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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 1113 m/e 10/1910
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 9770 on 27/01/1946
British Railways 69770   02/07/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell / V. Raven
Class A7
Company History NER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
A710/1910
A7/1 (4-6-2T)07/1950
Wheels 4-6-2T
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
To Service During 10/1910 to York (North) (YK)
Withdrawal w/e Wed 13/10/1954 off Hull Dairycoates (53A)
Service Life 44 yrs , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1954

Notes
Notes Cut up at Darlington

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
YK   York (North) (New) m/e 10/1910
HLD   Hull Dairycoates on 22/06/1937
SBK   Starbeck on 22/10/1944
HLD   Hull Dairycoates on 12/03/1945
     Withdrawn w/e 13/10/1954

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 13/10/1954

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
10/1910 Diagram 55Sat boiler fitted (number G910)
04/1920 Diagram 55Sat boiler fitted (number G939)
05/1922 Superheated boiler fitted
05/1922 Diagram 55Sat boiler fitted (number G927)
31/01/1928 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number D2048)
01/02/1933 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number D611)
03/10/1940 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number D2049)
29/06/1946 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2200)
02/07/1948 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2492)
08/07/1950 Rebuilt with 63B Superheated Boiler and reclassified A7 to A7/1
08/07/1950 Diagram 63BSup boiler fitted (number 3364)
09/05/1952 Diagram 63B boiler fitted (number 24732)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Darlington Works 1920 04/1920   General Boiler number G939 (Diagram 55Sat)
  
Darlington Works 1922 05/1922   General Superheated boiler fitted
Boiler number G927 (Diagram 55Sat)
Superheated boiler fitted
  
Darlington Works 11/04/1924 28/06/1924 79 days General    
Darlington Works 31/08/1925 19/11/1925 81 days General    
Darlington Works 01/11/1927 31/01/1928 92 days General Boiler number D2048 (Diagram 55Sup)
  
Darlington Works 06/10/1930 26/11/1930 52 days General    
Darlington Works 22/12/1932 01/02/1933 42 days General In store at Darlington paint shop 1/2/33-21/6/35
Boiler number D611 (Diagram 55Sup)
  
Darlington Works 29/08/1940 03/10/1940 36 days General Boiler number D2049 (Diagram 55Sup)
  
Darlington Works 04/05/1943 07/07/1943 65 days General    
Darlington Works 01/06/1946 29/06/1946 29 days General Boiler number 2200 (Diagram 55Sup)
  
Darlington Works 02/06/1948 02/07/1948 31 days General Boiler number 2492 (Diagram 55Sup)
Renumbered to BR 69770
  
Darlington Works 07/06/1950 08/07/1950 32 days General Rebuilt to Part 1
Boiler number 3364 (Diagram 63BSup)
Rebuilt with 63B Superheated Boiler and reclassified A7 to A7/1
  
Darlington Works 26/07/1950 17/08/1950 23 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 17/04/1952 09/05/1952 23 days General Boiler number 24732 (Diagram 63B)
  

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1954 York Area October Two further representatives of Class B17 visited York in October, after visits to Doncaster Works, namely 61670 (32D) on 6/10/54 and 61659 (32A) on 28/10/54. Further unusual visitors on 6/10/54 were 45038 (5B) and Stanier 2-6-0 42956 (5B). On 11/10/54 69770 (53A) passed through York for Darlington Works. On 16/10/54 61223 (31A) 'worked an Up freight train, and 68429 (J77) passed through light after a period in store at Selby en route for several weeks' loan to Sunderland. On 19/10/54 73053 (20A) failed at York when working the 8.46 a.m. from Bradford (Forster Square) to Scarborough and was replaced by 61016 (50A). A few days later 73066 (20A) commenced appearances on this turn; this engine has tender 1005/54 of B.R. Series 1C.
69771 (53A) passed through York on 2/11/54 en route for scrapping at Darlington; the rate of withdrawal of this class is being accelerated and 69780 (53C) has also been withdrawn from service in November.
67772 (34E), ex-Darlington Works, passed through York on 2/11/54 returning to Neasden, and on 17/11/54 67740 (34E) appeared in similar circumstances. 63856 (54B) was in York shed yard with motion disconnected, etc., on 30/11/54, en route for Gorton Works; this is one of the locomotives fitted with the additional pumps on the right hand side of the boiler in connection with the Tyne Dock-Consett iron ore trains.
73053 (20A) became divided between the engine and tender at about 10 a.m. on 19/11/54 while running at speed with the 9.22 a.m. Leeds City to Scarborough, necessitating the train being drawn back to Church Fenton where it was re-engined and went forward at 11.5 a.m. 73053 was later removed to York shed for repair where it remained for some days.		 SLS/195412
31/10/1954 Darlington Works Darlington Works have completed Class '2' B.R. engines up to No. 78039 and withdrawal of old N.E.R. types has speeded up recently. Nos. 69770, 69385, 68258, 68292 (this engine had the extra hanging buffers for shunting the old cauldron wagons long since gone), 68304, 65661/7/86/705/10, and 62358/71/4/80/89. 62371 is of note as she is one of the 1942 rebuilt class''D20' engines, and also, in her early N.E. days as No. 592 she was stationed at Edinburgh, for working the East Coast trains to Newcastle, with Driver John Graham, who was later promoted to Night Running Foreman at Bank Top, Darlington. One thing peculiar to this engine was the absence of brass beading on the splasher above the rear driving wheels, which gave her an odd look. SLS/195412

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1910 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 1113
Built at Darlington Works
Allocated to York (North) (YK)
Diagram 55Sat boiler fitted		    
1920 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: ?/1920. Dep: ?/04/1920.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number G939 (Diagram 55Sat)
    
1922 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: ?/1922. Dep: ?/05/1922.
Work undertaken:
Superheated boiler fitted
Boiler number G927 (Diagram 55Sat)
Superheated boiler fitted
    
11/04/1924 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 11/04/1924. Dep: 28/06/1924.    
31/08/1925 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 31/08/1925. Dep: 19/11/1925.    
01/11/1927 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 01/11/1927. Dep: 31/01/1928.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number D2048 (Diagram 55Sup)
    
06/10/1930 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 06/10/1930. Dep: 26/11/1930.    
22/12/1932 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 22/12/1932. Dep: 01/02/1933.
Work undertaken:
In store at Darlington paint shop 1/2/33-21/6/35
Boiler number D611 (Diagram 55Sup)
    
22/06/1937 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    
29/08/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 29/08/1940. Dep: 03/10/1940.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number D2049 (Diagram 55Sup)
    
04/05/1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 04/05/1943. Dep: 07/07/1943.    
22/10/1944 Allocation Reallocated to Starbeck (SBK)    
12/03/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    
27/01/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 9770    
01/06/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 01/06/1946. Dep: 29/06/1946.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2200 (Diagram 55Sup)
    
02/06/1948 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 02/06/1948. Dep: 02/07/1948.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2492 (Diagram 55Sup)
Renumbered to BR 69770
    
07/06/1950 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 07/06/1950. Dep: 08/07/1950.
Work undertaken:
Rebuilt to Part 1
Boiler number 3364 (Diagram 63BSup)
Rebuilt with 63B Superheated Boiler and reclassified A7 to A7/1
    
26/07/1950 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 26/07/1950. Dep: 17/08/1950.    
17/04/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 17/04/1952. Dep: 09/05/1952.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 24732 (Diagram 63B)
    
10/1954 Scrapped Scrapped    
13/10/1954 Withdrawn Condemned as 69770 from Hull Dairycoates (53A)    

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