In 1952, the Eastern Region of British Rail

British Rail

British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...

 introduced its own series for departmental (non-revenue earning) vehicles, including locomotive

Locomotive

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...

s. Numbers were allocated from 1 to 1000, with blocks of 100 numbers allocated to specific types of vehicle. This page only lists the locomotives (steam, diesel and electric), which took the number 1 to 100. This block was split as follows:

• 1-30 : Great Northern section (maintained at Doncaster)
• 31-50 : Great Eastern section (maintained at Stratford)
• 51-100: North Eastern section (maintained at Darlington)

The Great Northern list later expanded to take numbers 31 and 32 from the Great Eastern list. Also included on this page is a former diesel locomotive that had been converted as a mobile power unit and numbered in the 9xx block used for miscellaneous vehicles.

Key:	In use	Withdrawn	Preserved	Renumbered	Returned to normal traffic	Scrapped

Great Northern section

Number	Previous Number(s)	Previous Class	Converted	Use	Withdrawn	Disposal
1	68845	J52	1952	Steam shunter	1958	Scrapped (1958)
2 (1st)	68816	J52	1952	Steam shunter	1956	Scrapped (1956)
2 (2nd)	68858	J52	1956	Steam shunter	1961	Scrapped (1961)
3	68181	Y3	1952	Steam shunter	1959	Scrapped (1959)
4	68132	Y1	1952	Steam shunter	1959	Scrapped (1959)
5	68165	Y3	1953	Steam shunter	1958	Scrapped (1958)
6	68133	Y1	1953	Steam shunter	1955	Scrapped (1955)
7	68166	Y3	1953	Steam shunter	1964	Scrapped (1964)
8	68183	Y3	1955	Steam shunter	1959	Scrapped (1959)
9	68840	J52	1958	Steam shunter	1961	Scrapped (1961)
10	68911	J50	1961	Steam shunter	1965	Scrapped (1965)
11	68914	J50	1961	Steam shunter	1965	Scrapped (1965)
12	68917	J50	1962	Steam shunter	1965	Scrapped (1965)
13	68928	J50	1962	Steam shunter	1965	Scrapped (1965)
14	68961	J50	1962	Steam shunter	1965	Scrapped (1965)
15	68971	J50	1962	Steam shunter	1965	Scrapped (1965)
16	68976	J50	1962	Steam shunter	1965	Scrapped (1965)
17	61059	B1	1963	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1966	Scrapped (1966)
18	61181	B1	1963	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1965	Scrapped (1966)
19	61204	B1	1963	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1966	Scrapped (1966)
20	61205	B1	1963	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1965	Scrapped (1966)
21 (1st)	68162	Y3	1956	Steam shunter	1960	Scrapped (1960)
21 (2nd)	61233	B1	1963	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1966	Scrapped (1966)
22	61252	B1	1963	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1964	Scrapped (1966)
23	61300	B1	1963	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1965	Scrapped (1966)
24 (1st)	61323	B1	1963	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1963	Scrapped (1964)
24 (2nd)	61375	B1	1963	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1966	Scrapped (1966)
25	61272	B1	1965	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1966	Scrapped (1966)
26	61138	B1	1965	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1967	Scrapped (1968)
27	61105	B1	1965	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1966	Scrapped (1966)
28	61194	B1	1965	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1966	Scrapped (1966)
29	61264	B1	1965	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1967	Preserved
30	61050	B1	1966	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1968	Scrapped (1968)
31 (2nd)	61051	B1	1966	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1966	Scrapped (1966)
32 (2nd)	61315	B1	1966	Stationary boiler for carriage warming	1968	Scrapped (1968)

