42765 (LMS 13065, LMS 2765 & BR 42765)

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13065 was built at Crewe in 1927.

BR motive power depot allocations since 1948.

Date ArrivedDepot
January 1948Belle Vue
September 1950Rose Grove
August 1951Fleetwood
May 1965Birkenhead

It was withdrawn from service at Birkenhead in 1966 and sold to Woodham Brothers scrapyard at Barry where it arrived in June 1967. It remained there until April 1978.

In the mid 1970s a group based at Steamport at Southport sought to raise funds to purchase 42765 but it was the East Lancashire Railway that acquired the locomotive.

It was subsequently restored and ran in black livery as 42765 until 2003 when it was taken out of service for overhaul. It returned to service on the East Lancs Railway as 13065 in LMS crimson livery in 2014.

In 2018 during a routine washout of the boiler it was found that two flue tubes were leaking. This was unexpected as the tubes had only been fitted four years earlier. The cost of the work to resolve the issue was estimated to be £60,000. The East Lancs Railway decided that the best course of action was to take the locomotive out of service for the rest of 2018 and undertake an overhaul which will enable it to have another ten year ticket. The boiler work is being carried out by Riley & Son (E) at Heywood.

The locomotive is not expected to be back in traffic until mid 2020.

In April 2020 it was revealed that the overhaul had suffered a setback with the theft of fittings worth £10,000 in the previous month.

Home BaseCurrent StatusOwner
East Lancs RailwayUnder overhaulEast Lancs Railway
42765 going into Warrington Dallam shed – Early 1960s
42765 departs from Clifton Junction with a train from Manchester Victoria to Blackburn - April 1964.jpg
42765 departs from Clifton Junction with a train from Manchester Victoria to Blackburn – April 1964
42765 on Mold Junction shed - June 1964.jpg
42765 on Mold Junction shed – June 1964
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42765 on Mold Junction shed – June 1964
42765 along with classmate 42942 on Birkenhead shed – August 1966
42765 approaching Bidston near Birkenhead – 1966
42765 at Birkenhead Mollington Street shed – Circa 1966
42765 in Woodhams scrapyard – August 1967
42765 in front of 75014 in Woodham's scrapyard at Barry - July 1968.jpg
42765 in front of 75014 in Woodham’s scrapyard at Barry – July 1968
42765 in Woodham’s scrapyard at Barry – c1972
42765 in Woodhams scrapyard at Barry partly repainted prior to its moving to the KWVR – August 1973
42765 in Woodham’s scrapyard at Barry – c1977
42765 in Woodhams scrapyard at Barry – Probably shortly before it left in 1978
42765 approaching Irwell Vale on the East Lancs Railway – May 1994
42765 at Burrs Country Park on the East Lancs Railway – February 1997
42765 on the Severn Valley Railway – 2001
42765 at Bury on the East Lancs Railway - June 2003.jpg
42765 at Bury on the East Lancs Railway – June 2003
42765 at Bury on the East Lancashire Railway – October 2014
42765 at Bury on the East Lancashire Railway – October 2014
42765 at Bury on the East Lancashire Railway – October 2014
42765 with 52322 at Ramsbottom on the East Lancashire Railway – October 2014
42765 at Ramsbottom on the East Lancashire Railway – January 2015
42765 & 1450 at Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway – November 2016
42765 at Bury on the East Lancashire Railway – October 2017
42765 at Bury on the East Lancs Railway – March 2018

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