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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 183 m/e 02/1904
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5183   04/04/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 1st) 1308   Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 2nd) 1686   31/03/1946
British Railways 61686   Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class B5
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B502/1904
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number 9032
Works Number 4534
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam Brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service During 02/1904
Withdrawal Mon 12/06/1950 off Mexborough (36B)
Scrapping During 09/1950 at Locomotive Works (Gorton)
Service Life 46 yrs, 4 mths , 12 dys

Notes
Notes Into Gorton for cutting up 17/6/50

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 02/1904
IMM Immingham on 19/05/1922
ARD Ardsley on 05/01/1924
GOR Gorton on 15/04/1924
LIN Lincoln on 20/04/1925
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 20/06/1936
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 11/04/1943
TFD Trafford Park (LNER) on 06/10/1946
MEX Mexborough on 24/08/1947
   Withdrawn on 12/06/1950

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC MEX Mexborough on 24/08/1947

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1904 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 828)
09/11/1907 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 338)
04/11/1911 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 343)
23/01/1915 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 825)
04/08/1917 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 342)
01/02/1919 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 1777)
16/06/1923 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 468)
22/06/1929 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 439)
03/06/1933 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 418)
13/07/1935 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 903)
18/06/1938 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 875)
09/12/1939 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 899)
20/02/1943 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 837)
14/10/1944 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 3733)
15/03/1947 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 3729)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 21/09/1907 09/11/1907 50 days General
Boiler number 338 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 04/08/1911 04/11/1911 93 days General
Boiler number 343 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 12/12/1914 23/01/1915 43 days General
Boiler number 825 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 23/06/1917 04/08/1917 43 days General
Boiler number 342 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 14/09/1919 01/12/1919 79 days General  
Gorton Works 30/10/1920 25/12/1920 57 days General  
Gorton Works 20/01/1923 16/06/1923 148 days General
Boiler number 468 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 31/01/1925 04/04/1925 64 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5183
  
Gorton Works 01/10/1927 26/11/1927 57 days General  
Gorton Works 18/05/1929 22/06/1929 36 days General
Boiler number 439 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 07/03/1931 11/04/1931 36 days General  
Gorton Works 06/05/1933 03/06/1933 29 days General
Boiler number 418 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 22/06/1935 13/07/1935 22 days General
Superheated boiler fitted
Boiler number 903 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 09/05/1936 20/06/1936 43 days General
21 in type 8K cylinders fitted
  
Gorton Works 21/05/1938 18/06/1938 29 days General
Boiler number 875 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 18/11/1939 09/12/1939 22 days General
Boiler number 899 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 22/01/1943 20/02/1943 30 days General
Boiler number 837 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 03/10/1944 14/10/1944 12 days General
Boiler number 3733 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 08/02/1947 15/03/1947 36 days General
Boiler number 3729 (Diagram 17Sup)
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1904 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 183
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 4534
Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted		    
01/02/1919 Modification Diagram 17Sat number 1777 boiler fitted    
19/05/1922 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
05/01/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (ARD)    
15/04/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
20/04/1925 Allocation Reallocated to Lincoln (LIN)    
20/06/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
11/04/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
1946 Number Allocated Allocated number 1308 but not taken up    
31/03/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1686    
06/10/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Trafford Park (LNER) (TFD)    
24/08/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
1948 Number Allocated Allocated number 61686 but not taken up    
12/06/1950 Withdrawn Condemned as 1686 from Mexborough (36B)    

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