Departmental Service
That was not the end of her BR service however as she was transferred to departmental stock, and renumbered 29 in the Eastern Region departmental stock series. There she was used as a mobile boiler for heating carriages. She had her couplers removed in order that she could not haul trains, but she could still propel herself.
29 was withdrawn from departmental stock in July 1967. She was initially stored, but in March 1968 she was sold for scrap.
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