LNER Class A3

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60103 Flying Scotsman running ahead of time on approach to Edinburgh 14.5.16 Photo by agmac68



  • 20 locos, LNER 2563-2582 (later BR 60064-60083) were built by NBL at Hyde Park Works in 1924.

  • Haymarket (HAY) allocation in 1937 was: 2500/02/06/08, 2564*, 2795/96/97 (*A1 class)
  • Haymarket (64B) allocation in 1959 was: 60035/37/41/43/57/87/89/90/94/96/97/98/99/100/101

Scottish Area allocated Class A3 locomotives

LNER No. BR No. Name Built as To Service First Shed 1937 1947 1957 Last Shed Withdrawn
2500 60035 WINDSOR LAD Class A3 07/1934 Haymarket HAY HAY 64B Haymarket 09/1961
2502 60037 HYPERION Class A3 07/1934 Haymarket HAY HAY 64B St Margarets 12/1963
2505 -60040 CAMERONIAN Class A3 10/1934 Haymarket (GHD) (GHD) (52A) (Gateshead) 07/1964
2506 60041 SALMON TROUT Class A3 12/1934 Haymarket HAY HAY 64B St Margarets 12/1965.
-2507 60042 SINGAPORE Class A3 12/1934
(Gateshead)
 (GHD) (GHD) (51A) St Margarets 07/1964
2508 60043 BROWN JACK Class A3 02/1935 Haymarket HAY HAY 64B St Margarets 05/1964
-2551 60052 PRINCE PALATINE Class A1 11/1924
(Gorton)
 (GRA) (NWE) (NWE) St Margarets 01/1966.
2556 60057 ORMONDE Class A1 02/1925
(Grantham)
 (GRA) HAY 64B St Margarets 10/1963
2563 60064 TAGALIE $ Class A1 07/1924 Haymarket ABD HAY (34F) (Grantham) 09/1961
2564 60065 KNIGHT OF THISTLE Class A1 07/1924 Haymarket HAY/EFD HAY (34F) (New England) 06/1964
2565 60066 MERRY HAMPTON Class A1 07/1924 Haymarket ABD/EFD HAY (36A) (Grantham) 09/1963
2566 60067 LADAS Class A1 08/1924 Haymarket DEE/EFD HAY (36A) (Kings Cross) 12/1962
2567 60068 SIR VISTO Class A1 08/1924 Haymarket DEE/EFD CAR 68E Carlisle Canal 08/1962
-2576 60077 THE WHITE KNIGHT Class A1 10/1924
(Gateshead)
 (GHD) (HTN) (52B) St Margarets 07/1964
-2578 60079 BAYARDO Class A1 10/1924
(Heaton)
 (HTN) (GHD) 68E Carlisle Canal 09/1961
2598 60087 BLENHEIM Class A3 06/1930
(Gateshead)
 (GHD) HAY 64B St Margarets 10/1963
-2743 60089 FELSTEAD Class A3 08/1928
(Doncaster)
 (DON) (KX) 64B St Margarets 10/1963
-2744 60090 GRAND PARADE Class A3 08/1928
(Kings Cross)
 (KX) (NWE) 64B St Rollox 10/1963
2745 60091 CAPTAIN CUTTLE Class A3 09/1928
(Doncaster)
 CAR CAR (52B) (Gateshead) 10/1964
2747 60093 CORONACH Class A3 11/1928
(Doncaster)
 (DON) CAR 68E Carlisle Canal 04/1962
2748 60094 COLORADO Class A3 12/1928
(Doncaster)
 CAR CAR 64B St Rollox 02/1964
2749 60095 FLAMINGO Class A3 01/1929
(Doncaster)
 CAR CAR 68E Carlisle Canal 04/1961
-2750 60096 PAPYRUS Class A3 02/1929
(Kings Cross)
 (KX) (KX) 64B St Margarets 09/1963
-2751 60097 HUMORIST Class A3 03/1929
(Doncaster)
 (DON) (KX) 64B St Margarets 08/1963
-2752 60098 SPION KOP Class A3 04/1929
(Doncaster)
 (DON) (KX) 64B St Margarets 10/1963
2795 60099 CALL BOY Class A3 04/1930 Haymarket HAY HAY 64B St Margarets 10/1963
2796 60100 SPEARMINT Class A3 05/1930 Haymarket HAY/ABD HAY 64B St Margarets 06/1965.
2797 60101 CICERO Class A3 06/1930 Haymarket HAY/DEE HAY 64B St Margarets 04/1963

$ Loco 2563 carried the name 'WILLIAM WHITELAW' until 1941.

  • 2505 transferred from Haymarket to Gateshead in November 1936
  • 2598 (60087) initially moved from Gateshead to Haymarket in October 1937, back to GHD, 02/38, then HAY from 03/39.
  • 2745 (60091) at Carlisle Canal from 10/1928 to 05/1948
  • 2578 (60079) at Haymarket 09/39 to 01/38. At Carlisle from 05/1948.
  • 2556 (60057) transferred to St Margarets in March 1939.
  • 60064/65/66/67 moved to the Eastern Region from Haymarket in July 1950.
  • 60090/96/97/98 moved from the Eastern Region to Haymarket in July 1950.
  • 60089 moved from the Eastern Region to Haymarket (64B) in February 1951.
  • 60041/087 moved from Haymarket (64B) to St Margarets (64A) in July 1960, followed by 60089/90 in December 1960.
  • 60037/43/57/87/94/96/97 transferred from Haymarket to St Margarets in November/December 1961.
  • 60090/94 moved from St Margarets to St Rollox (65B) in June 1962
  • 60098/99/100/101 transferred from Haymarket to St Margarets (64A) in January 1963.
  • 60042 moved from Heaton (52B) to Aberdeen Ferryhill in April 1963, then to St Margarets October 1963.
  • 60077 transferred from Ardsley (56B) to St Margarets in July 1963.
  • 60052 transferred from Gateshead (52A) to St Margarets in August 1963
  • 60052 was the last of the class to be withdrawn from service, on 17/01/1966.




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