Great Eastern section

Number	Previous Number(s)	Previous Class	Converted	Use	Withdrawn	Disposal
31 (1st)	68383	J66	1952	Steam shunter	1959	Scrapped (1959)
32 (1st)	68370	J66	1952	Steam shunter	1962	Scrapped (1962)
33	68129	Y4	1952	Steam shunter	1963	Scrapped (1964)
34	68088	Y7	1952	Steam shunter	1952	Preserved
35	68668	J92	1952	Steam crane tank	1952	Scrapped (1952)
36	68378	J66	1952	Steam shunter	1959	Scrapped (1959)
37	68130	Y1	1953	Steam shunter	1956	Scrapped (1956)
38	68168	Y3	1953	Steam shunter	1959	Scrapped (1959)
39	68131	Y1	1953	Steam shunter	1963	Scrapped (1963)
40	68173	Y3	1953	Steam shunter	1964	Scrapped (1964)
41	68177	Y3	1953	Steam shunter	1963	Scrapped (1963)
42	68178	Y3	1953	Steam shunter	1960	Scrapped (1960)
43	68532	J69	1959	Steam shunter	1959	Scrapped (1959)
44	68498	J69	1959	Steam shunter	1962	Scrapped (1962)
45	68543	J69	1959	Steam shunter	1962	Scrapped (1962)

North Eastern section

Number	Previous Number(s)	Previous Class	Converted	Use	Withdrawn	Disposal
51	68136	Y1	1952	Steam shunter	1956	Scrapped (1956)
52	11104 British Rail 11104 British Railways' 11104 locomotive was built by F. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd and introduced by British Railways in 1959. Its departmental number was 52.-External links:*...	-	1953	Diesel shunter, West Hartlepool	1967	Scrapped (1967)
53	68152	Y1	1954	Steam shunter	1959	Scrapped (1959)
54	68153	Y1	1954	Steam shunter	1961	Preserved
55	68091	Y8	1954	Steam shunter	1956	Scrapped (1956)
56	-	-	New (1955)	Diesel shunter, Hull	1970	Scrapped (1980)
57	68160	Y3	1956	Steam shunter	1961	Scrapped (1961)
58	69005	J72	1964	Steam shunter	1967	Scrapped (1968)
59	69023	J72	1964	Steam shunter	1966	Preserved
81	-	01 British Rail Class 01 The British Rail Class 01 diesel locomotive was a short wheelbase 0-4-0 diesel-mechanical design intended for use in areas with tight curves and limited clearance.-History:Four examples were built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. of Kilmarnock in 1956...	New (1958)	Diesel shunter, Peterborough	1967	Transferred capital stock - D2956
82	-	-	New (1958)	Diesel shunters	1970	Scrapped (1980)
83	-	-	New (1958)	Diesel shunters	1970	Scrapped (1970)
84	-	-	New (1958)	Diesel shunters	1970	Scrapped (1970)
85	-	-	New (1961)	Diesel shunters	1970	Scrapped (1970)
86	-	-	New (1961)	Diesel shunters	1970	Scrapped (1970)
87	-	-	New (1961)	Diesel shunters	1970	Scrapped (1970)
88	D2612	05 British Rail Class 05 The British Rail Class 05 is a class of 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters built by Hunslet Engine Company from 1955 to 1961. They were used on the Eastern and Scottish Regions of British Railways. Initially they were numbered 11136-11176 and, later, D2550-D2619....	1961	Diesel shunter	1967	Scrapped (1967)
89	D2615	05 British Rail Class 05 The British Rail Class 05 is a class of 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters built by Hunslet Engine Company from 1955 to 1961. They were used on the Eastern and Scottish Regions of British Railways. Initially they were numbered 11136-11176 and, later, D2550-D2619....	1964	Diesel shunter	1967	Returned to capital stock
91	-	03 British Rail Class 03 The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BR's most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. The class, numbering 230 examples, was built by British Railways' Swindon and Doncaster works in 1957-1962 and numbered D2000-D2199 and D2370-D2399...	New (1958)	Diesel shunters, Chesterton	1967	Transferred to capital stock - D2370
92	-	03 British Rail Class 03 The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BR's most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. The class, numbering 230 examples, was built by British Railways' Swindon and Doncaster works in 1957-1962 and numbered D2000-D2199 and D2370-D2399...	New (1958)	Diesel shunters, Chesterton	1967	Transferred to capital stock - D2371
100	26510	EB1 British Rail Class EB1 The British Rail Class EB1 was an electrically powered locomotive used by British Rail in England. It was used during the pre-TOPS period...	1959	Electric shunting locomotive, Ilford depot	1963	Scrapped (1964)

Miscellaneous stock

Number	Previous Number(s)	Previous Class	Converted	Use	Withdrawn	Disposal
953	7055 / MPU2	Ex-LMS	1952	Mobile power generating unit	1964	Scrapped (1964)