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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 4865 on 20/01/1940
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 1st) 794 on Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 2nd) 894   21/07/1946
British Railways 60894   30/08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class V2
Company History LNER
Wheels 2-6-2
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1825
To Service Sat 20/01/1940 to St Margarets (STM)
Withdrawal Sat 29/12/1962 off St Margarets (64A)
Service Life 22 yrs, 11 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Fri 15/11/1963 at Locomotive Works (Inverurie)

Notes
Notes Into Inverurie Works for cutting up 15/11/63

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
STM   St Margarets (New) on 20/01/1940
HAY   Haymarket m/e 05/1941
64A   St Margarets on 11/12/1949
STM   St Margarets w/e 17/12/1949
64B   Haymarket on 14/01/1951
64B   Haymarket m/e 31/01/1951
64A   St Margarets on 11/03/1951
64A   St Margarets m/e 31/03/1951
     Withdrawn on 29/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC STM St Margarets w/e 17/12/1949
ALLOC 64B Haymarket m/e 31/01/1951
ALLOC 64A St Margarets m/e 31/03/1951
WDN   on 29/12/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
20/01/1940 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 3099)
31/08/1944 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 3289)
08/05/1946 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 3270)
19/12/1947 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 2942)
22/10/1949 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 3014)
16/10/1953 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29461)
05/02/1955 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29451)
20/06/1958 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 28058)
05/04/1961 Smith speedometer fitted
05/04/1961 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29533)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Cowlairs Works 21/10/1940 19/11/1940 30 days Light Repair    
Cowlairs Works 30/06/1941 16/08/1941 48 days Light Repair    
Cowlairs Works 02/10/1942 02/10/1942 1 day Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 31/03/1943 22/04/1943 23 days General    
Darlington Works 10/07/1944 31/08/1944 53 days General Boiler number 3289 (Diagram 109)
 
Cowlairs Works 01/04/1945 07/04/1945 7 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 25/09/1945 27/10/1945 33 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 01/04/1946 08/05/1946 38 days General Boiler number 3270 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 14/11/1947 19/12/1947 36 days General Boiler number 2942 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 29/12/1947 05/01/1948 8 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 15/07/1948 30/08/1948 47 days Light Repair Renumbered to BR 60894
 
Darlington Works 22/09/1949 22/10/1949 31 days General Boiler number 29518 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 13/11/1951 13/12/1951 31 days Heavy Intermediate    
Darlington Works 15/09/1953 16/10/1953 32 days General Boiler number 29461 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 06/01/1955 05/02/1955 31 days Heavy Casual Boiler number 29451 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 21/02/1956 26/03/1956 35 days Heavy Intermediate    
Darlington Works 19/05/1958 20/06/1958 33 days General Boiler number 28058 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 15/02/1961 05/04/1961 50 days General Boiler number 29533 (Diagram 109)
Smith speedometer fitted
 

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/11/1963 Inverurie Works (Cut Up) Shopped: 42737, 45475, D6149, D8030. Cut Up: 60819/27, 60937, 64627, 65253, 65341. Four weeks ending 30th November, 1963. Shopped: 42909, 44955, 65918, D6147/57. Cut Up: 57269, 57336, 57634, 60840/94, 64950, 64629. Four weeks ending 28th December, 1963. Shopped: 42919, 44703, D3930, D6140/42/45/52/54/55/56. Cut Up: 60898, 60972, 64557, 64600, 65900, 90019. Total for 1963: Steam-33 Shopped, 31 other repairs; Diesel-31 Shopped, 15 other repairs; Cut Up 86. Two weeks ending 10th January, 1964. Shopped: 61132, D6150. Cut Up: 60161, 64619. In Shops on 10th January: 44722, 64558/99, D368, D3935, D6139/51/53. Awaiting scrapping: 60089, 60159, 64579. SLS/196402

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
20/01/1940 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 4865
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1825
Allocated to St Margarets (STM)
Diagram 109 boiler fitted
   
21/10/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 21/10/1940. Dep: 19/11/1940.    
05/1941 Allocation Reallocated to Haymarket (HAY)    
30/06/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 30/06/1941. Dep: 16/08/1941.    
02/10/1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 02/10/1942. Dep: 02/10/1942.    
31/03/1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 31/03/1943. Dep: 22/04/1943.    
10/07/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 10/07/1944. Dep: 31/08/1944.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3289 (Diagram 109)
   
01/04/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 01/04/1945. Dep: 07/04/1945.    
25/09/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 25/09/1945. Dep: 27/10/1945.    
1946 Number Allocated Allocated number 794 but not taken up    
01/04/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 01/04/1946. Dep: 08/05/1946.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3270 (Diagram 109)
   
21/07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 894    
14/11/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 14/11/1947. Dep: 19/12/1947.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2942 (Diagram 109)
   
29/12/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 29/12/1947. Dep: 05/01/1948.    
15/07/1948 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 15/07/1948. Dep: 30/08/1948.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to BR 60894
   
22/09/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 22/09/1949. Dep: 22/10/1949.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29518 (Diagram 109)
   
11/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
17/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (STM)    
14/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Haymarket (64B)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Haymarket (64B)    
11/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
31/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
13/11/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 13/11/1951. Dep: 13/12/1951.    
15/09/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 15/09/1953. Dep: 16/10/1953.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29461 (Diagram 109)
   
06/01/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Casual) - Arr: 06/01/1955. Dep: 05/02/1955.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29451 (Diagram 109)
   
21/02/1956 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 21/02/1956. Dep: 26/03/1956.    
19/05/1958 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 19/05/1958. Dep: 20/06/1958.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28058 (Diagram 109)
   
15/02/1961 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 15/02/1961. Dep: 05/04/1961.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29533 (Diagram 109)
Smith speedometer fitted
   
29/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 60894 from St Margarets (64A)    
15/11/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Inverurie    

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