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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 31 m/e 07/1922
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5031   29/11/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1383   02/08/1946
British Railways (BR 1st) 61383   Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class B7
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B7/107/1922
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number 02105
Works Number 6107
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam Brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service During 07/1922
Withdrawal Fri 14/05/1948 off Sheffield Darnall (SHF)
Scrapping Carriage Works (Dukinfield)
Service Life 25 yrs, 10 mths , 14 dys

Notes
Notes Into Gorton for cutting up I5/5/48 but cut at Dukinfield

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 07/1922
LEI Leicester (G.C.) on 29/09/1922
GOR Gorton on 10/03/1923
LIV Brunswick on 09/02/1938
GOR Gorton on 11/08/1940
LIV Brunswick on 20/09/1940
ANN Annesley on 03/05/1943
GOR Gorton on 30/10/1943
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 25/06/1945
   Withdrawn on 14/05/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN SHF Sheffield Darnall on 14/05/1948

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1922 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 1931)
09/08/1930 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 244)
20/08/1932 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 388)
20/01/1934 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 273)
04/04/1936 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3010)
29/01/1938 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 784)
07/09/1940 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 576)
25/09/1943 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3025)
26/01/1946 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3012)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 16/12/1922 17/02/1923 64 days Light Repair
After collision
  
Gorton Works 20/09/1924 29/11/1924 71 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5031
  
Gorton Works 23/10/1926 08/01/1927 78 days General  
Gorton Works 18/08/1928 13/10/1928 57 days General  
Gorton Works 05/07/1930 09/08/1930 36 days General
Boiler number 244 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 30/07/1932 20/08/1932 22 days General
Boiler number 388 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 16/12/1933 20/01/1934 36 days General
Boiler number 273 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 14/03/1936 04/04/1936 22 days General
Boiler number 3010 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 08/01/1938 29/01/1938 22 days General
Boiler number 784 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 17/08/1940 07/09/1940 22 days General
Boiler number 576 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 17/08/1943 25/09/1943 40 days General
Boiler number 3025 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 21/10/1944 21/10/1944 1 day Light Repair  
Gorton Works 22/12/1945 26/01/1946 36 days General
Boiler number 3012 (Diagram 13)
  

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1942 General Observations N.E. Area have revealed quite a few strange -locos. that have been seen. Two 'J.6's' were noted on a recent trip to West Hartlepool, one being 3547 in Newport yard. A 'Q.4' from Barnsley was outside the shed at WHL in addition to the usual one or two 'O.4's,' At Darlington, 'B.7' 5031 was noted on a down goods, followed by 3843, one of the new 'O.2's.' SLS/194302

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1922 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 31
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 6107
Diagram 13 boiler fitted		    
29/09/1922 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester (G.C.) (LEI)    
10/03/1923 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
09/02/1938 Allocation Reallocated to Brunswick (LIV)    
11/08/1940 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
20/09/1940 Allocation Reallocated to Brunswick (LIV)    
03/05/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
30/10/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
25/06/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
02/08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1383    
1948 Number Allocated Allocated number 61383 but not taken up    
14/05/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 1383 from Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    

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