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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 2122 m/e 11/1901
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3256   08/09/1946
British Railways 63256   Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell
Class Q5
Company History NER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Q5/111/1901
Wheels 0-8-0
Builder Gateshead Works
Order Number A137
Works Number 16 01
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam
To Service During 11/1901 to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)
Withdrawal Mon 12/06/1950 off Middlesbrough (51D)
Service Life 48 yrs, 7 mths , 12 dys
Information Piston valves

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1950 at Locomotive Works (Darlington)

Notes
Notes Cut up at BRW07

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
NPT   Newport (Teeside) (New) m/e 11/1901
MEX   Mexborough on 15/12/1933
DON   Doncaster on 19/02/1934
MEX   Mexborough on 05/12/1936
NPT   Newport (Teeside) on 08/05/1937
MID   Middlesbrough on 07/11/1938
WHL   West Hartlepool on 28/03/1943
BOR   Borough Gardens on 27/06/1948
BOR   Borough Gardens w/e 03/07/1948
NPT   Newport (Teeside) on 06/02/1949
NPT   Newport (Teeside) w/e 12/02/1949
MID   Middlesbrough on 22/01/1950
MID   Middlesbrough w/e 28/01/1950
     Withdrawn on 12/06/1950

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BOR Borough Gardens w/e 03/07/1948
ALLOC NPT Newport (Teeside) w/e 12/02/1949
ALLOC MID Middlesbrough w/e 28/01/1950

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
11/1901 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number G110)
12/1912 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number D2100)
17/05/1929 Diagram 56 boiler fitted (number 2225)
06/08/1936 Diagram 56B boiler fitted (number 2798)
05/11/1941 Diagram 56B boiler fitted (number 3228)
13/03/1944 Diagram 56B boiler fitted (number 2798)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
  1912 12/1912   General Boiler number D2100 (Diagram 56)
 
Darlington Works 28/05/1923 31/07/1923 65 days General    
Darlington Works 21/10/1925 30/01/1926 102 days General    
Darlington Works 02/04/1929 17/05/1929 46 days General Boiler number 2225 (Diagram 56)
 
Darlington Works 28/09/1932 31/10/1932 34 days General In store at Paint Shop
 
Darlington Works 25/06/1936 06/08/1936 43 days General Boiler number 2798 (Diagram 56B)
 
Darlington Works 29/06/1937 15/07/1937 17 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 16/12/1938 28/01/1939 44 days General    
Darlington Works 06/10/1941 05/11/1941 31 days General Boiler number 3228 (Diagram 56B)
 
Darlington Works 21/02/1944 13/03/1944 22 days General Boiler number 2798 (Diagram 56B)
 
Darlington Works 05/04/1945 25/04/1945 21 days Light Repair After collision
 
Gateshead Works 24/12/1945 12/01/1946 20 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 22/03/1947 07/06/1947 78 days General    
Darlington Works 27/06/1947 04/07/1947 8 days Unclassified    

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1901 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 2122
Built at Gateshead Works, Works Number 16 01
Allocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)
Diagram 56 boiler fitted
   
28/05/1923 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 28/05/1923. Dep: 31/07/1923.    
21/10/1925 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 21/10/1925. Dep: 30/01/1926.    
02/04/1929 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 02/04/1929. Dep: 17/05/1929.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2225 (Diagram 56)
   
28/09/1932 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 28/09/1932. Dep: 31/10/1932.
Work undertaken:
In store at Paint Shop
   
15/12/1933 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
19/02/1934 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
25/06/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 25/06/1936. Dep: 06/08/1936.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2798 (Diagram 56B)
   
05/12/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
08/05/1937 Allocation Reallocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)    
29/06/1937 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 29/06/1937. Dep: 15/07/1937.    
07/11/1938 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (MID)    
16/12/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 16/12/1938. Dep: 28/01/1939.    
06/10/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 06/10/1941. Dep: 05/11/1941.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3228 (Diagram 56B)
   
28/03/1943 Allocation Reallocated to West Hartlepool (WHL)    
21/02/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 21/02/1944. Dep: 13/03/1944.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2798 (Diagram 56B)
   
05/04/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 05/04/1945. Dep: 25/04/1945.
Work undertaken:
After collision
   
24/12/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 24/12/1945. Dep: 12/01/1946.    
08/09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3256    
22/03/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 22/03/1947. Dep: 07/06/1947.    
27/06/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 27/06/1947. Dep: 04/07/1947.    
27/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Borough Gardens (BOR)    
03/07/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Borough Gardens (BOR)    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 63256 but not taken up    
06/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)    
12/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)    
1950 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Darlington    
22/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (MID)    
28/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (MID)    
12/06/1950 Withdrawn Condemned as 3256 from Middlesbrough (51D)    

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