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Although an LMS design, 43106 was built after nationalisation by BR at the former LNER Darlington Works. The locomotive entered service at South Lynn, Norfolk in April 1951 where it remained for 5 years. Whilst operating in East Anglia it carried Whitaker token exchange apparatus fitted into a "pocket" towards the front of the tender. Most of the tooling to reproduce the apparatus this locomotive carried whilst there has been made.
After closure of the former Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, 43106 was transferred to Woodford Halse on the former Great Central Railway for a period of six years, before spending the rest of her working life at ex-LMS sheds in the Midlands and North West. Her longest allocation during this time was two years eleven months at Heaton Mersey, from 1963 to 1966. Following a spell of just over a year at Carlisle, she was allocated to her final shed, Lostock Hall, in September 1967.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=426002107&loco=43106 BRDatabase] retrieved 27 January 2015.</ref> After suffering a minor derailment at Colne in April 1968,<ref>Nabarro, G (1971), "''Severn Valley Steam"'', p71</ref> 43106 was withdrawn from service in June 1968 after a relatively short working life of 17 years 2 months.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=426002107&loco=43106 BRDatabase] retrieved 27 January 2015.</ref>
==43106 in preservation==
