BR DEPARTMENTAL DEPOTS & STABLING POINTS
The Ex-LNER Class B1 4-6-0 Departmental Locomotives
INCLUDING OPERATING LOCATIONS & SERVICING
FACILITIES
FACILITIES
Allocated to Norwich Thorpe MPD in October 1963 as BR No.61205 and transferred to Departmental Stock on December 7th, 1963. It was used at Norwich Carriage Sidings, Lowestoft Central and Yarmouth Vauxhall Stations and returned to the MPD each Saturday during the winter, rotating between the three locations on a weekly basis during the winter of 1963/64. It was stored at the MPD during the summer months and was the first of the Norwich Thorpe allocated locos to receive its Departmental Number [No.20], appended to the cab sides on a dark blue background with the former BR number obliterated. The locomotive was used until early 1965 when it required heavy repairs to the smokebox and was withdrawn in March 1965. The locomotive remained at Norwich Thorpe MPD, in store at the rear of the depot, until May 12th, 1965 when it was sold for scrap to A King & Sons Ltd of Norwich, towed away and cut up on July 2nd, 1965
THE LOCOMOTIVES
No.20
No.20
No.20 in the Goods Yard at Lowestoft between carriage heating duties in the 1960s. Courtesy of Vince Christie
No.20 Derek Barham
