The fifteen year eleven month career of D5128/24128 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.
Boiler Room Blanking Plates: solid plate.
Battery Isolating Switch Cover modification (one hinged door).
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: ?? months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 15 months.
Allocations
The frames for D5128 were laid down at Derby Locomotive Works during June 1960, D5128 was new to Inverness (60A) on August 13th 1960. Further transfers were:
October 1975 to Haymarket.
May 1976 to store (serviceable).
July 18th 1976 withdrawn.
Renumbered May 1st 1974.
After withdrawal 24128 was stored at Carstairs from July 1976 to August 1977 when it was moved to Doncaster Works (the locomotive was sidelined at York during this move) and broken up by October 1977.
Movement: Carstairs - Doncaster Works via ECML (noted York September 15th/16th 1977): 24009, 24128 & 24147.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Inverurie Works August 1968.
Highlights
1963
May: still operating without small yellow warning panels.
Condition June: green striped livery, no yellow warning panels, tablet catcher equipped, shortened fuel & water tanks, no blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds present, cantrail water filler present, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, no miniature snowploughs.
On September 7th D5128 & D5122 worked the 11.10am Inverness - Glasgow Queen Street(?)
1964
On October 5th D5128 was working the Aberfeldy branch service.
Condition October: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corners, tablet catcher equipped, hand/footholds present, no blanking plate.
1965
On April 20th D5128 & D5331 were southbound at Perth with a passenger service for Edinburgh.
Condition April: engine exhaust located above engine room.
1966
Passengers on August 7th using the 10.30 Glasgow Buchanan St - Dundee relief found D7520 in trouble soon after departure, failing in Buchanan St tunnel, having the indignity of being shoved to St Rollox depot by D3901, the station pilot. Here D5128 replaced the defective unit, making the run to Dundee without further incident. The stock was quickly returned for Glasgow to provide another relief to Dundee, with D7520 as power!! Although the departure was fifteen minutes late D7520’s progress was much improved this time around.
1967
June 7th saw the end of regular steam hauled passenger service into Scotland with the 20.32 Carlisle - Perth succumbing to diesel power, Type 2’s being the norm, recent examples being ScR based D5054 & D5128.
D5128 worked the 18.10 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee on July 24th.
D5117 & D5128 worked the 09.40 Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness on September 19th.
D5128 worked the 20.10 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee on September 23rd.
1968
Timetable changes (?) beginning in May brought Inverness based Class 24’s to the Waverley route, possibly on layovers between trips from the Highland capital. One of the diagrams involved the 07.06 ex-Edinburgh, 13.00 ex-Carlisle, 17.54 ex-Edinburgh and the next days 09.20 ex-Carlisle. Most times a single machine sufficed, noted were D5125 (8th), D5122 (9th) & D5115 (10th & 11th). However D5128 & D5071 (64B) double headed on May 24th.
Condition May: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corners, warning panel may cover the frame level stripe, tablet catcher equipped, steam style shed plate on cabfront, gangway doors present with substantial weatherstripping, headlights fitted, shortened fuel & water tanks, no blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds present, cantrail water filler not sheeted over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, no miniature snowploughs.
On September 17th 5128 worked the 10.30 Inverness - Wick/Thurso.
1969
On the morning of January 18th 5339 & 5128 were northbound at Perth with a Glasgow - Inverness service.
On June 25th 5128 worked the 10.50 Inverness - Wick/Thurso as far as Tain, here 5125 took over.
5333 & 5128 were noted at Edinburgh Waverley on July 16th.
Condition July: blue with full yellow ends, tablet catch equipped.
On October 14th 5128 & 5132 worked the 23.30 Inverness - Edinburgh.
1970
On September 14th 5128 was stabled at Inverness.
On September 19th 5095 & 5128 worked the 06.30 Aberdeen - Edinburgh.
Condition September: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors present with substantial weatherstripping, headlights fitted, steam style shedplate on cab front, 'D' number prefix, small BR emblem on bodyside, shortened fuel & water tanks, no blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds present, cantrail water filler sheeted over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, no miniature snowploughs.
1971
On June 30th 5115 & 5128 were noted at Inverness with the 1M15 19.00 Inverness - Euston.
On July 20th 5128 worked the 17.00 Inverness - Wick/Thurso service, four passenger coaches and two full brakes.
Condition July: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors present with substantial weatherstripping, headlights fitted, steam style shedplate on cab front, 'D' number prefix, small BR emblem on bodyside, no blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds sheeted over in lighter coloured blue, cantrail water filler sheeted over.
On October was noted north of Inverness with a passenger service.
1973
5128 & 5343 worked the 09.45 Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness and the 16.35 Inverness - Glasgow Queen Street on February 23rd.
On May 18th 5128 was noted at Dingwall with a presumed morning Inverness - Wick/Thurso service.
Condition no month: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors removed, headlights fitted, shortened fuel & water tanks, both with circular gauges, no blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds plated over, cantrail water filler sheeted over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, three-piece miniature snowploughs.
1974
Condition May: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors removed, headlights fitted, shortened fuel & water tanks, both with circular gauges, solid blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds plated over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes, three-piece miniature snowploughs.
5118 & 24128 worked the 13.40 Edinburgh - Inverness on May 11th.
On May 25th the Wirral Railway Circle's 'Great Britain' charter ran to Wick & Thurso, 5128 was working a Thurso branch passenger service this day and additionally was required to work the Thurso portion of the charter between Georgemas Junction & Thurso (see image below).
On the afternoon of November 21st 24128 was at Edinburgh Waverley with parcels stock (1C95).
1975
24128 was still headlight fitted during June.
Passengers on July 25th's down Clansman were delayed when a freight train derailment blocked their path south of Carr Bridge. They were detrained at Aviemore, bussed to Carr Bridge and forwarded to Inverness with a train hauled by 24116 & 24128. The passengers arrival at Inverness was three hours late.
On August 4th 24128 was noted at Inverness.
Scotland was still host to Class 24s on a variety of passenger workings, on October 6th 24128 worked the 17.30 Edinburgh – Cardenden.
1976
24128 was stabled on Haymarket on April 20th and at lunchtime on May 2nd.
1977
Withdrawn Class 24s 24009, 24128 & 24147 were noted at York on September 15th en-route from Carstairs to Doncaster Works. This movement would have cleared Carstairs shed of its dumped Class 24s.
Condition final: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors removed, headlight location sheeted over with circular plates, shortened fuel & water tanks, both with circular gauges, solid blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds plated over, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, ridge sided sandboxes.
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Last updated September 9th 2023.
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