The LNER Encyclopedia

Received a very nice original photo postcard today via eBay of an NER P2 or P3 number 1006 looking very clean with three staff stood in front of it. Does anyone have any info on 1006 and a history of it please? Many thanks, Rob

P3 1006 entered traffic september 1906, in 1920 shedded at Percy Main number changed to 5790 in 1946. In 1948 at West Hartlepool, in 1952 Haverton Hill, in 1962 back at Percy Main finally shown in 1966 at North Blyth. One of the last of the class withdrawn August 1966.
Lucky i was taking a break with relevant books in front of me when i saw your post.
Sources;- Ken Hoole NER locomotive stock as at 31.12.20. and Jim Grindleys BR Steam locomotive allocations 1948 - 1968 part 4.

Many thanks 52D - here's a copy of the image I 'won'



And a close up of the crew;

This was one of the first batch of Class P3 and built at Darlington Works. Subsequent batches were built by NB Loco, Beyer Peacock & Co and Robert Stephenson & Co between 1906-9. A final batch was built at Darlington 1921-3 and had superheated boilers and extended smokeboxes. The class numbered 105 locos in all.

I noticed a stencilled mark under the number plate, what does this indicate?

Ay up!

I reckon we can rule out the class designation because it appears to read "T34."

I would also rule out a negative identification mark because these were added afterwards and are usually crystal clear. This is slightly blurred, to the same degree as he numberplate so it looks like it was on the engine.

Could it be a shedcode? Did the NER have such things?

Evening All

NERA Record Volume Three highlights that between 1905 - 1910, NER painted the locomotives transport classification below the loco number plate, but don't know where T34 comes from in the loco's spec, should T34 be correct?

NER shed codes were a group of three letters, e.g. PMN identified locomotives from Percy Main.

Regards

Greedy Boards

Following BB & GBs posts above set me digging a little deeper into my copy of Hooles NER locomotives. quoting direct from this.
"A loading classification consisting of a letter and one or two figures was introduced in September 1905 and applied till cancelled in June 1910. The classification was displayed below the numberplate in small characters"
We still dont know how this was worked out but perhaps R Langham has the answer in his Rule Book.

Edit- just noted R Langhams rulebook is too new to cover timespan of the classification.

According to Yeadons, 1006 was shedded as follows -
Percy Main, Blaydon 1-7/24,Percy Main 5/3/30,West Hartlepool 5/1/40,Haverton Hill 20/9/53,Thornaby 15/2/59,Percy Main 21/10/62 and South Blyth 28/2/65.
It was re-numbered 5790 20/4/46 and 65790 24/6/49. It was condemed 7/8/66 and sold 9/66 for scrap to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth. Interestingly it was in Darlington Works 15/10 - 9/11/54 for casual/heavy repairs after a collision.