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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 856 m/e 08/1898
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5856 m/e 06/1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Pollitt
Class D6
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
D608/1898
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Gorton Works
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 08/1898
Withdrawal During 01/1939
Service Life 40 yrs , 5 mths

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1898
     Withdrawn m/e 01/1939

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1921 Superheated boiler fitted
08/1935 Modified to conform to LNER Gauge


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/12/1948 Darlington Works Further new Class 'A.1' locomotives, Nos. 60134-37, ex North Road bear Works, Nos. 2053-56, in order. Locomotives awaiting Works: Nos. 970, 1642/44/72, 2344/65/90, 2715, E2718, 3292, E3311, E3314, 3399, 3420, 5100, 5856, 7283, 7636/69, 8015, 8275, 8313, 8698, 8745, 9792, 9842/89, 60942, 62737/64, 63290, 67672, 67719/23 (both light repairs), 69784. The following were sent to the scrap yard:-Nos. 3253/92/95, 3323/27, 8090 an 9103.
Locomotives ex Works: Nos. 60507 (unlined black, new chimney), 61019, 61627/38, 62371/91, 62708/47, 63140, 63344/58, 65706/17, 65803/14/32/52/83/89, 67300, 67311 (auto fitted), 67312, 67688, 68014 (altered bunker), 68245/95, 68426, 68678 (vacuum ejector), 68699, 69776, 69841/81/91, 69862 (first 'A.8' to be lined out), 69881/91, 'Austerity' 77050, 77195/99, 77329.
SLS/194901

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1898 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 856
Built at Gorton Works
   
06/1921 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
06/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 5856    
08/1935 Modification Modification: Modified to conform to LNER Gauge    
01/1939 Withdrawn Condemned as 5856    

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