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The fifteen year five month career of D5089/24089 was spent entirely on the London Midland Region apart from its very brief (paper only?) allocation to the Eastern Region.
Built Crewe Locomotive Works (from batch 5076 - 5093). Allocations The frames for D5089 were laid down at Crewe Works during spring 1960, D5089 was new to March (31B) on June 20th 1960. Further transfers were:
June 1960 to Cricklewood East (14A) on loan, made permanent July 1960. Renumbered March 16th 1974. 24089 was stored at Birkenhead with collision damage from December 1975 until December 7th 1976 when it was moved to Swindon Works and scrapped there by the third week of July 1977. Movement: 24040/59/89/135 Crewe - Swindon via Banbury December 7th 1976 by 25157. Works Visits Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works December 1960. Highlights
1960
1961
1964
1965
Noted at Marylebone on the morning of December 22nd were:
1966 September 3rd was the final day for the Marylebone - Nottingham Victoria through services. Whilst working the 08.15 Nottingham - Marylebone 44872 (16B) failed at Aylesbury, rescue came in the form of D5089, with the return working, the 14.38 to Nottingham being handled by D5000. Other services that day were steam hauled. The final up service, the 22.50 (SO) Manchester Central - Marylebone, comprised of three coaches and parcels van started out with D6753, changing at Leicester to 44858, which was replaced at Woodford No 2 box by D5089. This was the last service to call at Woodford Halse at 3.21 am and the last over the Rugby - Calvert section clearing Ashendon Junction at 4.16 am. Following this finale a truncated service ran between Rugby and Nottingham Arkwright Street.
1967
1971 Condition July: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors present, blanking plates fitted, handholds/footsteps plated over, straight sided sandboxes, three rung bogie mounted footsteps.
1972 Condition: September - 5089 is in standard blue/yellow, hand/footholds plated over, blanking plates fitted, shortened fuel & water tanks. On the morning of October 27th 5143 & 5089 were northbound at Crewe with loaded sand hoppers. On the morning of November 27th 5089 was noted at Heaton Norris with an up freight, possibly with a brakevan and locomotive derailed.
1973
1975 On December 16th 24135 & 24140 were working between Shotwick & Bidston Dock on the iron ore service. They entered Bidston Dock at about 6.30am believing they were the only engines in the yard. However the signalman had let 24089 and another Class 24 into the yard. The two sets of locomotives eventually came into collision with each other, with 24089 and 24135 coming off the worst.
1976 flk 0222
Page added May 13th 2016.
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