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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 1180 m/e 02/1911
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 9780 on 03/02/1946
British Railways (BR Tmp) E9780   30/01/1948
British Railways 69780   18/01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell / V. Raven
Class A7
Company History NER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
A702/1911
A7/1 (4-6-2T)01/1950
Wheels 4-6-2T
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
To Service During 02/1911 to Shildon (SHI)
Withdrawal w/e Mon 15/11/1954 off Hull Springhead (53C)
Service Life 43 yrs, 9 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1955

Notes
Notes Cut up at Darlington

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
SHI   Shildon (New) m/e 02/1911
PMN   Percy Main on 08/03/1923
SHI   Shildon m/e 12/1923
NEV   Neville Hill on 20/01/1925
SBK   Starbeck on 18/01/1937
WHL   West Hartlepool on 28/09/1938
YK   York (North) on 10/04/1939
HLD   Hull Dairycoates on 28/07/1946
53C   Hull Springhead on 17/06/1951
53C   Hull Springhead w/e 23/06/1951
     Withdrawn w/e 15/11/1954

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 53C Hull Springhead w/e 23/06/1951
WDN   w/e 15/11/1954

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1911 Diagram 55Sat boiler fitted (number G937)
12/12/1930 Superheated boiler fitted
12/12/1930 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2379)
17/10/1935 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2198)
01/06/1940 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2197)
17/10/1942 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number D2050)
05/08/1944 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2492)
13/03/1946 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2379)
30/01/1948 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2382)
18/01/1950 Rebuilt with 63B Superheated Boiler and reclassified A7 to A7/1
18/01/1950 Diagram 63BSup boiler fitted (number 3358)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Darlington Works 11/10/1922 07/03/1923 148 days General    
Darlington Works 28/12/1927 13/04/1928 108 days General    
Darlington Works 07/05/1928 14/06/1928 39 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 30/09/1930 12/12/1930 74 days General Superheated boiler fitted
Boiler number 2379 (Diagram 55Sup)
Superheated boiler fitted
 
Darlington Works 01/05/1933 13/06/1933 44 days General    
Darlington Works 17/09/1935 17/10/1935 31 days General Boiler number 2198 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 08/05/1940 01/06/1940 25 days General Boiler number 2197 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 19/09/1942 17/10/1942 29 days General Boiler number D2050 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 28/06/1944 05/08/1944 39 days General Boiler number 2492 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 07/02/1946 13/03/1946 35 days General Boiler number 2379 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 29/12/1947 30/01/1948 33 days General Boiler number 2382 (Diagram 55Sup)
Renumbered to BR (BR Tmp) number E9780
 
Darlington Works 07/12/1949 18/01/1950 43 days General Rebuilt To Part 1
Boiler number 3358 (Diagram 63BSup)
Rebuilt with 63B Superheated Boiler and reclassified A7 to A7/1
Renumbered to BR 69780
 
