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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 1669 m/e 12/1903
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3291   20/01/1946
British Railways 63291   Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class Q5
Company History NER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Q5/112/1903
Wheels 0-8-0
Builder Gateshead Works
Order Number E109
Works Number 1
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
To Service During 12/1903 to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)
Withdrawal Sat 12/02/1949 off Middlesbrough (MID)
Service Life 45 yrs, 2 mths , 13 dys
Information Piston valves

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1949 at Locomotive Works (Darlington)

Notes
Notes Cut up at BRW07

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
NPT   Newport (Teeside) (New) m/e 12/1903
MID   Middlesbrough on 06/02/1937
NPT   Newport (Teeside) on 20/09/1944
MID   Middlesbrough on 02/11/1947
     Withdrawn on 12/02/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC MID Middlesbrough w/e 08/11/1947
WDN MID Middlesbrough on 07/02/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1903 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number G325)
07/04/1916 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number D538)
12/09/1931 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number D1403)
18/09/1936 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number D1382)
04/05/1939 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number 2229)
16/08/1943 Diagram 56B boiler fitted (number 2889)
01/02/1947 Diagram 56B boiler fitted (number 3126)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
  1916 04/1916   General    
  1921 09/1921   General    
Darlington Works 30/08/1924 11/11/1924 74 days General    
Darlington Works 25/06/1928 24/08/1928 61 days General    
Darlington Works 04/06/1931 12/09/1931 101 days General Boiler number D1403 (Diagram 56)
 
Darlington Works 13/08/1936 18/09/1936 37 days General Boiler number D1382 (Diagram 56)
 
Darlington Works 15/03/1939 04/05/1939 51 days General Boiler number 2229 (Diagram 56)
 
Darlington Works 28/04/1941 19/06/1941 53 days General    
Darlington Works 09/07/1941 19/07/1941 11 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 12/06/1943 16/08/1943 66 days General Boiler number 2889 (Diagram 56B)
 
Gateshead Works 19/11/1945 01/12/1945 13 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 30/01/1946 01/03/1946 31 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 11/12/1946 01/02/1947 53 days General Boiler number 3126 (Diagram 56B)
 
Darlington Works 05/02/1947 10/02/1947 6 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 03/01/1949 03/01/1949 1 day No repairs    

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1949 Darlington Works (To scrap yard) Locomotives awaiting Works during February included:-Nos. 1274, 1605/11/18/31/45, 2745/67, 3199, 3411, 5096, 5606/28, 5800, 7262, 8708, 9105, 60816, 60133, (adjustment), 61015 (damaged), 63140, 65057 (damaged in the Crook derailment), 65712, 67705/54, 69827 (NEA), Class '8' W.D. 77320 an 79239.To scrap yard: Nos. 3291/97/99, 3301/08/17/32, 63322 (badly damaged at Old Town Jct., Middlesboro').Locomotives ex Works during February included:-Nos. 60141, 60142 (Darlington 2061/1949-the first 1949 locomotive), 60143, 60509 (light repair), 60923, 60931 (light repair), 61022 (unlined black), 61161 (lined out), 61162 (unlined black), 61181/86, 61237/58, 61400, 61635/41, 61659 (light repair), 61660, 62353/59/78, 62718/32/64, 63341/49, 65098, 65601, 65633 (repaired at Gateshead-buffer beam snow plough fitted), 65712/49, 65827/60, 67255, 67386, 67623, 67714 (light repair), 68010/39, 68160, 68260, 69933, Class '8' W.D. 90252 (ex 77352), 90344 (ex 70877), 90613 (ex 77469). SLS/194904

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1903 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 1669
Built at Gateshead Works, Works Number 1
Allocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)
Diagram 56 boiler fitted
   
07/04/1916 Modification Diagram 56 number D538 boiler fitted    
30/08/1924 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 30/08/1924. Dep: 11/11/1924.    
25/06/1928 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 25/06/1928. Dep: 24/08/1928.    
04/06/1931 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 04/06/1931. Dep: 12/09/1931.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number D1403 (Diagram 56)
   
13/08/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 13/08/1936. Dep: 18/09/1936.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number D1382 (Diagram 56)
   
06/02/1937 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (MID)    
15/03/1939 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 15/03/1939. Dep: 04/05/1939.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2229 (Diagram 56)
   
28/04/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 28/04/1941. Dep: 19/06/1941.    
09/07/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 09/07/1941. Dep: 19/07/1941.    
12/06/1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 12/06/1943. Dep: 16/08/1943.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2889 (Diagram 56B)
   
20/09/1944 Allocation Reallocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)    
19/11/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 19/11/1945. Dep: 01/12/1945.    
20/01/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3291    
30/01/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 30/01/1946. Dep: 01/03/1946.    
11/12/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 11/12/1946. Dep: 01/02/1947.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3126 (Diagram 56B)
   
05/02/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 05/02/1947. Dep: 10/02/1947.    
02/11/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (MID)    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 63291 but not taken up    
03/01/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (No repairs) - Arr: 03/01/1949. Dep: 03/01/1949.    
02/1949 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Darlington    
12/02/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 3291 from Middlesbrough (MID)    

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