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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 1517 m/e 05/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 9870   11/08/1946
British Railways 69870   06/10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer V. Raven / N. Gresley
Class A8
Company History LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
H105/1920
A8 (4-6-2T)12/08/1936
Wheels 4-6-2T
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 05/1920 to Gateshead (GHD)
Withdrawal Fri 24/06/1960 off Sunderland (52G)
Service Life 40 yrs, 1 mth , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1960

Notes
Notes DA for cutting up 24/6/60

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
GHD   Gateshead (New) m/e 05/1920
HTN   Heaton on 21/07/1926
BLA   Blaydon on 27/06/1928
HTN   Heaton on 12/07/1934
HLB   Hull Botanic Gardens on 23/09/1936
SKN   Stockton on 27/05/1939
AUK   West Auckland on 27/05/1940
54A   Sunderland on 22/06/1958
     Withdrawn on 24/06/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 54A Sunderland 4w/e 14/07/1958
TOSTORE   4w/e 30/05/1959
WDN   on 24/06/1960

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1920 Diagram 63 boiler fitted (number D1064)
16/01/1934 Diagram 63A boiler fitted (number 5D/689)
12/08/1936 Diagram 63A boiler fitted (number 117)
10/02/1943 Diagram 63A boiler fitted (number 115)
14/03/1945 Diagram 63A boiler fitted (number 2465)
19/07/1947 Diagram 63A boiler fitted (number 115)
25/09/1953 Diagram 63B boiler fitted (number 24761)
28/09/1957 Diagram 63B boiler fitted (number 24710)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Gateshead Works 03/12/1923 13/02/1924 73 days General    
Gateshead Works 06/08/1925 27/10/1925 83 days General    
Gateshead Works 28/09/1927 12/01/1928 107 days General    
Gateshead Works 05/11/1929 22/11/1929 18 days Light Repair    
Gateshead Works 06/07/1931 19/08/1931 45 days General    
Darlington Works 06/12/1933 16/01/1934 42 days General Boiler number 5D/689 (Diagram 63A)
 
Darlington Works 19/05/1936 12/08/1936 86 days Rebuilding Boiler number 117 (Diagram 63A)
 
Darlington Works 17/08/1936 26/08/1936 10 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 15/02/1939 22/06/1939 128 days General    
Darlington Works 08/04/1941 04/06/1941 58 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 04/01/1943 10/02/1943 38 days General Boiler number 115 (Diagram 63A)
 
Darlington Works 15/02/1943 20/02/1943 6 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 13/02/1945 14/03/1945 30 days General Boiler number 2465 (Diagram 63A)
 
Darlington Works 19/06/1947 19/07/1947 31 days General Boiler number 115 (Diagram 63A)
 
Darlington Works 22/07/1947 30/07/1947 9 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 26/08/1947 02/09/1947 8 days Unclassified    
Gateshead Works 21/09/1948 06/10/1948 16 days Light Repair Renumbered to BR 69870
 
Darlington Works 29/10/1949 26/11/1949 29 days General Positive lub. drive fitted
Boiler number 24724 (Diagram 63B)
 
Darlington Works 03/10/1951 31/10/1951 29 days Heavy Intermediate    
Darlington Works 26/09/1952 01/11/1952 37 days Light Casual    
Darlington Works 25/08/1953 25/09/1953 32 days General Boiler number 24761 (Diagram 63B)
 
Darlington Works 03/08/1955 16/09/1955 45 days Heavy Intermediate    
Darlington Works 30/08/1957 28/09/1957 30 days General Boiler number 24710 (Diagram 63B)
 
Darlington Works 30/09/1957 02/10/1957 3 days Unclassified    

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1959 Class A8 4-6-2T (Borough Gardens) All the locomotives of this class were noted stored during May viz.-Borough Gardens 69852/6/8/70, Darlington 69887, Saltburn 69869, Selby 69861, Sunderland 69850/3/4/5/7/9/73/4/5/8/83, Thornaby 69860, West Hartlepool 69867/77/85, York 69886. SLS/195907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1920 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 1517
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number
Allocated to Gateshead (GHD)
Diagram 63 boiler fitted
   
03/12/1923 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (General) - Arr: 03/12/1923. Dep: 13/02/1924.    
06/08/1925 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (General) - Arr: 06/08/1925. Dep: 27/10/1925.    
21/07/1926 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (HTN)    
28/09/1927 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (General) - Arr: 28/09/1927. Dep: 12/01/1928.    
27/06/1928 Allocation Reallocated to Blaydon (BLA)    
05/11/1929 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 05/11/1929. Dep: 22/11/1929.    
06/07/1931 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (General) - Arr: 06/07/1931. Dep: 19/08/1931.    
06/12/1933 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 06/12/1933. Dep: 16/01/1934.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 5D/689 (Diagram 63A)
   
12/07/1934 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (HTN)    
19/05/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Rebuilding) - Arr: 19/05/1936. Dep: 12/08/1936.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 117 (Diagram 63A)
   
17/08/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 17/08/1936. Dep: 26/08/1936.    
23/09/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Botanic Gardens (HLB)    
15/02/1939 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 15/02/1939. Dep: 22/06/1939.    
27/05/1939 Allocation Reallocated to Stockton (SKN)    
27/05/1940 Allocation Reallocated to West Auckland (AUK)    
08/04/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 08/04/1941. Dep: 04/06/1941.    
04/01/1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 04/01/1943. Dep: 10/02/1943.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 115 (Diagram 63A)
   
15/02/1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 15/02/1943. Dep: 20/02/1943.    
13/02/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 13/02/1945. Dep: 14/03/1945.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2465 (Diagram 63A)
   
11/08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 9870    
19/06/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 19/06/1947. Dep: 19/07/1947.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 115 (Diagram 63A)
   
22/07/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 22/07/1947. Dep: 30/07/1947.    
26/08/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 26/08/1947. Dep: 02/09/1947.    
21/09/1948 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 21/09/1948. Dep: 06/10/1948.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to BR 69870
   
29/10/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 29/10/1949. Dep: 26/11/1949.
Work undertaken:
Positive lub. drive fitted
Boiler number 24724 (Diagram 63B)
   
03/10/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 03/10/1951. Dep: 31/10/1951.    
26/09/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 26/09/1952. Dep: 01/11/1952.    
25/08/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 25/08/1953. Dep: 25/09/1953.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 24761 (Diagram 63B)
   
03/08/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 03/08/1955. Dep: 16/09/1955.    
30/08/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 30/08/1957. Dep: 28/09/1957.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 24710 (Diagram 63B)
   
30/09/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 30/09/1957. Dep: 02/10/1957.    
22/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Sunderland (54A)    
24/06/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 69870 from Sunderland (52G)    
08/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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