No.48010 was one of the first production batch of 8F 2-8-0s built in 1935. Unlike the later engines they had domeless vertical throatplate boilers whereas the rest of the class had domed sloping throatplate boilers which had a higher degree of superheating.

It was allocated to Wellingborough from March 1960 until February 1963, having previously been at Leicester Midland shed.