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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 1140 m/e 03/1907
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6140   19/04/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3228   30/11/1946

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class Q4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Q4/103/1907
Q4/2 (0-8-0)02/05/1931
Wheels 0-8-0
Builder Kitson
Works Number 4483
To Service During 03/1907
Withdrawal Mon 15/08/1949 off Grantham (GRA)
Service Life 42 yrs, 5 mths , 17 dys

Disposal

Notes
Notes Cut up at Gorton

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1907
LNG   Langwith Junction on 20/06/1912
CLK   Colwick on 26/01/1927
KEA   Keadby on 11/09/1929
IMM   Immingham on 25/03/1931
CLK   Colwick on 04/10/1941
LNG   Langwith Junction on 05/10/1941
IMM   Immingham on 16/10/1941
LIN   Lincoln on 07/05/1942
RET   Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) on 12/12/1943
NWE   New England on 27/05/1945
RET   Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) on 28/10/1945
GRA   Grantham on 28/09/1946
     Withdrawn on 15/08/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN GRA Grantham on 15/08/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1907 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 1270)
17/01/1914 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 1367)
25/08/1917 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 1114)
02/12/1922 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 1701)
15/01/1927 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 374)
13/07/1929 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 201)
02/05/1931 Modified to conform to LNER Gauge
02/05/1931 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 651)
29/04/1933 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 1691)
23/05/1936 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 849)
08/10/1938 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 915)
05/09/1942 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 3737)
21/10/1944 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 642)
02/08/1947 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 145)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Gorton Works 1914 17/01/1914   General Boiler number 1367 (Diagram 17Sat)
 
Gorton Works 1917 25/08/1917   General Boiler number 1114 (Diagram 17Sat)
 
Gorton Works 12/08/1922 02/12/1922 113 days General Boiler number 1701 (Diagram 17Sup)
 
Gorton Works 23/02/1924 19/04/1924 57 days General Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6140
 
Gorton Works 16/10/1926 15/01/1927 92 days General New cylinders
Boiler number 374 (Diagram 17Sat)
 
Gorton Works 15/06/1929 13/07/1929 29 days General Boiler number 201 (Diagram 17Sat)
 
Gorton Works 11/04/1931 02/05/1931 22 days General Boiler number 651 (Diagram 17Sup)
Modified to conform to LNER Gauge
 
Gorton Works 01/04/1933 29/04/1933 29 days General Boiler number 1691 (Diagram 17Sat)
 
Gorton Works 09/05/1936 23/05/1936 15 days General Boiler number 849 (Diagram 17Sup)
 
Gorton Works 03/09/1938 08/10/1938 36 days General Boiler number 915 (Diagram 17Sup)
 
Gorton Works 14/12/1940 28/12/1940 15 days General    
Gorton Works 19/08/1942 05/09/1942 18 days General After collision
Boiler number 3737 (Diagram 17Sup)
 
Gorton Works 03/10/1944 21/10/1944 19 days General Boiler number 642 (Diagram 17Sup)
 
Gorton Works 21/06/1947 02/08/1947 43 days General Boiler number 145 (Diagram 17Sup)
 

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1907 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 1140
Built at Kitson, Works Number 4483
Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted
   
20/06/1912 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (LNG)    
1914 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: ?/1914. Dep: 17/01/1914.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 1367 (Diagram 17Sat)
   
1917 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: ?/1917. Dep: 25/08/1917.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 1114 (Diagram 17Sat)
   
12/08/1922 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 12/08/1922. Dep: 02/12/1922.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 1701 (Diagram 17Sup)
   
23/02/1924 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 23/02/1924. Dep: 19/04/1924.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6140
   
16/10/1926 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 16/10/1926. Dep: 15/01/1927.
Work undertaken:
New cylinders
Boiler number 374 (Diagram 17Sat)
   
26/01/1927 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
15/06/1929 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 15/06/1929. Dep: 13/07/1929.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 201 (Diagram 17Sat)
   
11/09/1929 Allocation Reallocated to Keadby (KEA)    
25/03/1931 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
11/04/1931 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 11/04/1931. Dep: 02/05/1931.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 651 (Diagram 17Sup)
Modified to conform to LNER Gauge
   
01/04/1933 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 01/04/1933. Dep: 29/04/1933.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 1691 (Diagram 17Sat)
   
09/05/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 09/05/1936. Dep: 23/05/1936.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 849 (Diagram 17Sup)
   
03/09/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 03/09/1938. Dep: 08/10/1938.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 915 (Diagram 17Sup)
   
14/12/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 14/12/1940. Dep: 28/12/1940.    
04/10/1941 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
05/10/1941 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (LNG)    
16/10/1941 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
07/05/1942 Allocation Reallocated to Lincoln (LIN)    
19/08/1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 19/08/1942. Dep: 05/09/1942.
Work undertaken:
After collision
Boiler number 3737 (Diagram 17Sup)
   
12/12/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) (RET)    
03/10/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 03/10/1944. Dep: 21/10/1944.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 642 (Diagram 17Sup)
   
27/05/1945 Allocation Reallocated to New England (NWE)    
28/10/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) (RET)    
28/09/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Grantham (GRA)    
30/11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3228    
21/06/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 21/06/1947. Dep: 02/08/1947.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 145 (Diagram 17Sup)
   
15/08/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 3228 from Grantham (GRA)    

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