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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 55 m/e 12/1904
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5055 m/e 07/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 7429 m/e 05/1946
British Railways 67429 m/e 03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class C13
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-2T
Builder Gorton Works
To Service During 12/1904
Withdrawal w/e Sat 18/12/1954
Scrapping During 01/1955
Service Life 50 yrs , 18 dys

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 12/1904
WRX Wrexham Rhosddu on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
   Withdrawn w/e 18/12/1954

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   w/e 18/12/1954

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1931 Superheated boiler fitted


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1904 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 55
Built at Gorton Works 		   
07/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 5055    
06/1931 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 7429    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Wrexham Rhosddu (WRX)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 67429    
18/12/1954 Withdrawn Condemned as 67429    

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