Coventry No.1 at Bucks Railway Kids T-Shirt

Coventry No.1 being watered. Coventry No. 1 was built by North British Loco to a Neilson Reid design at Hyde Park Works in 1939, and was part of an order for two identical locos, NBL Nos. 24563 and 24564, for Coltness Iron Co. Ltd. No. 24563 went to their Newmains works, Lanarkshire, and was used there until sold for scrap in 1963. No. 24564 was sent to a subsidiary company, Warwickshire Coal Co. Ltd., Coventry Colliery, and was in fact the last steam locomotive sold by NBL to an industrial user in the UK. Ownership passed to the National Coal Board in January 1947, Coventry Colliery becoming part of the No. 4 area of the West Midlands Division.

In 1962, having been replaced by an ex-BR(WR) pannier tank, Coventry No. 1 entered the NCB workshops at Ansley for a heavy overhaul, including fitting of a new boiler. Serving for a short time as a stationary boiler during the serve winter of 1962/63, it was eventually sent to Newdigate Colliery near Bedworth on 11 October 1963. At Newdi...

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