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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 77001 on 11/02/1954

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 3
Company History BR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 406
To Service Sun 11/02/1954 to Darlington (51A)
Withdrawal Sun 02/01/1966
Service Life 11 yrs, 10 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1966 at T W Ward (Killamarsh)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
51A   Darlington (New) on 11/02/1954
51F   West Auckland w/e 24/07/1954
51A   Darlington 4w/e 18/06/1955
53B   Hull Botanic Gardens 4w/e 16/07/1955
53A   Hull Dairycoates on 14/06/1959
51L   Thornaby w/e 14/04/1962
55B   Stourton w/e 21/09/1963
55C   Farnley Junction w/e 28/12/1963
55F   Manningham w/e 05/12/1964
50B   Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 06/12/1965
50D   Goole 4w/e 01/01/1966
     Withdrawn on 02/01/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 51A Darlington on 11/02/1954
NEW 91E To Eastern Region m/e 28/02/1954
ALLOC 51F West Auckland 4w/e 14/08/1954
ALLOC 51A Darlington 4w/e 18/06/1955
ALLOC 53B Hull Botanic Gardens 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 51L Thornaby 5w/e 05/05/1962
ALLOC 55B Stourton 4w/e 12/10/1963
ALLOC 55C Farnley Junction 5w/e 11/01/1964
ALLOC 55F Manningham 3w/e 05/12/1964
ALLOC 50B Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 04/12/1965
ALLOC 50D Goole 4w/e 01/01/1966
WDN   on 02/01/1966

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/07/1954 Darlington Area The most interesting news is that the Class 3 engines ex Swindon are now allowed to work over the Darlington-Tebay road, the first one over being No. 77011; she worked the 9.20 a.m. Darlington-Blackpool on (10/7) with 5 bogies and gave a very satisfactory performance: Since that date Nos. 77002 and 77012 have been over the route. No. 77013 arrived in the area on 22/7. No 77001 is now at West Auckland, with B.R. Standard class 2 type, and are proving great favourites with the enginemen in the N.E. region. The class 3 2-6-0's are performing very well over the Darlington-Tebay line, they have that little bit of extra boiler power which can make or mar a loco design. West Auckland men are using them on the Tebay mineral turns, and some change in the working of these trains may take place in the near future. It was a stirring sight to see Nos. 77002/11 double heading a Blackpool E.P. up Sandy Bank, Smardale, last Saturday morning, they were tackling the grade in the region of 40 m.p.h., a bit different to the '901' 2-4-0's, toiling up there in the old days. My father used to fire one of the small Fletcher 2-2-2's on the Kirkby-Tebay trains, and it was a work of art to get the old lady to keep her feet if the rails were at all greasy. The load would be 4-5 six wheelers, and 'Auld John' Stephenson, the driver, used to get 1932 ' at 'em ' over Smardale viaduct in no uncertain manner if he had a chance! The sparks used to fly far and wide till they cleared the cabin at Sandy Bank, sometimes with disastrous effect on lineside crops; self-cleaning smoke boxes are not entirely a new idea! The class 3's take the bank with much less fuss. SLS/195410
09/09/1963 Thornaby MPD (in store) The steam allocation here is now in store viz. 60859/946, 65859/84, 67635/40, 68023/39, 76024, 77001/11/4, 90072/81/406/46/51/593. From 9th September (when West Aukland closed) seven type 3 d/es now work all former West Aukland duties. SLS/196310

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/02/1954 To Service To service as British Railways Number 77001
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Darlington (51A )
   
24/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to West Auckland (51F)    
18/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Darlington (51A)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Botanic Gardens (53B)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
14/04/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
21/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Stourton (55B)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Farnley Junction (55C)    
05/12/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Manningham (55F)    
06/12/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)    
01/01/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Goole (50D)    
02/01/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 77001    
02/1966 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Killamarsh    

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