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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 77013 on 01/07/1954

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 3
Company History BR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 406
To Service Wed 01/07/1954 to Darlington (51A)
Withdrawal Wed 30/03/1966
Service Life 11 yrs, 8 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1966 at T W Ward (Beighton)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
51A   Darlington (New) on 01/07/1954
50G   Whitby 3w/e 08/10/1955
50B   Neville Hill on 06/04/1959
50C   Selby w/e 23/05/1959
50A   York (North) w/e 19/09/1959
50E   Scarborough w/e 15/10/1960
50A   York (North) w/e 27/04/1963
55B   Stourton w/e 21/09/1963
     Withdrawn on 30/03/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 51A Darlington on 01/07/1954
NEW NYA   m/e 31/07/1954
ALLOC 50G Whitby 4w/e 08/10/1955
ALLOC 50B Neville Hill 4w/e 18/04/1959
ALLOC 50C Selby 4w/e 13/06/1959
ALLOC 50A York (North) on 13/09/1959
ALLOC 50E Scarborough 4w/e 29/10/1960
ALLOC 50A York (North) 6w/e 11/05/1963
ALLOC 55B Stourton 4w/e 12/10/1963
WDN   on 30/03/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/07/1954 Darlington Area New Class 3 2-6-0 77013 (51A) worked the 6.30 a.m. freight train from Darlington (Croft) to York (Dringhouses) on 21/7/54. Engines of the 77010-14 series are also being used regularly on passenger trains between Darlington and Scarborough via Whitby and the Coast, particularly on Sundays. SLS/195410
10/07/1954 Darlington Area The most interesting news is that the Class 3 engines ex Swindon are now allowed to work over the Darlington-Tebay road, the first one over being No. 77011; she worked the 9.20 a.m. Darlington-Blackpool on (10/7) with 5 bogies and gave a very satisfactory performance: Since that date Nos. 77002 and 77012 have been over the route. No. 77013 arrived in the area on 22/7. No 77001 is now at West Auckland, with B.R. Standard class 2 type, and are proving great favourites with the enginemen in the N.E. region. The class 3 2-6-0's are performing very well over the Darlington-Tebay line, they have that little bit of extra boiler power which can make or mar a loco design. West Auckland men are using them on the Tebay mineral turns, and some change in the working of these trains may take place in the near future. It was a stirring sight to see Nos. 77002/11 double heading a Blackpool E.P. up Sandy Bank, Smardale, last Saturday morning, they were tackling the grade in the region of 40 m.p.h., a bit different to the '901' 2-4-0's, toiling up there in the old days. My father used to fire one of the small Fletcher 2-2-2's on the Kirkby-Tebay trains, and it was a work of art to get the old lady to keep her feet if the rails were at all greasy. The load would be 4-5 six wheelers, and 'Auld John' Stephenson, the driver, used to get 1932 ' at 'em ' over Smardale viaduct in no uncertain manner if he had a chance! The sparks used to fly far and wide till they cleared the cabin at Sandy Bank, sometimes with disastrous effect on lineside crops; self-cleaning smoke boxes are not entirely a new idea! The class 3's take the bank with much less fuss. SLS/195410
13/09/1959 Selby & Starbeck MPDs closed The locomotive depots at Selby and Starbeck were closed as from 13/9/59. As a result, most of their locomotive allocation has been transferred to York (50A) viz. 47438/62, 47581, 61466/9, 62738/53/70, 63348, 63436/49, 64706/25, 64818/21/45/7/55/7/9/61/6, 64904/42/4, 68686, 69910/2, 77004/13. SLS/195911

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/07/1954 To Service To service as British Railways Number 77013
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Darlington (51A )
   
08/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Whitby (50G)    
06/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (50B)    
23/05/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Selby (50C)    
19/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
15/10/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Scarborough (50E)    
27/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
21/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Stourton (55B)    
30/03/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 77013    
06/1966 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Beighton    

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