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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 61337 on 12/08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer E. Thompson
Class B1
Company History LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L963
Works Number 26238
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
To Service Sat 12/08/1948 to Neville Hill (NEV)
Withdrawal Sat 30/09/1967 off Low Moor (55J)
Service Life 19 yrs, 1 mth , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1967 at T W Ward (Killamarsh)

Notes
Notes Sold 11/67 for scrap to T W Ward, Killamarsh

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
NEV   Neville Hill (New) on 12/08/1948
STM   St Margarets on 29/08/1948
STM   St Margarets w/e 04/09/1948
YK   York (North) on 31/10/1948
YK   York (North) w/e 06/11/1948
56F   Low Moor on 25/06/1967
     Withdrawn on 30/09/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NEV Neville Hill on 12/08/1948
ALLOC STM St Margarets w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC YK York (North) w/e 06/11/1948
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 15/07/1967
WDN   on 30/09/1967

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/08/1948 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 9974)
12/08/1950 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 9857)
04/07/1952 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28442)
18/06/1954 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28438)
20/08/1956 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28238)
27/01/1959 Mechanical elements of ATC fitted
27/01/1959 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28454)
19/08/1959 Electrical elements of ATC fitted
15/09/1961 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28206)
06/11/1964 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28449)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Darlington Works 05/07/1950 12/08/1950 39 days General Boiler number 9857 (Diagram 100A)
 
Darlington Works 11/06/1952 04/07/1952 24 days General Boiler number 28442 (Diagram 100A)
 
Darlington Works 09/07/1952 10/07/1952 2 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 06/12/1953 19/12/1953 14 days Light Casual    
Darlington Works 20/05/1954 18/06/1954 30 days General Boiler number 28438 (Diagram 100A)
 
Darlington Works 27/09/1954 16/10/1954 20 days Light Casual    
Darlington Works 21/04/1955 30/04/1955 10 days Light Casual    
Darlington Works 05/03/1956 15/03/1956 11 days Light Casual    
Darlington Works 05/07/1956 20/08/1956 47 days General Boiler number 28238 (Diagram 100A)
 
Darlington Works 29/12/1958 27/01/1959 30 days General Boiler number 28454 (Diagram 100A)
Mechanical elements of ATC fitted
 
Darlington Works 05/08/1959 19/08/1959 15 days Unclassified Electrical elements of ATC fitted
 
Darlington Works 18/08/1961 15/09/1961 29 days General Boiler number 28206 (Diagram 100A)
 
Darlington Works 27/09/1961 16/10/1961 20 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 23/09/1964 06/11/1964 45 days General Boiler number 28449 (Diagram 100A)
 

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 Queens Park Works Further new Class 'B.1' 4-6-0's have appeared ex Q.P. Works as follows:-Nos. 61336 (5/8), 61337 (12/8) and 61338 (20/8), but No. 61339 (the last of the batch) had not appeared on 3/9. Additional Works' Nos. checked are Nos. 61336-38 (26237-39 of 1948) SLS/194810
10/01/1963 Birmingham One incident during many which occurred during the bad weather was on 10th January, when the 7-35 a.m. Bristol-Bradford arrived in New Street hauled by B1 61337 piloted by 0-6-0PT 9453! They had replaced a diesel failure and were in turn replaced by 73091; however, this developed vacuum trouble and finally the train was cancelled at 1-10 p.m. (it was then over 3 hours late ) and the stock taken to Saltley. On 15th January, the Fawley tank empties were hauled through New St. by GWR 2-8-0 2841 . SLS/196302
02/07/1967 Eastern Region (North Eastern Section) steam stock (Low Moor) Steam stock has been reduced to 124 as from 2nd July. The allocation of following classes is as under:- Q6 Sunderland: 63395. Tyne Dock: 63344/87, 63431. J27 Sunderland: 65795, 65811/55/79/82/92/94. K1 West Hartlepool: 62045. Tyne Dock: 62005/07/11/50/60. B1 Low Moor: 61030 Nyala, 61306/37. Jubilee Holbeck: 45562 Alberta, 45593 Kolhapur, 45697 Achilles. C1.5 Holbeck: 44826/28/52/96, 44912/43/83, 45080, 45219/73, 45428. Normanton: 44824/54/57, 44990, 45075. Low Moor: 44662/94, 45208. Of the 8F remaining on the N.E. Region, 4 are at Holbeck and 24 at Royston. The W.D. 2-8-0 are allocated to West Hartlepool (6), Sunderland (7), Normanton (14) and Low Moor (D; the 2-6-4Ts to Holbeck (4), Normanton (7), and Low Moor (5) and the C1.4 2-6-0s to West Hartlepool (D, North Blyth (4), Holbeck (2) and Normanton (3). There is still one steam locomotive in Departmental Stock J72 0-6-OT Deptl. 58 (ex 69005). SLS/196708

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/08/1948 To Service To service as British Railways Number 61337
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 26238
Allocated to Neville Hill (NEV)
Diagram 100A boiler fitted
   
29/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (STM)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (STM)    
31/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
06/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
05/07/1950 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 05/07/1950. Dep: 12/08/1950.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 9857 (Diagram 100A)
   
11/06/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 11/06/1952. Dep: 04/07/1952.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28442 (Diagram 100A)
   
09/07/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 09/07/1952. Dep: 10/07/1952.    
06/12/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 06/12/1953. Dep: 19/12/1953.    
20/05/1954 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 20/05/1954. Dep: 18/06/1954.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28438 (Diagram 100A)
   
27/09/1954 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 27/09/1954. Dep: 16/10/1954.    
21/04/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 21/04/1955. Dep: 30/04/1955.    
05/03/1956 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 05/03/1956. Dep: 15/03/1956.    
05/07/1956 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 05/07/1956. Dep: 20/08/1956.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28238 (Diagram 100A)
   
29/12/1958 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 29/12/1958. Dep: 27/01/1959.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28454 (Diagram 100A)
Mechanical elements of ATC fitted
   
05/08/1959 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 05/08/1959. Dep: 19/08/1959.
Work undertaken:
Electrical elements of ATC fitted
   
18/08/1961 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 18/08/1961. Dep: 15/09/1961.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28206 (Diagram 100A)
   
27/09/1961 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 27/09/1961. Dep: 16/10/1961.    
23/09/1964 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 23/09/1964. Dep: 06/11/1964.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28449 (Diagram 100A)
   
25/06/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
30/09/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 61337 from Low Moor (55J)    
11/1967 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Killamarsh    

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