Due to the reduction of heavy freight trains after the Second World War, both engines were withdrawn by Edward Thompson in July 1945 and scrapped, the first Gresley locomotives to be withdrawn and scrapped by intention. The six-wheeled tenders were modified with standard dragboxes to run behind new Thompson Class B2 4-6-0s Nos 2815 and 1632, while the boilers were removed and fitted to Gresley A1s No 2557 "Blair Atholl" and 2565 "Merry Hampton" during their conversion from Class A1 to Class A3.