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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North Eastern Railway 840 m/e 12/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1400   25/09/1946
British Railways (Orig) 61400   19/02/1949
British Railways 61469 w/e 24/12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer V. Raven
Class B16
Company History NER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Westinghouse brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service During 12/1919 to Heaton (HTN)
Withdrawal Wed 19/10/1960 off York (North) (50A)
Service Life 40 yrs, 10 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1960 at Locomotive Works (Darlington)

Notes
Notes Into Darlington for cutting up 19/10/60

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
HTN   Heaton (New) m/e 12/1919
HLD   Hull Dairycoates on 27/11/1930
YK   York (North) on 28/03/1943
SKN   Stockton on 06/05/1946
YK   York (North) on 25/10/1947
NEV   Neville Hill on 07/08/1949
NEV   Neville Hill w/e 13/08/1949
52B   Heaton on 25/09/1955
52C   Blaydon on 13/05/1956
52B   Heaton on 08/07/1956
50C   Selby on 08/06/1958
50A   York (North) on 13/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 19/10/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC YK York (North) w/e 25/10/1947
ALLOC NEV Neville Hill w/e 13/08/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1919 Diagram 49 boiler fitted (number D998)
26/09/1929 Diagram 49 boiler fitted (number 2264)
10/03/1933 Diagram 49 boiler fitted (number D1206)
11/05/1936 Diagram 49 boiler fitted (number D1218)
02/02/1940 Diagram 49 boiler fitted (number D1559)
18/11/1941 Diagram 49 boiler fitted (number 2728)
11/08/1945 Diagram 49 boiler fitted (number 2560)
19/02/1949 Diagram 49A boiler fitted (number 3937)
07/02/1953 Diagram 49A boiler fitted (number 24075)
31/08/1957 Diagram 49A boiler fitted (number 24106)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Gateshead Works 07/00/1922 29/11/1922   General    
Gateshead Works 03/02/1926 17/06/1926 135 days General    
Gateshead Works 21/09/1927 09/11/1927 50 days Light Repair    
Gateshead Works 11/07/1929 26/09/1929 78 days General Boiler number 2264 (Diagram 49)
 
Darlington Works 07/02/1933 10/03/1933 32 days General Boiler number D1206 (Diagram 49)
 
Darlington Works 04/03/1936 11/05/1936 69 days General Boiler number D1218 (Diagram 49)
 
Darlington Works 12/05/1936 18/05/1936 7 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 20/01/1937 02/03/1937 42 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 16/11/1937 17/12/1937 32 days Light Repair    
Darlington Works 28/12/1939 02/02/1940 37 days General Boiler number D1559 (Diagram 49)
 
Darlington Works 03/11/1941 18/11/1941 16 days General Boiler number 2728 (Diagram 49)
 
Darlington Works 17/09/1942 16/10/1942 30 days General    
Darlington Works 17/10/1942 23/10/1942 7 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 04/07/1945 11/08/1945 39 days General Boiler number 2560 (Diagram 49)
 
Gateshead Works 10/09/1946 27/09/1946 18 days Light Repair Renumbered to LNER (1946) number 1400
 
Darlington Works 14/01/1949 19/02/1949 37 days General Boiler number 3937 (Diagram 49A)
Renumbered to BR (Orig) number 61400
 
Darlington Works 14/01/1953 07/02/1953 25 days General Boiler number 24075 (Diagram 49A)
 
Darlington Works 23/03/1955 23/04/1955 32 days Heavy Intermediate    
Darlington Works 25/04/1955 29/04/1955 5 days Unclassified    
Darlington Works 20/05/1957 04/06/1957 16 days Light Casual    
Darlington Works 30/07/1957 31/08/1957 33 days General Boiler number 24106 (Diagram 49A)
 
Darlington Works 02/09/1957 04/09/1957 3 days Unclassified    

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1949 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during February included:-Nos. 1274, 1605/11/18/31/45, 2745/67, 3199, 3411, 5096, 5606/28, 5800, 7262, 8708, 9105, 60816, 60133, (adjustment), 61015 (damaged), 63140, 65057 (damaged in the Crook derailment), 65712, 67705/54, 69827 (NEA), Class '8' W.D. 77320 an 79239.To scrap yard: Nos. 3291/97/99, 3301/08/17/32, 63322 (badly damaged at Old Town Jct., Middlesboro').Locomotives ex Works during February included:-Nos. 60141, 60142 (Darlington 2061/1949-the first 1949 locomotive), 60143, 60509 (light repair), 60923, 60931 (light repair), 61022 (unlined black), 61161 (lined out), 61162 (unlined black), 61181/86, 61237/58, 61400, 61635/41, 61659 (light repair), 61660, 62353/59/78, 62718/32/64, 63341/49, 65098, 65601, 65633 (repaired at Gateshead-buffer beam snow plough fitted), 65712/49, 65827/60, 67255, 67386, 67623, 67714 (light repair), 68010/39, 68160, 68260, 69933, Class '8' W.D. 90252 (ex 77352), 90344 (ex 70877), 90613 (ex 77469). SLS/194904

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1919 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway Number 840
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number
Allocated to Heaton (HTN)
Diagram 49 boiler fitted
   
07/00/1922 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (General) - Arr: 07/00/1922. Dep: 29/11/1922.    
03/02/1926 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (General) - Arr: 03/02/1926. Dep: 17/06/1926.    
21/09/1927 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 21/09/1927. Dep: 09/11/1927.    
11/07/1929 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (General) - Arr: 11/07/1929. Dep: 26/09/1929.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2264 (Diagram 49)
   
27/11/1930 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    
07/02/1933 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 07/02/1933. Dep: 10/03/1933.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number D1206 (Diagram 49)
   
04/03/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 04/03/1936. Dep: 11/05/1936.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number D1218 (Diagram 49)
   
12/05/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 12/05/1936. Dep: 18/05/1936.    
20/01/1937 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 20/01/1937. Dep: 02/03/1937.    
16/11/1937 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 16/11/1937. Dep: 17/12/1937.    
28/12/1939 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 28/12/1939. Dep: 02/02/1940.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number D1559 (Diagram 49)
   
03/11/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 03/11/1941. Dep: 18/11/1941.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2728 (Diagram 49)
   
17/09/1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 17/09/1942. Dep: 16/10/1942.    
17/10/1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 17/10/1942. Dep: 23/10/1942.    
28/03/1943 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
04/07/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 04/07/1945. Dep: 11/08/1945.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 2560 (Diagram 49)
   
06/05/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Stockton (SKN)    
10/09/1946 Works Visit Works Visit - Gateshead Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 10/09/1946. Dep: 27/09/1946.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to LNER (1946) number 1400
   
25/10/1947 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
14/01/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 14/01/1949. Dep: 19/02/1949.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3937 (Diagram 49A)
Renumbered to BR (Orig) number 61400
   
07/08/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (NEV)    
13/08/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (NEV)    
24/12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61469    
14/01/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 14/01/1953. Dep: 07/02/1953.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 24075 (Diagram 49A)
   
23/03/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 23/03/1955. Dep: 23/04/1955.    
25/04/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 25/04/1955. Dep: 29/04/1955.    
25/09/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
13/05/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Blaydon (52C)    
08/07/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
20/05/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 20/05/1957. Dep: 04/06/1957.    
30/07/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (General) - Arr: 30/07/1957. Dep: 31/08/1957.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 24106 (Diagram 49A)
   
02/09/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Darlington Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 02/09/1957. Dep: 04/09/1957.    
08/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Selby (50C)    
13/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
19/10/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 61469 from York (North) (50A)    
11/1960 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Darlington    

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