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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 1101 m/e 06/1906
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6101   25/04/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 1st) 1496   Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 2nd) 1486   01/12/1946

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class B4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B4/206/1906
B4/1 (4-6-0)25/06/1927
B4/3 (4-6-0)28/03/1936
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number 9458
Works Number 4822
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam Brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service During 06/1906
Withdrawal Tue 07/10/1947 off Ardsley (ARD)
Scrapping Carriage Works (Dukinfield)
Service Life 41 yrs, 4 mths , 6 dys

Notes
Notes Into Gorton for cutting up ll/10/47 but cut up at Dukinfield instead

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 06/1906
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 19/05/1922
MAR March m/e 06/1923
MEX Mexborough m/e 10/1923
DON Doncaster on 22/03/1924
GOR Gorton on 23/04/1925
COP Copley Hill (Leeds) on 29/05/1925
IMM Immingham on 18/03/1933
COP Copley Hill (Leeds) on 24/08/1933
ARD Ardsley on 25/01/1940
BFD Bradford Hammerton Street on 11/07/1941
COP Copley Hill (Leeds) on 10/12/1942
ARD Ardsley on 28/03/1943
BFD Bradford Hammerton Street on 30/06/1943
ARD Ardsley on 07/07/1943
BFD Bradford Hammerton Street on 02/12/1945
ARD Ardsley on 19/05/1946
   Withdrawn on 07/10/1947

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BFD Bradford Hammerton Street m/e 31/01/1946
WDN ARD Ardsley on 07/10/1947

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1906 Diagram 16Sat boiler fitted (number 1211)
17/06/1911 Diagram 16Sat boiler fitted (number 1212)
16/08/1919 Diagram 16Sat boiler fitted (number 1141)
25/04/1925 Diagram 16Sup boiler fitted (number 1470)
25/06/1927 Diagram 16Sup boiler fitted (number 122)
08/09/1931 Diagram 16Sup boiler fitted (number 784)
16/12/1933 Diagram 16Sup boiler fitted (number 127)
28/03/1936 Diagram 16Sup boiler fitted (number 121)
15/10/1938 Diagram 16Sup boiler fitted (number 127)
11/04/1942 Diagram 16Sup boiler fitted (number 55)
30/12/1944 Diagram 16Sup boiler fitted (number 132)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 10/02/1911 17/06/1911 128 days General
Boiler number 1212 (Diagram 16Sat)
  
Gorton Works 06/07/1919 16/08/1919 42 days General
Boiler number 1141 (Diagram 16Sat)
  
Gorton Works 30/04/1921 18/06/1921 50 days General  
Gorton Works 16/12/1922 03/03/1923 78 days General  
Gorton Works 01/11/1925 25/04/1925 -189 days General
Superheated boiler fitted
  
Gorton Works 26/03/1927 25/06/1927 92 days General
Rebuilt to class B4/1
Boiler number 122 (Diagram 16Sup)
  
Gorton Works 17/11/1928 19/01/1929 64 days General  
Gorton Works 11/07/1931 08/09/1931 60 days General
Boiler number 784 (Diagram 16Sup)
  
Gorton Works 04/03/1933 18/03/1933 15 days Light Repair  
Gorton Works 25/11/1933 16/12/1933 22 days General
Boiler number 127 (Diagram 16Sup)
  
Gorton Works 07/03/1936 28/03/1936 22 days General
Rebuilt to class B4/3
Boiler number 121 (Diagram 16Sup)
  
Gorton Works 03/09/1938 15/10/1938 43 days General
Boiler number 127 (Diagram 16Sup)
  
Gorton Works 25/03/1942 11/04/1942 18 days General
Boiler number 55 (Diagram 16Sup)
  
Gorton Works 12/03/1943 27/03/1943 16 days Light Repair  
Gorton Works 16/12/1944 30/12/1944 15 days General
Boiler number 132 (Diagram 16Sup)
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1906 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 1101
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 4822
Diagram 16Sat boiler fitted		    
19/05/1922 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
06/1923 Allocation Reallocated to March (MAR)    
10/1923 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
22/03/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
23/04/1925 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
25/04/1925 Modification Diagram 16Sup number 1470 boiler fitted    
25/04/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 6101    
29/05/1925 Allocation Reallocated to Copley Hill (Leeds) (COP)    
18/03/1933 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
24/08/1933 Allocation Reallocated to Copley Hill (Leeds) (COP)    
25/01/1940 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (ARD)    
11/07/1941 Allocation Reallocated to Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)    
10/12/1942 Allocation Reallocated to Copley Hill (Leeds) (COP)    
28/03/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (ARD)    
30/06/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)    
07/07/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (ARD)    
02/12/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Bradford Hammerton Street (BFD)    
1946 Number Allocated Allocated number 1496 but not taken up    
19/05/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (ARD)    
01/12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1486    
07/10/1947 Withdrawn Condemned as 1486 from Ardsley (ARD)    

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