The fifteen year eight month career of 5062/24062 saw allocations to Eastern Region, London Midland Region & Scottish Region depots.
Built Crewe Locomotive Works.
Shortened fuel tank & full size water tank (retained until withdrawn).
Four upper and four lower air filters on non-BIS side, three upper and four lower on BIS side.
Numbers on all cabside panels and emblems on each cab door (circa 1967 ex-Inverurie).
Original exhaust port covered but not immediately removed.
Gangway doors never removed.
Roof modification (above generator/brake cubicle): no raised panels (circa 1967).
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: ?? months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 12 months.
Allocations
The frames for D5062 were laid down at Crewe Works during November 1959, D5062 was new to March (31B) on January 18th 1960. Further transfers were:
December 1960 to Stratford (30A).
March 1961 to Finsbury Park (34G).
August 1966 to Haymarket (64B) on loan, made permanent September 1966.
January 1968 to Longsight (9A) on loan.
June 1968 to Manchester Division (D09).
September 1968 to Stoke Division (D05).
May 1973 to Crewe.
October 4th 1975 - withdrawn.
Renumbered February 9th 1974.
After withdrawal 24062 was stored at Crewe from October 1975 until August 4th 1976 when it was towed to Swindown Works and scrapped there by the last week of October 1976.
Movement: August 4th 1976, when 24049/58/62/92 were hauled by 25188 over the Crewe - Banbury - Swindon route.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Stratford Works March 1962.
Noted Derby Works April 1966.
??Inverurie Works circa 1967 (blue/yellow repaint??)
Noted Derby Works April 1968.
Noted Derby Works April 1974.
Highlights
1960
The frames for D5062 were laid down at Crewe in the autumn of 1959, with D5062 ready for traffic in January, being allocated to March (31B) as part of the East Anglian dieselisation program. During December D5062 moved south to Stratford (30A).
1961
During March D5062 was transferred to Finsbury Park (34G), where it worked numerous duties over the Great Northern lines, no doubt to cover the loss of the North British & BRCW Type 2's recently moved Scotland.
1962
D5062 visited Stratford Works during March, possibly to have stop-cock equipment fitted for working over the Metropolitan Widened lines.
On July 4th D5062 worked the 17.24 Broad Street - Hertford North.
On the afternoon of August 4th D5058 & D5062 were noted light engines at Hornsey.
1965
On April 15th the down 'Heart of Midlothian' with D9001 in charge became a complete failure near Welwyn Garden City, rescue came in the shape of D5062 taking the train northwards to ?
Noted at Kings Cross on the morning of November 23rd on empty coaching stock duties were:
D5064 stock for the West Riding
D5069
D5062 stock for the Talisman
On the morning of December 7th D5062 was at Kings Cross with the stock for the down Talisman, to be worked by D9012 and was still handling empty coaching stock duties late into the evening.
1966
Locomotives noted at Kings Cross on the morning of January 10th included:
D5062 with passenger stock for the down West Riding, to be worked by D9007
D5057 with passenger stock for the down Talisman, worked by D9016
D5060, D5070 & D5909 on empty coaching stock duties.
On the morning of January 15th D5062 was at Holloway with an up local.
On the evening of March 16th D5062 was at Kings Cross with empty coaching stock.
On the morning of May 14th D5062 was at Kings Cross with empty coaching stock.
On the morning of May 19th noted at Kings Cross on empty coaching stock duty were D5052, D5054, D5056, D5061, D5062, D5601 & D5653.
On June 8th D5062 worked the 17.35 Broad Street - Hertford North.
On the morning of July 6th D5062 was at Kings Cross with the coaching stock for the 08.00 Kings Cross - Edinburgh, to be worked by D9019.
After five years working in the London area D5062 headed north to Haymarket (64B) during August, being used on the empty coaching stock duties around Edinburgh and on locals to Carlisle, Hawick & Carstairs. This move allowed the Claytons to transfer across the Firth of Forth to assist in replacing steam in the Thornton/Dunfermline/Dundee area.
On the afternoon of August 19th D5062 was southbound at Inverkeithing with a ballast train.
1967
Circa 1967, presumed overhaul at Inverurie Workshops, emblems applied to each cab door and numbers with 'D' prefix to each cab side panel.
1968
After some eighteen months working the Scottish lines D5062 returned south during January as part of the final campaign to finish steam working in the north west.
Stabled at Guide Bridge on the evening of May 11th were D5050, D5062, D5064 & D5066.
During the latter part of the year 5062 moved to the Stoke Division (D05) joining a large fleet of Class 24s recently arrived from the southern end of the LMR.
1969
On the afternoon of April 26th 5062 was light engine at Stoke on Trent.
On the evening of May 2nd 5062 was at Stoke on Trent with a down freight.
On the afternoon of May 5th 5062 & 5015 were at Crewe with a down freight, on this day also 5062 & 5134 were noted with up empties at Middlewich.
By at least July the original circular exhaust port had been removed and the space sheeted over.
On the morning of September 11th 5062 was noted at Wolverhampton HL.
1970
On the afternoon of April 27th 5062 & 6883 were light engines at Crewe.
On December 13th 5062 was stabled at Cockshute, still carrying its Inverurie paintjob, complete with 'D' prefixes.
1972
On April 8th a Crewe - Pwllheli enthusiast special started out behind 5056 & 5062. At Welshpool 5080 replaced an ailing 5056, which quickly headed back towards Shrewsbury, complete with the Welshpool - Newton "staff" still onboard! The locomotive was finally stopped at Westbury and promptly reversed course back to Welshpool, where the special finally got away over an hour late.
1973
5062 was allocated to Crewe when the LMR Divisional allocations were discontinued during May.
At about 11am on August 3rd 5062 was noted at Llandudno with an up freight.
1975
On August 24th 24074 & 24062 were noted at Barmouth with a down excursion.
Along with a great many others 24062 fell victim to the mass withdrawals of the Class 24 fleet during the summer/autumn of 1975, 24062 was withdrawn on October 4th 1975.
Condition Final: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors still in place, full size water tank, shortened fuel tank, three rung bogie mounted footsteps, straightsided sandboxes, blanking plates in place, hand/footholds plated over.
A builders plate (Crewe 1959) for 24062 sold on Ebay for GBP412.00 during November 2017.
Resources:
Vic Smith - location details.
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Page added April 17th 2000.
Last updated January 15th 2026.
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