Withdrawal
With the change in the policies of British Railways, the B1s were withdrawn long before their projected economic working life. Excepting No. 61057 which was destroyed in an accident in 1950, the first normal withdrawal was No. 61085 in November 1961. The remaining locomotives were withdrawn between 1962 and 1967.
| Year | Quantity in service at start of year |
Quantity withdrawn |
Locomotive numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1 | 61057 | Accident write-off | |
| 1951–60 | 409 | 0 | — | |
| 1961 | 409 | 1 | 61085 | |
| 1962 | 408 | 120 | etc. | |
| 1963 | 288 | 62 | etc. | |
| 1964 | 226 | 54 | etc. | |
| 1965 | 172 | 81 | etc. | |
| 1966 | 91 | 64 | etc. | |
| 1967 | 27 | 27 | etc. |
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