Darlington Works 23/06/1953 07/08/1953 46 days Heavy Casual    

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
29/02/1948 Darlington Works New 'L.1's' are completed up to No. 9010. No. 9001 has returned to N.Rd with a damaged buffer beam. Nos. 9002-9006 are still working from Darlington and Nos. 9007-9010 have not yet been handed over to the shed. Nos. 9004/5 are Darlington 2023/4 of 1948, both bearing a January paint date. Locomotives for shops during February included Nos. 510, 804, 822, 2933, 2937, 2993, 3279, 3298, 3375, 3420, 4756, 5063, 5612, 5691, 5878, 7266, 7604, 7608, 8235, 8248, 8250, 8273, 8277, 8427, 8730, 9419, 9834, 9838 an 9875. Of these Nos. 3279, 5063 and 9419 are in the scrap yard, No. 9419 being cut up at the end of February. Locomotives ex shops during February included Nos. 937, 1069, 2354, 2382, 2386, 2982, 3260, 3370, 3373, 3374, 5645, 5646, 5663, 5716, 5769, 5805, 7243, 7334, 8230, 8272, 8310, 8402, 8433, 8727, 8729, 8748, 9097, 9118, 9376 an 9780. 'B.1' No. 1069 is painted green and lettered 'British Railways' as No. 1289 (NBL 26190/47) SLS/194804
31/10/1954 York Area October Two further representatives of Class B17 visited York in October, after visits to Doncaster Works, namely 61670 (32D) on 6/10/54 and 61659 (32A) on 28/10/54. Further unusual visitors on 6/10/54 were 45038 (5B) and Stanier 2-6-0 42956 (5B). On 11/10/54 69770 (53A) passed through York for Darlington Works. On 16/10/54 61223 (31A) 'worked an Up freight train, and 68429 (J77) passed through light after a period in store at Selby en route for several weeks' loan to Sunderland. On 19/10/54 73053 (20A) failed at York when working the 8.46 a.m. from Bradford (Forster Square) to Scarborough and was replaced by 61016 (50A). A few days later 73066 (20A) commenced appearances on this turn; this engine has tender 1005/54 of B.R. Series 1C.
69771 (53A) passed through York on 2/11/54 en route for scrapping at Darlington; the rate of withdrawal of this class is being accelerated and 69780 (53C) has also been withdrawn from service in November.
67772 (34E), ex-Darlington Works, passed through York on 2/11/54 returning to Neasden, and on 17/11/54 67740 (34E) appeared in similar circumstances. 63856 (54B) was in York shed yard with motion disconnected, etc., on 30/11/54, en route for Gorton Works; this is one of the locomotives fitted with the additional pumps on the right hand side of the boiler in connection with the Tyne Dock-Consett iron ore trains.
73053 (20A) became divided between the engine and tender at about 10 a.m. on 19/11/54 while running at speed with the 9.22 a.m. Leeds City to Scarborough, necessitating the train being drawn back to Church Fenton where it was re-engined and went forward at 11.5 a.m. 73053 was later removed to York shed for repair where it remained for some days.
SLS/195412

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1911 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 1180
Built at Darlington Works
Allocated to Shildon (SHI)
Diagram 55Sat boiler fitted
   
11/10/1922 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 11/10/1922. Dep: 07/03/1923.    
08/03/1923 Allocation Reallocated to Percy Main (PMN)    
12/1923 Allocation Reallocated to Shildon (SHI)    
20/01/1925 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (NEV)    
28/12/1927 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 28/12/1927. Dep: 13/04/1928.    
07/05/1928 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 07/05/1928. Dep: 14/06/1928.    
30/09/1930 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 30/09/1930. Dep: 12/12/1930.
Work undertaken:
Superheated boiler fitted
Boiler number 2379 (Diagram 55Sup)
Superheated boiler fitted
   
01/05/1933 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 01/05/1933. Dep: 13/06/1933.    
17/09/1935 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 17/09/1935. Dep: 17/10/1935.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2198 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
18/01/1937 Allocation Reallocated to Starbeck (SBK)    
28/09/1938 Allocation Reallocated to West Hartlepool (WHL)    
10/04/1939 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
08/05/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 08/05/1940. Dep: 01/06/1940.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2197 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
19/09/1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 19/09/1942. Dep: 17/10/1942.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number D2050 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
28/06/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 28/06/1944. Dep: 05/08/1944.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2492 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
03/02/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 9780    
07/02/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 07/02/1946. Dep: 13/03/1946.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2379 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
28/07/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    
29/12/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 29/12/1947. Dep: 30/01/1948.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2382 (Diagram 55Sup)
Renumbered to BR (BR Tmp) number E9780
   
07/12/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 07/12/1949. Dep: 18/01/1950.
Work undertaken:
Rebuilt To Part 1
Boiler number 3358 (Diagram 63BSup)
Rebuilt with 63B Superheated Boiler and reclassified A7 to A7/1
Renumbered to BR 69780
   
17/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Springhead (53C)    
23/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Springhead (53C)    
23/06/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Casual) - Arr: 23/06/1953. Dep: 07/08/1953.    
15/11/1954 Withdrawn Condemned as 69780 from Hull Springhead (53C)    
06/1955 Scrapped Scrapped    

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