The sixteen year two month career of D5107/24107 was split between North Eastern Region and Scottish Region depots.
Built BR Darlington Works (batch D5094 - D5113).
Shortened fuel tank & full size water tank.
Four upper and four lower air filters on non-BIS side, three upper and four lower on BIS side.
Tyne Dock - Consett modifications (high level air pipe fitted, water tank removed).
Headcode discs centered on cab front (Glasgow modification).
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: ?? months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 6 months.
Allocations
The frames for D5107 were laid down at Darlington Works during July 1960, D5107 was new to Gateshead (52A) on October 8th 1960. Further transfers were:
April 1974 to Haymarket.
April 1974 to Eastfield.
August 1975 to Haymarket.
October 5th 1976 - stored unserviceable.
December 1st 1976 withdrawn.
Renumbered January 1974.
After withdrawal 24107 was stored at Millerhill from October 1976 until May 4th 1977 when it was forwarded to Swindon Works and broken up by the middle of June 1977.
Movement: 24065, 24107/15/24 02.20 Millerhill-Derby-Gloucester-Swindon May 4th 1977.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Darlington Works January - March, May & June 1962.
Noted Darlington Works December 1962 & January 1963.
Noted Glasgow Works April - June 1965.
Noted Crewe Works September 1966.
Noted Derby Works April 1967 (repainted to blue/yellow?).
Noted Derby Works March 1973.
Noted Glasgow Works September 1974.
Highlights
1961
On Easter Monday April 3rd there were 153 locomotives stabled at Thornaby, all steam apart from six shunters and six Type Twos: D5097, D5100, D5106, D5107, D5110 & D5150.
On August 17th D5103 & D5107 were noted at Darlington with a southbound passenger service (possibly a Newcastle - Leeds).
North of Newcastle two English Electric Type 4 turns were converted to pairs of Gateshead Type 2s, handling the 6.55am & 9.18am Newcastle - Edinburgh, returning with the 1.30pm ‘Heart of Midlothian’ & 2.25pm service. Interestingly non-boilered D5107 & D5108 were on the 6.55am diagram on December 17th! The Gateshead Type 2s were also encroaching further into the local J39 freight workings, now including the Ponteland branch.
1962
Condition August: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corners, bottom of warning panels does not completely cover the frame level stripe, shortened fuel tank, full size water tank, no blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds in place, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, steam style shedplate on cab front, cantrail water filler cover present.
1965
The recent modernisation of St Rollox Workshops led to a greater influx of the BR Type 2s, not only the Inverness based ones, but also those from Gateshead and various LM depots, early June found D5012, 5107/D5119 & D5129 under repair.
1967
Condition January: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corners, bottom of warning panels does not completely cover the frame level stripe, high level air pipe, shortened fuel tank, no water tank, blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds in place, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps.
On the afternoon of July 25th D5103 & D5107 were at Pelaw with a Consett - Tyne Dock iron ore empties.
1968
On March 30th D5108 (green), D5107 (blue) & D6873 were noted approaching Gateshead light engines, perhaps from Tyne Yard. At this point in time the fuel tank on D5107 had a circular gauge, later it would be exchanged for a tank with no gauge.
1971
Condition August: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors present, high level air pipe, shortened fuel tank with circular gauge, no water tank, blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds plated over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, engine exhaust in original position.
1972
1974
A long time working ended on March 26th when the Tyne Dock – Consett iron ore trains ceased running, the last two being the 10.30am and 12noon.. With this action 24107/108/109/111 were transferred to Haymarket, their first move since arriving at Gateshead during October/November 1960, whilst the ore wagons went to store at Heaton. Consett was now served from the Redcar ore terminal using pairs of Class 37’s and new 100ton wagons.
1976
40063 & 24107 were noted at Pitlochry on a freight on February 4th.
On April 7th 47424 working the northbound ‘Clansman’ caught fire at Dalnaspidal. 26027 was removed from the double headed 16.35 Inverness – Glasgow Queen Street to assist the ‘Clansman’ northwards, whilst 24107 off a freight was added to the Glasgow train for the run south.
24107 was stabled on Millerhill at lunchtime on May 2nd.
24107 was stabled at Haymarket on May 29th.
24107 worked the 1C96 21.45 Edinburgh Waverley - Carstairs on June 7th.
24107 was noted on Eastfield on October 2nd.
24107 was noted at Inverness on the morning of October 5th with empty coaching stock.
24107 was withdrawn on December 1st 1976 (it had been stored since October 1976).
Condition March: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors sheeted over, headcode discs centered on cab front, high level air pipe, shortened fuel tank, no water tank, blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds plated over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes.
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