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==43106 in service==
43106 was the last of a batch of 37 built by BR at the former LNER Darlington North Road Works. The locomotive entered service at South Lynn, Norfolk in April 1951 where it remained for 5 years. Along with many others of the type it was extensively used on stopping passenger and freight services and occasional express passenger trains (the "Leicesters") on the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. Much of this system was single track with passing loops and the locomotive carried [[Single line working using tokens|Whitaker token exchange apparatus ]] fitted into a "pocket" towards the front of the tender. The sphere of operation included Peterborough, Leicester, Melton Mowbray, Spalding, Cromer (Beach), Yarmouth (Beach), and Norwich City.<ref name=SVR12>SVR News 12</ref>
Following the closure of the former M&GNJR, 43106 was transferred to Woodford Halse on the former Great Central Railway in July 1956. There the locomotive was mostly used on freight workings to Banbury and also on the Stratford and Midland Joint line, usually to Stratford Old Town or Gloucester. In March 1962 Woodford Halse came under London Midland control and 43106 began a series of short stints at Saltley, Wellingborough, Kettering and Trafford Park before a move to Heaton Mersey shed in September 1963. There it worked trip freights in the Stockport district and passenger trains between Manchester Central to Cheadle Heath, before being stored in serviceable condition for around 9 months.<ref name=SVR12/>
