The fifteen year two month career of D5135/24135 was spent allocated only to London Midland Region depots.
Built Derby Locomotive Works.
Shortened fuel & water tanks.
Four upper and four lower air filters on non-BIS side, three upper and four lower on BIS side.
Gangway doors never removed.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: ??
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 18 months.
Allocations
The frames for D5135 were laid down at Derby Locomotive Works during July 1960, D5135 was new to Longsight (9A) on October 10th 1960. Further transfers were:
April 1962 to Camden (1B).
October 1962 to Longsight (9A).
June 1968 to Manchester Division (D09).
November 1968 to Stoke Division (D05).
May 1973 to Crewe.
December 1975 to unserviceable store.
January 4th 1976 withdrawn.
Renumbered April 22nd 1974.
After withdrawal 24135 was stored at Birkenhead from January 1976 to December 1976 when 24135 & 24089 were moved to Crewe. On December 12th 1976 24135 was forwarded to Swindon Works and broken up by the beginning 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 August 1961.
Noted Derby Works July & November 1962.
Noted Derby Works September 1963.
Noted Derby Works May & June 1964.
Noted Derby Works November 1965.
Noted Crewe Works January 1970.
Noted Derby Works June 1972.
Highlights
1960
After completing nineteen Class 24s (D5114 - D5132) for the Scottish Region, Derby Locomotive Works continued the order with ten Class 24s (D5133 - D5142) for Longsight (9A).
On December 11th Longsight contained 68 locomotives including D211, D224, D230, D294, D308, D3765 - D3770, D5060, D5081, D5083, D5134, D5135, D5137, D5139, D5141 - D5143.
1962
On March 4th D5135, D5136 & D5138 were stabled at Longsight.
1964
Condition (no month): green livery with small yellow warning panel, curved upper corners, warning panel partially covers frame level stripe, shortened fuel & water tanks, ridge sided sandboxes, mixed style of bogie mounted footsteps (No.1 end 3-rung, No.2 end 2-rung), no blanking plates, hand/footsteps in place.
On the evening of June 16th D5135 worked the 4H03 19.56 Northampton - Manchester? freight.
On June 27th D5135 was noted at Willesden.
D5145 & D5135 were stabled at Crewe North shed on September 15th.
1965
On September 14th D5135 was noted at Watford Junction with a freight.
On November 5th D5135 worked the 21.01 Euston - Tring.
On Sunday December 5th a visit to several East Midlands area installations produced the following Derby/Sulzer Type 2s:
Derby Works:
D5054, D5087, D5135
D5166
D5268, D5298
D7562, D7564, D7598, D7602, D7566, D7567, D7576, D7588, D7599, D7600, D7601
Derby shed:
D5011
D5185, D5189, D5198, D5205, D5224, D5230, D5293
D7505, D7521, D7529, D7532, D7538, D7540, D7543, D7548, D7559, D7560, D7569, D7572, D7582, D7591, D7594, D7634
Toton shed:
D5186
D5201, D5228, D5231, D5235, D5237, D5240, D5242, D5256, D5259, D5261, D5265, D5267, D5272, D5280, D5284, D5285, D5287, D5288, D5299
D7504, D7527, D7542, D7544, D7545, D7558, D7561, D7571, D7577, D7579, D7597
Nottingham shed:
D5209, D5270, D5290
D7511, D7533, D7563
Colwich shed
D5195, D7554, D7557
1966
On the afternoon of August 17th D5135 & D5136 were stabled at Nuneaton.
1967
Buxton depot received D5091, D5135 & D5137 for crew training and banking duties at Peak Forest at the end of February. These machines would work alongside the small pool of Sulzer 2s working the Northwich - Tunstead ICI block trains. This demanding working had been dieselised since August 1964 and now after almost three years of possibly the most arduous of any work given to the BR Sulzer 2s.
The Easter weekend provided much additional work for steam in the north-west. Huddersfield witnessed a multitude of steam extras including a none too healthy 73035 on a Manchester - Leeds relief. On the return working substitution came in the shape of D5135, putting up a creditable performance across the Pennines with ten coaches. On the evening of March 27th D5135 worked the 1T86 Blackpool North - Manchester Victoria service.
Condition July: green livery with small yellow warning panel, squared upper corners, warning panel covers frame level stripe, shortened fuel & water tanks, ridge sided sandboxes, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, no blanking plates, hand/footsteps in place, paintwork in good condition.
1968
On May 18th D5135 was stabled at Blackpool North.
On May 25th D5135 was noted at Manchester Victoria with a lengthy van train. D5135 was in very clean condition (green livery with white stripe, small yellow warning panels, square upper corners).
On the evening of June 8th D5135 was stabled at Stockport.
1969
On the afternoon of October 31st 5135 was light engine at Crewe.
1970
On the afternoon of June 26th 5135 & 5144 were stabled at Crewe north holding sidings.
On the afternoon of July 1st 5135 was stabled at Crewe north holding sidings.
On August 9th a Rotherham - Aberystwyth day excursion saw Class 47 No.1531 work the Rotherham - Shrewsbury legs whilst 5080 & 5135 took over for the round trip to Aberystwyth.
1972
On March 24th 5135 was stabled at Birkenhead Mollington Street.
Condition March: green livery with small yellow warning panel, squared upper corners, warning panel covers frame level stripe, shortened fuel & water tanks, ridge sided sandboxes, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, blanking plates fitted, hand/footsteps plated over, three-piece miniature snowploughs fitted (yellow), most valencing still in place (except above the batteries).
1973
On June 16th 5135 & 5056 were noted departing Shrewsbury with the 1J33.
1974
Noted at Cheadle Hulme on the on the evening July 11th were:
24135 & 24085 with the 3V09 19.16 Manchester Piccadilly - Cardiff parcels, normally electric haulage. These same locomotives returned northbound about 90 minutes later, then noted a short while afterwards southbound with the 4A20.
On September 21st 24135 was noted at Chester.
1975
At about 4.30pm on March 27th 24135 & 25088 were noted on two down freights at Stoke on Trent.
On a snowy March 28th 24135 was stabled at Cockshute.
Condition March: Condition final: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors still present, shortened fuel & water tanks, blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds plated over, straight sided sandboxes, two-rung bogie mounted footsteps, three-piece miniature snowploughs fitted (yellow).
At about 9.30am on August 10th two permanent way trains were noted at Sandbach with 24077 and 24135.
1976
24135 was withdrawn on January 4th 1976.
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