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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 43071 on 31/08/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Ivatt
Class 4MT
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
To Service Mon 31/08/1950 to Darlington (51A)
Withdrawal Mon 06/03/1967
Service Life 16 yrs, 6 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1967 at Arnott Young (Dinsdale)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
51A   Darlington (New) on 31/08/1950
51F   West Auckland 5w/e 18/06/1955
52C   Blaydon 3w/e 16/06/1956
52D   Tweedmouth 4w/e 17/11/1956
51D   Middlesbrough 5w/e 20/07/1957
51L   Thornaby 5w/e 14/06/1958
50C   Selby w/e 22/11/1958
50A   York (North) w/e 19/09/1959
50B   Neville Hill w/e 26/09/1959
50A   York (North) w/e 24/10/1959
52F   Blyth (North) 4w/e 10/09/1966
     Withdrawn on 06/03/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 51A Darlington on 06/09/1950
ALLOC 51F West Auckland 4w/e 18/06/1955
ALLOC 52C Blaydon 4w/e 23/06/1956
ALLOC 52DALN   3w/e 01/12/1956
ALLOC 51D Middlesbrough 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 51L Thornaby on 08/06/1958
ALLOC 50C Selby 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 50B Neville Hill 4w/e 03/10/1959
ALLOC 50A York (North) 4w/e 31/10/1959
ALLOC 52FN   4w/e 10/09/1966
WDN   on 06/03/1967

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
14/01/1962 Darlington Works (Stripping Shop) Erecting Shop: D11, D256/71, D3316, D4083-8, D5107/8/49/72-5, 12119/20, 43053/7, 60812/98, 61275, 61388, 61454, 63381, 63467, 65768/72, 67638, 69005, 78026, 80118, 90397, 90620. Stripping Shop: 43071, 65892, 80117. Outside Stripping Shop: 60835, 61161, 92202. Works Yard: D18, D5096, 43055, 46450, 60809/22, 60963, 64897, 65099, 65862/9, 67681, 67718, 68017/43, 92064, 92199. Crossing: D17, D270/3, D2173, D2247/65, D3140, D4082, D5113. Scrap Road: 61411-3/5/9/36/43/50-2/9/60, 64979, 65741/69, 67707/13/22/39/50/72/5, 68688/9, 68729 all intact. SLS/196203
11/02/1962 Darlington Works (Works Yard) Erecting Shop: D14/7/8/24/6, D3071/4, D4087-92, D5108/48/73-5, 12120, 60807/35/7, 60931, 61035, 61274, 63438/64/70/2, 65892, 67742, 80117, 90310, 90677/95, 92202, Weigh House: Nil. Outside Weigh House: 82027, Stripping Shop: 46407, 65751, 80116. Outside Stripping Shop: 46460, 61039, 61383, 67753, 68064, 68672. Works Yard: D281, D2173, D2589, 43016/53/5/71, 60954/9/77/81, 63412, 65099, 65794, 65889, 67609, 68010/43, 80119. 90603. Crossing: D257/78/80, D2247, D4086, D5107/49. Scrap Road: 61201, 61368, 61411-3/5/9/36/43/50/1/60, 64979, 65741/69, 65839, 67707/22/7/39/50/75, 68063, 68674/80/88/9/98, 68703/29/34. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
31/08/1950 To Service To service as British Railways Number 43071
Built at Darlington Works
Allocated to Darlington (51A)
   
18/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to West Auckland (51F)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Blaydon (52C)    
17/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (52D)    
20/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (51D)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
22/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Selby (50C)    
19/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
26/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (50B)    
24/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
10/09/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Blyth (North) (52F)    
06/03/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 43071    
11/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Dinsdale    

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