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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
Great Central Railway	105	m/e	03/1904
London and North Eastern Railway (1924)	5105	m/e	12/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946)	2327	m/e	Not applied

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

J. Robinson

Class

Company History

GCR/LNER

Rebuild History

Class	From
D9	03/1904

Wheels

4-4-0

Builder

Vulcan Foundry

Works Number

1918

To Service

During 03/1904

Withdrawal

During 06/1945

Service Life

41 yrs, 3 mths , 2 dys

**Allocations**
Code	Subsequent Codes	Name		From Date
		(New)	m/e	03/1904
		Withdrawn	m/e	06/1945

**Modifications**
Date Modified	Modification
11/1923	Rebuilt with Piston Valves
11/1923	Superheated boiler fitted

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
06/04/1946	Market Harborough	On 6/4/46 the three parts of the 12 noon ex St. Pancras were hauled by 5279 (14B); 5259 (10C); and 5715 (12A), respectively. In the up direction, the 2.40 p.m. ex Leicester was behind 4808 (5A), whilst of the two portions of the 4.50 p.m. ex Leicester (nominally a 19G duty) were worked by 5105 (26A), and 4815 (17A).	SLS/194605
30/03/1946	Crewe/Horwich - Class 5 builds	Further class 5 4-6-0 will be built during 1946 a follows: 4932-66/82-96 or Horwich, 4967-81 at Crewe.	SLS/194605

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
03/1904	To Service	To service as Great Central Railway Number 105 Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 1918
11/1923	Modification	Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves
11/1923	Modification	Modification: Superheated boiler fitted
12/1925	Renumbered	Renumbered to 5105
06/1945	Withdrawn	Condemned as 5105
1946	Number Allocated	Allocated number 2327 but not taken up

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