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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 471 m/e 06/1922
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5471   27/09/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1379   21/07/1946
British Railways (BR 1st) 61379   Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class B7
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B7/106/1922
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Gorton Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam Brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service During 06/1922
Withdrawal Sat 12/02/1949 off Sheffield Darnall (SHF)
Scrapping During 01/1949 at Carriage Works (Dukinfield)
Service Life 26 yrs, 8 mths , 12 dys

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 06/1922
GOR Gorton on 03/06/1922
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 21/04/1924
GOR Gorton on 13/07/1924
ANN Annesley on 10/02/1932
WFD Woodford Halse on 01/01/1935
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 08/01/1938
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 11/04/1943
ANN Annesley on 03/05/1943
GOR Gorton on 13/11/1943
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 15/09/1946
   Withdrawn on 12/02/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN SHF Sheffield Darnall on 12/02/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1922 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 274)
27/09/1924 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 554)
26/12/1931 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 345)
18/11/1933 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 45)
01/08/1936 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3013)
08/01/1938 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 86)
03/02/1940 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3019)
26/09/1942 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3001)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 09/08/1924 27/09/1924 50 days General
Boiler number 554 (Diagram 13)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5471
  
Gorton Works 20/02/1926 01/05/1926 71 days General  
Gorton Works 07/04/1928 02/06/1928 57 days General  
Gorton Works 11/01/1930 22/02/1930 43 days General  
Gorton Works 08/11/1930 08/11/1930 1 day Light Repair  
Gorton Works 21/11/1931 26/12/1931 36 days General
Boiler number 345 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 21/10/1933 18/11/1933 29 days General
Boiler number 45 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 06/04/1935 27/04/1935 22 days General  
Gorton Works 18/07/1936 01/08/1936 15 days General
Boiler number 3013 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 04/12/1937 08/01/1938 36 days General
Boiler number 86 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 23/12/1939 03/02/1940 43 days General
Boiler number 3019 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 07/09/1942 26/09/1942 20 days General
Boiler number 3001 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 06/10/1943 13/11/1943 39 days Heavy
Four new cylinders fitted
  
Gorton Works 02/03/1946 13/04/1946 43 days General  
Gorton Works 21/06/1947 09/08/1947 50 days Heavy
New inside cylinders fitted
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1922 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 471
Built at Gorton Works, Works Number
Diagram 13 boiler fitted		    
03/06/1922 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
21/04/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
13/07/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
10/02/1932 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
01/01/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (WFD)    
08/01/1938 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
11/04/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
03/05/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
13/11/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
21/07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1379    
15/09/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
1948 Number Allocated Allocated number 61379 but not taken up    
12/02/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 1379 from Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    

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