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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 1193 m/e 05/1911
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 9788   14/07/1946
British Railways 69788   02/07/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Worsdell / V. Raven
Class A7
Company History NER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
A705/1911
A7/1 (4-6-2T)07/1948
Wheels 4-6-2T
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
To Service During 05/1911 to Starbeck (SBK)
Withdrawal Mon 21/11/1955 off Hull Springhead (53C)
Service Life 44 yrs, 6 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1955

Notes
Notes Cut up at Darlington

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
SBK   Starbeck (New) m/e 05/1911
YK   York (North) on 04/05/1934
HLD   Hull Dairycoates on 28/07/1946
53C   Hull Springhead on 16/10/1955
     Withdrawn on 21/11/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 53C Hull Springhead 4w/e 05/11/1955
WDN   on 21/11/1955

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1911 Diagram 55Sat boiler fitted (number G947)
09/1920 Superheated boiler fitted
09/1920 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number G923)
10/05/1928 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number D2055)
20/03/1936 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2379)
17/10/1939 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2378)
31/10/1941 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2381)
13/04/1946 Diagram 55Sup boiler fitted (number 2492)
02/07/1948 Rebuilt with 63B Superheated Boiler and reclassified A7 to A7/1
02/07/1948 Diagram 63BSup boiler fitted (number 3893)
12/04/1951 Diagram 63BSup boiler fitted (number 24699)
16/05/1953 Diagram 63B boiler fitted (number 24766)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Darlington Works 1920 09/1920   General Superheater boiler fitted
Boiler number G923 (Diagram 55Sup)
Superheated boiler fitted
 
Darlington Works 04/09/1923 08/12/1923 96 days General    
Darlington Works 15/03/1926 29/07/1926 137 days General    
Darlington Works 29/02/1928 10/05/1928 72 days General Boiler number D2055 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 18/11/1929 08/01/1930 52 days General    
Darlington Works 15/08/1933 18/09/1933 35 days General    
Darlington Works 04/02/1936 20/03/1936 46 days General Boiler number 2379 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 29/08/1939 17/10/1939 50 days General Boiler number 2378 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 30/09/1941 31/10/1941 32 days General Boiler number 2381 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 01/02/1944 02/03/1944 31 days General    
Darlington Works 09/03/1946 13/04/1946 36 days General Boiler number 2492 (Diagram 55Sup)
 
Darlington Works 27/04/1946 07/05/1946 11 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 18/05/1948 02/07/1948 46 days General Rebuilt To Part 1
Boiler number 3893 (Diagram 63BSup)
Rebuilt with 63B Superheated Boiler and reclassified A7 to A7/1
Renumbered to BR 69788
 
Darlington Works 06/03/1951 12/04/1951 38 days General Boiler number 24699 (Diagram 63BSup)
 
Darlington Works 17/04/1953 16/05/1953 30 days General Boiler number 24766 (Diagram 63B)
 

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1911 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 1193
Built at Darlington Works
Allocated to Starbeck (SBK)
Diagram 55Sat boiler fitted
   
1920 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: ?/1920. Dep: ?/09/1920.
Work undertaken:
Superheater boiler fitted
Boiler number G923 (Diagram 55Sup)
Superheated boiler fitted
   
04/09/1923 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 04/09/1923. Dep: 08/12/1923.    
15/03/1926 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 15/03/1926. Dep: 29/07/1926.    
29/02/1928 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 29/02/1928. Dep: 10/05/1928.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number D2055 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
18/11/1929 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 18/11/1929. Dep: 08/01/1930.    
15/08/1933 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 15/08/1933. Dep: 18/09/1933.    
04/05/1934 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
04/02/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 04/02/1936. Dep: 20/03/1936.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2379 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
29/08/1939 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 29/08/1939. Dep: 17/10/1939.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2378 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
30/09/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 30/09/1941. Dep: 31/10/1941.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2381 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
01/02/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 01/02/1944. Dep: 02/03/1944.    
09/03/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 09/03/1946. Dep: 13/04/1946.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2492 (Diagram 55Sup)
   
27/04/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 27/04/1946. Dep: 07/05/1946.    
14/07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 9788    
28/07/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    
18/05/1948 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 18/05/1948. Dep: 02/07/1948.
Work undertaken:
Rebuilt To Part 1
Boiler number 3893 (Diagram 63BSup)
Rebuilt with 63B Superheated Boiler and reclassified A7 to A7/1
Renumbered to BR 69788
   
06/03/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 06/03/1951. Dep: 12/04/1951.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 24699 (Diagram 63BSup)
   
17/04/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 17/04/1953. Dep: 16/05/1953.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 24766 (Diagram 63B)
   
16/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Springhead (53C)    
21/11/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 69788 from Hull Springhead (53C)    
12/1955 Scrapped Scrapped    

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