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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 423 m/e 12/1912
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5423   26/07/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 1st) 1472   Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946 2nd) 1490   08/12/1946

Names Carried
Date From Name
12/1912 SIR SAM FAY

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class B19
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B1912/1912
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Gorton Works
Order Number GO615
To Service During 12/1912 to Gorton (GOR)
Withdrawal Sat 19/04/1947 off Immingham (IMM)
Scrapping During y/e 1947 at Locomotive Works (Gorton)
Service Life 34 yrs, 4 mths , 20 dys

Allocations
Code Name From Date
GOR Gorton (New) m/e 12/1912
NEA Neasden on 25/09/1924
GOR Gorton on 12/11/1924
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 27/01/1930
GOR Gorton on 16/09/1930
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 09/12/1930
IMM Immingham on 27/06/1933
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 21/11/1942
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 11/04/1943
IMM Immingham on 05/05/1945
   Withdrawn on 19/04/1947

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN IMM Immingham on 19/04/1947

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1912 Diagram GC56a boiler fitted (number 1545)
18/08/1917 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 1698)
28/10/1922 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 1848)
28/10/1922 Ross Pop
26/07/1924 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 1849)
20/03/1926 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 1848)
24/07/1926 Converted to oil burnng
26/03/1927 Oil burning equipment removed
05/05/1928 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 77)
30/04/1932 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 424)
29/12/1934 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 1922)
31/12/1938 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3007)
21/12/1940 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3017)
03/04/1943 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 571)
05/05/1945 Diagram 13 boiler fitted (number 3046)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 07/07/1917 18/08/1917 43 days General
Boiler number 1698 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 26/08/1922 28/10/1922 64 days General
Boiler number 1848 (Diagram 13)
Ross Pop
  
Gorton Works 31/05/1924 26/07/1924 57 days General
Boiler number 1849 (Diagram 13)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5423
  
Gorton Works 19/12/1925 20/03/1926 92 days General
Boiler number 1848 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 24/07/1926 24/07/1926 1 day Unclassified
Converted to oil burnng
  
Gorton Works 15/01/1927 26/03/1927 71 days General
Oil burning equipment removed
  
Gorton Works 17/09/1927 15/10/1927 29 days Light Repair  
Gorton Works 10/03/1928 05/05/1928 57 days General
Boiler number 77 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 27/07/1929 14/09/1929 50 days General  
Gorton Works 27/09/1930 15/11/1930 50 days General  
Gorton Works 02/04/1932 30/04/1932 29 days General
Boiler number 424 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 25/02/1933 08/04/1933 43 days General
After collision at Loughborough 31/1/33
  
Gorton Works 08/12/1934 29/12/1934 22 days General
Boiler number 1922 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 16/01/1937 20/02/1937 36 days General
New cylinders
  
Gorton Works 10/12/1938 31/12/1938 22 days General
Boiler number 3007 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 23/11/1940 21/12/1940 29 days General
Boiler number 3017 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 17/03/1943 03/04/1943 18 days General
Boiler number 571 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 25/08/1943 28/08/1943 4 days Light Repair  
Gorton Works 24/03/1945 05/05/1945 43 days General
Boiler number 3046 (Diagram 13)
  
Gorton Works 19/04/1947 19/04/1947 1 day No repairs  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1912 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 423, name: SIR SAM FAY
Built at Gorton Works, Works Number
Allocated to Gorton (GOR)
Diagram GC56a boiler fitted		    
25/09/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Neasden (NEA)    
12/11/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
27/01/1930 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
16/09/1930 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
09/12/1930 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
27/06/1933 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
21/11/1942 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
11/04/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
05/05/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
1946 Number Allocated Allocated number 1472 but not taken up    
08/12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1490    
19/04/1947 Withdrawn Condemned as 1490 from Immingham (IMM)    

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