The sixteen year four month career (includes six months in store) of D5022/24022 included allocations to the London Midland Region & Eastern Region.

Built Derby Locomotive Works.
Full size fuel & water tanks (shortened water tank added later).
Four upper and four lower air filters on non-BIS side, three upper and four lower on BIS side.
Gangway doors never removed.
Circular gauge fitted to fuel tank.
Roof modification (above generator/brake cubicle): original style retained until withdrawn (raised panels).
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: ?? months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 30 months.

The allocation histories and working careers of 24020, 24021 & 24022 are very similar although 24022 was first allocated to Norwich and was never allocated to Willesden.

Allocations

The frames for D5022 were laid down during the late spring of 1959 at Derby Works. D5022 was new to Norwich (32A) on September 7th 1959. Further transfers were:

November 1959 to Ipswich (32B).
March 1961 to Camden (1B) on loan, made permanent May 1961.
December 1965 to Bescot (2F).
April 1966 to Birmingham Division (D02).
June 1967 to Stoke Division (D05).
March 1972 to Manchester Division (D09).
May 1973 to Longsight.
July 6th 1975 stored serviceable.
January 31st 1976 - withdrawn.

Renumbered April 12th 1974.

After withdrawal 24022 was stored at Reddish until July 21st 1978 when it was moved to Doncaster Works, being broken up there by August 1978.

Movement: 24022 12.00 Reddish - Doncaster July 21st 1978.

Works Visits

Works visits (records incomplete).

Noted Derby Works May & June 1961.
Noted Derby Works March, April & August 1962.
Noted Derby Works January 1963.
Noted Derby Works December 1963 & January 1964 and also at Doncaster Works January 1964.
Noted Derby Works May - July 1964.
Noted Derby Works May & June 1966.
Noted Derby Works October 1971.
Noted Derby Works March 1973.
Noted Derby Works April 1975.

Highlights

A number of changes were taking place within the Class 24 design, principally to reduce the locomotive weight. The use of the separate differential exciter had received mixed reviews leading to an experiment with D5022. Here the exciter was eliminated, the control field of the main generator being fed direct from the auxiliary generator through the load regulator. This then became the norm from D5050, allowing further weight saving.

1959
Condition September (new): green livery, frame level stripe; full size fuel & water tanks, two-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, SKF axleboxes.

1961
On July 21st D5022 worked the 18.06 Euston - Northampton.

1962
On May 31st D5022 was noted at Camden on empty coaching stock.

Condition May: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corner.

1963
On November 8th D5022 was at Birmingham New Street with a local passenger service.

Condition November: green livery with small yellow ends, curved upper corners, warning panel does not completely cover the frame level stripe, full size fuel & water tanks, two-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, steam style shedplate on cabfront.

1964
On November 1st in thick fog D5022 derailed on the fast line crossovers at Bletchley, causing traffic disruption until late in the afternoon.

1970
5022 was noted on a ballast train at Norton Bridge on August 24th.

1971
Condition June: blue/yellow livery.

1972
At about 6pm on May 30th 5022 was noted passing Manchester Victoria on an up freight.

5022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T43) on August 14th.

5022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T43) on September 26th & 27th.

5022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T43) on October 6th, 9th & 12th.

1973
On March 28th 5022 made a test run from Derby Works.

The snag sheet for March 28th recorded:

Pistons passing oil
Crankcase door B side
Rocker covers leaking
Knecht fuel filter adaptor
Compressor blowing off
No.1 cab nose end door ?? to blank off

5022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on May 31st.

5022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on June 7th, 8th, 28th & 29th.

5022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on July 4th, 20th, 26th & 27th.

At about 6pm on August 2nd 5022 was noted passing Manchester Victoria on an up freight. At about 8.30am on August 3rd 5022 was noted passing Miles Platting with an up van train.

5022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on September 4th & 5th.

5022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on October 10th & 11th.

5022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on November 27th, 28th & 29th.

1974
Perhaps because of the continuing ASLEF dispute 5022 & 5269 were unusual visitors at Featherstone, noted heading east on January 10th with a coal train.

24022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on December 17th, 19th, 23rd & 27th.

On December 18th noted throughout the day at Manchester Victoria were 24020, 24022, 24023 & 24024. On December 19th 24022 was noted at Manchester Victoria. Class 24/25s stabled at Newton Heath depot at 3.30pm on December 20th incuded 24022/25/52 and 25042/54, 25112, 25291/298. 24022 was noted at Manchester Victoria on December 21st.

1975
On January 18th 24022 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 8J02. On January 19th 24022 was noted at Manchester Victoria. 24022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on January 21st, 22nd, 25th (as T42?), 29th & 30th. On January 24th 24022 was westbound at Manchester Victoria with mixed freight.

On Sunday February 2nd 24001/005/021/022/027 were stabled at Newton Heath. On February 5th 24022 was noted at Manchester Victoria. On February 7th 24022 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 6F01.

24022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on February 19th.

24022 was stabled at Newton Heath on June 5th.

24022 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on June 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd? & 24th. On June 25th 24022 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 5J83. At about 7am on June 27th 24022 was noted at Manchester Victoria with a down freight.

Condition final: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors still present, full size fuel tank with circular gauge, shortened water tank, blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds plated over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, straight sided sandboxes.

On July 6th 1975 24022 was placed into serviceable store and was dumped at Reddish alongside Longsight allocated 24005, 24020, 24021 & 24024, all of which had been placed to store on July 6th 1975. For about eighteen months the five Class 24s lingered at Reddish, on a variety of visits during this period the Class 24s were noted in various places about the depot. However on February 15th 1977 24005/20/21/24 were hauled away to Swindon as the 9X45 04.38 Reddish - Crewe - Banbury - Swindon special freight, leaving 24022 at Reddish keeping company with a variety of withdrawn Class 76s.

Seventeen months later on July 21st 1978 24022 departed Reddish as the 12.00 Reddish - Doncaster Works, and would be broken up there during August 1978.

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