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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 527 m/e 03/1902
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3261   19/05/1946
British Railways (BR Tmp) E3261   24/02/1948
British Railways 63261   Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class Q5
Company History NER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Q5/103/1902
Wheels 0-8-0
Builder Gateshead Works
Order Number A139
Works Number 1 02
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
To Service During 03/1902 to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)
Withdrawal Tue 31/10/1950 off Borough Gardens (54C)
Service Life 48 yrs, 8 mths , 2 dys
Information Slide valves

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1950 at Locomotive Works (Darlington)

Notes
Notes Cut up at BRW07

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
NPT   Newport (Teeside) (New) m/e 03/1902
TDK   Tyne Dock on 28/03/1943
BOR   Borough Gardens on 13/04/1947
     Withdrawn on 31/10/1950

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BOR Borough Gardens on 13/04/1947
WDN 54C Borough Gardens on 31/10/1950

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1902 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number G72)
02/1909 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number G255)
11/1911 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number G331)
12/1919 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number D1013)
25/09/1933 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number 2269)
17/01/1939 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number 2068)
14/03/1944 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number 2232)
28/12/1946 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number 2281)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
  1909 02/1909   General Boiler number G255 (Diagram 56)
 
  1911 11/1911   General Boiler number G331 (Diagram 56)
 
  1919 12/1919   General Boiler number D1013 (Diagram 56)
 
Darlington Works 16/05/1923 30/07/1923 76 days General    
Darlington Works 13/01/1926 28/04/1926 106 days General    
Darlington Works 19/08/1929 08/10/1929 51 days General    
Darlington Works 15/08/1933 25/09/1933 42 days General Boiler number 2269 (Diagram 56)
 
Darlington Works 15/04/1936 10/06/1936 57 days General    
Darlington Works 02/12/1938 17/01/1939 47 days General Boiler number 2068 (Diagram 56)
 
Darlington Works 26/05/1941 30/06/1941 36 days General    
Darlington Works 21/02/1944 14/03/1944 23 days General Boiler number 2232 (Diagram 56)
 
Gateshead Works 10/08/1945 22/08/1945 13 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 26/11/1946 28/12/1946 33 days General Boiler number 2281 (Diagram 56)
 
Gateshead Works 15/01/1948 24/02/1948 41 days Light Repair Renumbered to BR (BR Tmp) number E3261
 

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1902 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 527
Built at Gateshead Works, Works Number 1 02
Allocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)
Diagram 56 boiler fitted
   
16/05/1923 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 16/05/1923. Dep: 30/07/1923.    
13/01/1926 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 13/01/1926. Dep: 28/04/1926.    
19/08/1929 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 19/08/1929. Dep: 08/10/1929.    
15/08/1933 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 15/08/1933. Dep: 25/09/1933.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2269 (Diagram 56)
   
15/04/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 15/04/1936. Dep: 10/06/1936.    
02/12/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 02/12/1938. Dep: 17/01/1939.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2068 (Diagram 56)
   
26/05/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 26/05/1941. Dep: 30/06/1941.    
28/03/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Tyne Dock (TDK)    
21/02/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 21/02/1944. Dep: 14/03/1944.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2232 (Diagram 56)
   
10/08/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 10/08/1945. Dep: 22/08/1945.    
19/05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3261    
26/11/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 26/11/1946. Dep: 28/12/1946.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2281 (Diagram 56)
   
13/04/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Borough Gardens (BOR)    
15/01/1948 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 15/01/1948. Dep: 24/02/1948.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to BR (BR Tmp) number E3261
   
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 63261 but not taken up    
1950 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Darlington    
31/10/1950 Withdrawn Condemned as 3261 from Borough Gardens (54C)    

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