BR DEPARTMENTAL DEPOTS & STABLING POINTS
The Ex-LNER Class B1 4-6-0 Departmental Locomotives
INCLUDING OPERATING LOCATIONS & SERVICING
FACILITIES
OPERATING LOCATION & SERVICING FACILITIES
HULL
LOCOMOTIVES USED AT THIS LOCATION;
61010, 61032 & 61255
ALLOCATED TO; Hull Dairycoates MPD
Distance from Home Depot; 2 miles
61304
ALLOCATED TO; Doncaster MPD
Distance from Home Depot; 38 miles
Location; At TA08992875 at Hull Paragon Station
The B1 was used during the early morning to warm the London Train on Platform 9 and, after the train locomotive was coupled on, moved over to Platform 10 to heat the four coaches to be used on the Yorkshire Pullman later in the morning.
Servicing Arrangements; The locomotive returned to Hull Dairycoates depot on a daily basis.
A general view of Hull Paragon Station in the 1960s with empty stock on Platform 9. Mike Lake
Class B1 4-6-0 No.61234 hauling a train out of Hull Paragon Station on a very murky
March 11th, 1961 Mike Lake