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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 278   05/1904
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3278   03/05/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2807   Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Ivatt
Class C1
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-2
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 236
Works Number 1036
To Service During 05/1904
Withdrawal Thu 26/07/1945
Service Life 41 yrs, 2 mths , 26 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Doncaster)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1904
HIT   Hitchin (GNR) m/e 1929
KX   Kings Cross on 16/02/1929
CLK   Colwick on 13/07/1938
DON   Doncaster on 29/12/1943
     Withdrawn on 26/07/1945


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Doncaster Works 1908 05/1908   General    
Doncaster Works 1911 11/1911   General    
Doncaster Works 1920 09/1920   General Superheated boiler fitted
 
Doncaster Works 14/11/1922 24/03/1923 131 days General    
Doncaster Works 02/11/1923 03/05/1924 184 days General Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 3278
 
Doncaster Works 02/10/1924 08/11/1924 38 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 02/09/1926 22/01/1927 143 days General    
Doncaster Works 12/10/1929 23/11/1929 43 days General    
Doncaster Works 10/05/1930 17/05/1930 8 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 20/02/1932 02/04/1932 43 days General    
Doncaster Works 26/08/1933 14/10/1933 50 days General    
Doncaster Works 11/01/1936 08/02/1936 29 days General    
Doncaster Works 12/02/1938 19/03/1938 36 days General    
Doncaster Works 05/08/1939 21/10/1939 78 days General    
Doncaster Works 17/05/1941 28/06/1941 43 days Heavy    
Doncaster Works 11/09/1943 09/10/1943 29 days General    
Doncaster Works 02/09/1944 30/09/1944 29 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 07/07/1945 07/07/1945 1 day No repairs    

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1904 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 278
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1036
   
1908 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: ?/1908. Dep: ?/05/1908.    
1911 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: ?/1911. Dep: ?/11/1911.    
1920 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: ?/1920. Dep: ?/09/1920.
Work undertaken:
Superheated boiler fitted
   
14/11/1922 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 14/11/1922. Dep: 24/03/1923.    
02/11/1923 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 02/11/1923. Dep: 03/05/1924.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 3278
   
02/10/1924 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 02/10/1924. Dep: 08/11/1924.    
02/09/1926 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 02/09/1926. Dep: 22/01/1927.    
1929 Allocation Reallocated to Hitchin (GNR) (HIT )    
16/02/1929 Allocation Reallocated to Kings Cross (KX)    
12/10/1929 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 12/10/1929. Dep: 23/11/1929.    
10/05/1930 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 10/05/1930. Dep: 17/05/1930.    
20/02/1932 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 20/02/1932. Dep: 02/04/1932.    
26/08/1933 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 26/08/1933. Dep: 14/10/1933.    
11/01/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 11/01/1936. Dep: 08/02/1936.    
12/02/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 12/02/1938. Dep: 19/03/1938.    
13/07/1938 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
05/08/1939 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 05/08/1939. Dep: 21/10/1939.    
17/05/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Heavy) - Arr: 17/05/1941. Dep: 28/06/1941.    
11/09/1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 11/09/1943. Dep: 09/10/1943.    
29/12/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
02/09/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 02/09/1944. Dep: 30/09/1944.    
07/07/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (No repairs) - Arr: 07/07/1945. Dep: 07/07/1945.    
26/07/1945 Withdrawn Condemned as 3278    
1946 Number Allocated Allocated number 2807 but not taken up    

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