Smokebox numberplate 48676 ex LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 built at Brighton in 1944 and numbered LMS 8676. Allocated to Heaton Mersey, Warrington, Widnes, Aintree, Sutton Oak and 8F Springs Branch from where it was withdrawn in October 1967 and scrapped. A rare pattern with LMS style lettering only used on a few of this class, photographs show this plate as being used in service up to the end. Lightly face restored.