe Works [Hands] | September 1964: | Cut up at Looms, Spondon [Independent eye witness account - Hands states Crewe Works] |
| Sources: | |
| Hands: | What Happened to Steam - The London Midland 'Jubilees' 4-6-0s by P B Hands |
| Hawkins: | The Book of the Jubilee 4-6-0s ed. Chris Hawkins |
| Rowledge: | Engines of the LMS built 1923-51 by P. Rowledge |
| LI36: | Locomotives Illustrated 36: LMS 'Jubilees' |
Some of the above information may found in other sources as well.
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