The sixteen year five month career of D5124/24124 was spent allocated only to Scottish Region depots.
Built BR Derby Locomotive Works (batch D5114 - D5150).
Shortened fuel & water tanks.
Four upper and four lower air filters on non-BIS side, three upper and four lower on BIS side.
Scottish 'Highland' modifications: twin headlights, tablet catcher, cantrail water filler sheeted over, winterisation features: boiler room grille, gangway door weatherstripping, headcode box weatherproofing.
Circular gauge added to fuel & water tanks.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: seventeen months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: five months.
Allocations
The frames for D5124 were laid down at Derby Locomotive Works during May 1960, D5124 was new to Inverness (60A) on July 2nd 1960. Further transfers were:
November 1975 to Haymarket.
July 1976 to store (unserviceable).
December 1st 1976 withdrawn.
Renumbered April 17th 1974.
After withdrawal 24124 was stored at Haymarket from July 1976 to January 1977 when it was moved to Millerhill, remaining there until May 4th 1977 when it was moved to Swindon Works and broken up by the third week of May 1977.
Movement: 24065, 24107/15/24 02.20 Millerhill-Derby-Gloucester-Swindon May 4th 1977.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Glasgow Works September & October 1974.
Noted Glasgow Works June 1975 (full repaint).
Highlights
1962
Condition April: yellow warning panels not yet applied, tablet catcher equipped, three-piece miniature snowploughs fitted (black).
1963
Condition August: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corners, warning panel covers frame level stripe, gangway doors present with substantial weatherstripping, steam style shedplate on cabfront, tablet catcher fitted, shortened fuel & water tanks, no blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds present, cantrail water filler present, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, three piece miniature snowploughs fitted (black), engine exhaust located over engine room.
D5124 worked the 16.00 Dundee West - Glasgow Buchanan Street (via Perth) on September 12th.
1965
On the morning of June 14th an Inverness - Glasgow working was noted at Inverness with D5322, D5124 & D5337.
On the morning of June 17th D5124 was at Perth on a down freight.
On the evening of August 23rd D5124 was at Gleneagles with a six coach Inverness - Glasgow service.
On the morning of October 3rd D5124 was at St Rollox shed.
1967
D5124 worked the 17.35 Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen on March 21st.
D5124 worked the 10.10 Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen on August 13th.
1968
Condition July: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corners, warning panel covers frame level stripe, gangway doors present, shortened fuel & water tanks, no blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds present, cantrail water filler present, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, three piece miniature snowploughs fitted (black).
1969
On February 15th 5329 & 5124 worked the 14.50 Edinburgh - Inverness.
5124 worked the 10.50 Inverness - Wick on June 10th.
On September 16th 5123 & 5124 worked the 14.50 Edinburgh - Inverness.
Condition date uncertain (at least by November): blue/yellow livery, gangway doors present with substantial weatherstripping, steam style shedplate on cabfront, headlight fitted, tablet catcher fitted, shortened fuel & water tanks, solid blanking plates fitted (five holes?), hand/footholds present, cantrail water filler sheeted over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, three piece miniature snowploughs fitted (black), small BR emblem, engine exhaust located over engine room.
On December 27th 5114 & 5124 were noted arriving at Edinburgh on a passenger service from at least Dunfermline Lower (ex-Inverness)??
1970
On January 8th 5124 & 5117 worked the 08.20 Inverness - Edinburgh.
1971
5124 worked the 05.13 Wick/Thurso - Inverness on June 12th. 5124 was noted at Wick on June 23rd.
1972
5124 & 5332 worked an Edinburgh - Kyle of Lochalsh SRPS tour roundtrip Inverness - Kyle - Inverness on June 3rd.
1973
On the morning of May 26th 5124 worked an Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh service.
On June 30th 5124 & 5116 were noted southbound at Perth with a passenger service from Inverness to ??
Condition June: blue/yellow livery, yellow paint covers guttering above cab windows, gangway doors sheeted over, headlights fitted, shortened fuel & water tanks - both fitted with circular gauges, solid blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds plated over, cantrail water filler sheeted over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, three piece miniature snowploughs fitted (yellow), large BR double arrow emblem on bodyside.
5124 & 5118 worked the 14.00 Edinburgh - Inverness on August 23rd.
5124 worked the 10.50 Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh on August 25th.
1974
The Wirral Railway Circle's 'Great Briton Limited' took three days to complete its itinerary, starting out from Crewe on May 24th and returning to Crewe on May 27th. The route included Carlisle, Perth, Inverness, Georgemas Junction, Inverness, Perth, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York, Sheffield, Derby, Landor Street Junction, Leamington Spa, Reading, Paddington, Newbury, Taunton, Penzance, Bristol, Newport (Maindee Junction), Hereford, Worcester, Bromsgrove, Birmingham, Wloverhampton, Stafford and Crewe.
The load varied between eleven and seventeen coaches, ten locomotives were used to haul the train, additionally assistance was provided by the two Lickey bankers (25071 & 25125).
86029 Crewe - Carlisle - Motherwell - Mossend Yard
47141 Mossend - Perth - Inverness via Rose Street Junction
24124 + 24129 Inverness - Georgemas Junction - Wick?? - Georgemas Junction - (reverse of outward route) - Inverness
47191 Inverness - Perth - Stirling - Larbert - Edinburgh Waverley
47016 Edinburgh Waverley - (via ECML) - York - Sheffield
47153 Sheffield - Derby - LandorStreet Junction - Leamington Spa - Reading - London Paddington
1010 London Paddington - Newbury - Taunton -Penzance - Bristol Temple Meads - Severn Tunnel - Hereford
47347 Hereford - Worcester Foregate Street - Bromsgrove - Birmingham
86224 Birmingham - Wolverhampton - Stafford - Crewe
The Six Bells Junction site indicates that the mileage for this railtour was about 2,088 miles.
On August 22nd 24124 worked a Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness service.
Condition August: No.2 cab - minor damage to driver's side front handrail area.
1975
24124 was noted at Dalwhinnie on August 2nd.
The 12.15 Inverness - Glasgow Queen Street on August 21st was worked by 26041 & 24124 as far as Eastfield loop, here both locomotives were removed and 27032 took the train into Queen Street. 26041 & 24124 then headed to Queen Street to rejoin the stock to take up the 17.27 to Inverness.
1976
On April 20th (or 19th) 24124 failed before departure on the 17.10 Edinburgh – Berwick, a swift substitution made use of 25229 standing in the station.
By June the headlights on 24124 have been removed and replaced rather crudely by metal patches and the dent on the 2nd man's cab side has also been patched.
On July 18th 24124 was noted at Haymarket out of service.
Condition final: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors sheeted over, headlight location replaced with very large square plates, shortened water and fuel tanks - both equipped with circular gauges, ?blanking plates fitted (solid), hand/footholds plated over, cantrail water filler sheeted over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, three-piece miniatue snowploughs fitted (yellow).
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Last updated April 4th 2023.
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