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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 440 m/e 08/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5440   04/07/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 1st) 1333   Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 2nd) 1351   15/09/1946

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class B8
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B808/1914
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 08/1914
Withdrawal Thu 23/10/1947 off Sheffield Darnall (SHF)
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Gorton)
Service Life 33 yrs, 2 mths , 22 dys

Notes
Notes Into Gorton for cutting up 25/10/47

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 08/1914
ANN Annesley on 17/02/1922
LEI Leicester (G.C.) on 19/07/1924
ANN Annesley on 14/11/1924
MAR March on 25/07/1925
GOR Gorton on 21/05/1926
CLK Colwick on 12/10/1927
ANN Annesley on 04/01/1933
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 27/04/1947
   Withdrawn on 23/10/1947

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SHF Sheffield Darnall on 27/04/1947
WDN SHF Sheffield Darnall on 23/10/1947

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
08/1914 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 303)
04/07/1925 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 299)
17/10/1931 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 626)
04/11/1933 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 583)
05/06/1937 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3016)
30/09/1939 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 773)
15/11/1941 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 554)
27/11/1943 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 583)
01/09/1945 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3004)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 25/03/1922 03/06/1922 71 days General
New cylinders fitted
  
Gorton Works 28/03/1925 04/07/1925 99 days General
Boiler number 299 (Diagram 13)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5440
  
Gorton Works 11/12/1926 26/02/1927 78 days General  
Gorton Works 08/06/1929 20/07/1929 43 days General  
Gorton Works 22/08/1931 17/10/1931 57 days General
New cylinders fitted
Boiler number 626 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 07/10/1933 04/11/1933 29 days General
Boiler number 583 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 17/08/1935 21/09/1935 36 days General  
Gorton Works 08/05/1937 05/06/1937 29 days General
Boiler number 3016 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 26/02/1938 26/03/1938 29 days Light Repair
Cracked frame
  
Gorton Works 02/09/1939 30/09/1939 29 days General
Boiler number 773 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 24/02/1940 30/03/1940 36 days Light Repair
After collision
  
Gorton Works 16/10/1941 15/11/1941 31 days General
Boiler number 554 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 01/11/1943 27/11/1943 27 days General
Boiler number 583 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 30/06/1945 01/09/1945 64 days General
Boiler number 3004 (Diagram 13)
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1914 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 440
Built at Gorton Works, Works Number
Diagram 13 boiler fitted		    
17/02/1922 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
19/07/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester (G.C.) (LEI)    
14/11/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
25/07/1925 Allocation Reallocated to March (MAR)    
21/05/1926 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
12/10/1927 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
04/01/1933 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
1946 Number Allocated Allocated number 1333 but not taken up    
15/09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1351    
27/04/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
23/10/1947 Withdrawn Condemned as 1351 from Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    

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