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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3653 on 07/07/1942
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 1st) 851 on Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 2nd) 951   07/07/1946
British Railways 60951   09/12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class V2
Company History LNER
Wheels 2-6-2
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1890
To Service Sat 07/07/1942 to Haymarket (HAY)
Withdrawal Sat 29/12/1962 off St Margarets (64A)
Service Life 20 yrs, 5 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Fri 22/11/1963 at Locomotive Works (Cowlairs)

Notes
Notes Cut up at Cowlairs Works, 22/11/63

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
HAY   Haymarket (New) on 07/07/1942
64A   St Margarets on 28/10/1957
64B   Haymarket on 21/04/1958
64A   St Margarets on 11/04/1960
     Withdrawn on 29/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 64A St Margarets 4w/e 02/11/1957
ALLOC 64B Haymarket 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 64A St Margarets 4w/e 07/05/1960
WDN   on 29/12/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/07/1942 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 3283)
09/03/1946 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 3469)
12/09/1947 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 2954)
09/12/1948 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 3302)
05/01/1952 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29521)
09/10/1953 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29514)
04/05/1957 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29432)
04/03/1959 Automatic Train Control (ATC) fitted
04/03/1959 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29509)
18/05/1961 Smith speedometer fitted
18/05/1961 Diagram 109 boiler fitted (number 29538)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Darlington Works 27/07/1942 10/08/1942 15 days Unclassified    
Cowlairs Works 04/09/1943 18/09/1943 15 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 15/01/1944 12/02/1944 29 days General    
Cowlairs Works 01/09/1945 08/09/1945 8 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 04/02/1946 09/03/1946 34 days General Boiler number 29473 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 08/08/1947 12/09/1947 36 days General Boiler number 2954 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 28/10/1948 09/12/1948 43 days General Boiler number 3302 (Diagram 109)
Renumbered to BR 60951
 
Darlington Works 21/10/1949 03/12/1949 44 days Heavy Casual    
Darlington Works 27/12/1950 29/12/1950 3 days Light Casual Tender in collision
 
Darlington Works 05/06/1951 09/06/1951 5 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 29/11/1951 05/01/1952 38 days General Boiler number 29521 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 07/01/1952 08/01/1952 2 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 09/09/1953 09/10/1953 31 days General Boiler number 29514 (Diagram 109)
 
R & W Hawthorn 15/05/1954 21/06/1954 38 days Light Casual Valve gear overhaul
 
Darlington Works 15/05/1955 18/06/1955 35 days Heavy Intermediate    
Darlington Works 01/04/1957 04/05/1957 34 days General Boiler number 29432 (Diagram 109)
 
Darlington Works 03/02/1959 04/03/1959 30 days General Boiler number 29509 (Diagram 109)
Automatic Train Control (ATC) fitted
 
Darlington Works 16/03/1961 18/05/1961 64 days General Boiler number 29538 (Diagram 109)
Smith speedometer fitted
 
Darlington Works 24/05/1961 31/05/1961 8 days Unclassified    

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/07/1942 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 3653
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1890
Allocated to Haymarket (HAY)
Diagram 109 boiler fitted
   
27/07/1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 27/07/1942. Dep: 10/08/1942.    
04/09/1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 04/09/1943. Dep: 18/09/1943.    
15/01/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 15/01/1944. Dep: 12/02/1944.    
01/09/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 01/09/1945. Dep: 08/09/1945.    
1946 Number Allocated Allocated number 851 but not taken up    
04/02/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 04/02/1946. Dep: 09/03/1946.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29473 (Diagram 109)
   
07/07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 951    
08/08/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 08/08/1947. Dep: 12/09/1947.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2954 (Diagram 109)
   
28/10/1948 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 28/10/1948. Dep: 09/12/1948.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3302 (Diagram 109)
Renumbered to BR 60951
   
21/10/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Casual) - Arr: 21/10/1949. Dep: 03/12/1949.    
27/12/1950 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 27/12/1950. Dep: 29/12/1950.
Work undertaken:
Tender in collision
   
05/06/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 05/06/1951. Dep: 09/06/1951.    
29/11/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 29/11/1951. Dep: 05/01/1952.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29521 (Diagram 109)
   
07/01/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 07/01/1952. Dep: 08/01/1952.    
09/09/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 09/09/1953. Dep: 09/10/1953.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29514 (Diagram 109)
   
15/05/1954 Works Visit Works Visit - R & W Hawthorn (Light Casual) - Arr: 15/05/1954. Dep: 21/06/1954.
Work undertaken:
Valve gear overhaul
   
15/05/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 15/05/1955. Dep: 18/06/1955.    
01/04/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 01/04/1957. Dep: 04/05/1957.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29432 (Diagram 109)
   
28/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
21/04/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Haymarket (64B)    
03/02/1959 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 03/02/1959. Dep: 04/03/1959.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29509 (Diagram 109)
Automatic Train Control (ATC) fitted
   
11/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
16/03/1961 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 16/03/1961. Dep: 18/05/1961.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 29538 (Diagram 109)
Smith speedometer fitted
   
24/05/1961 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 24/05/1961. Dep: 31/05/1961.    
29/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 60951 from St Margarets (64A)    
22/11/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Cowlairs    

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