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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 365   12/1906
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5365   05/09/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2898   01/09/1946

Names Carried
Date From Name
10/1907 SIR WILLIAM POLLITT

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class C5
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-2
Builder Gorton Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
To Service During 12/1906
Withdrawal Mon 25/08/1947
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Gorton)
Service Life 40 yrs, 8 mths , 26 dys

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 12/1906
LEI Leicester (G.C.) on 17/09/1920
IMM Immingham on 17/05/1933
   Withdrawn on 25/08/1947

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN IMM Immingham on 25/08/1947

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1906 Diagram 15 boiler fitted


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 28/01/1911 20/05/1911 113 days General
Superheated boiler fitted
  
Gorton Works 16/08/1919 20/03/1920 218 days General  
Gorton Works 03/03/1923 26/05/1923 85 days General  
Gorton Works 07/03/1925 05/09/1925 183 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5365
  
Gorton Works 06/08/1927 22/10/1927 78 days General  
Gorton Works 09/06/1928 23/06/1928 15 days Light Repair  
Gorton Works 30/11/1929 11/01/1930 43 days General  
Gorton Works 24/10/1931 05/12/1931 43 days General  
Gorton Works 10/02/1934 10/03/1934 29 days General  
Gorton Works 19/09/1936 28/11/1936 71 days General  
Gorton Works 01/01/1938 26/02/1938 57 days General  
Gorton Works 27/01/1940 24/02/1940 29 days General  
Gorton Works 29/03/1941 14/06/1941 78 days General  
Gorton Works 18/06/1942 29/08/1942 73 days General  
Gorton Works 12/09/1944 07/10/1944 26 days General  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1906 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 365
Built at Gorton Works
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
10/1907 Naming Named 'SIR WILLIAM POLLITT'    
17/09/1920 Allocation Reallocated to Leicester (G.C.) (LEI)    
17/05/1933 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
01/09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2898    
25/08/1947 Withdrawn Condemned as 2898    

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