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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 338 m/e 06/1915
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5338   28/02/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 9057 on 24/03/1946
British Railways 69057 on Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class L3
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
L306/1915
Wheels 2-6-4T
Builder Gorton Works
To Service During 06/1915 to Woodford Halse (WFD)
Withdrawal Mon 10/10/1949 off Frodingham (FRO)
Service Life 34 yrs, 4 mths , 9 dys

Notes
Notes Cut up at Gorton

Allocations
Code Name From Date
WFD Woodford Halse (New) m/e 06/1915
NEA Neasden on 09/08/1925
MEX Mexborough on 01/07/1929
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 21/11/1942
MEX Mexborough on 20/02/1944
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 28/08/1946
FRO Frodingham on 09/03/1947
   Withdrawn on 10/10/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FRO Frodingham on 09/03/1947
WDN FRO Frodingham on 10/10/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1915 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 987)
30/12/1922 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 1577)
28/02/1925 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 1556)
05/05/1928 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 334)
07/02/1931 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 997)
31/03/1934 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 745)
04/07/1936 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 342)
13/01/1940 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 1673)
23/10/1943 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 60)
01/03/1947 Diagram 14 boiler fitted (number 3126)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 23/06/1917 28/07/1917 36 days General  
Gorton Works 10/01/1920 06/02/1920 28 days General  
Gorton Works 11/11/1922 30/12/1922 50 days General
Boiler number 1577 (Diagram 14)
  
Gorton Works 03/01/1925 28/02/1925 57 days General
Boiler number 1556 (Diagram 14)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5338
  
Gorton Works 03/03/1928 05/05/1928 64 days General
Boiler number 334 (Diagram 14)
  
Gorton Works 10/01/1931 07/02/1931 29 days General
Boiler number 997 (Diagram 14)
  
Gorton Works 10/02/1934 31/03/1934 50 days General
Boiler number 745 (Diagram 14)
  
Gorton Works 13/06/1936 04/07/1936 22 days General
Boiler number 342 (Diagram 14)
  
Gorton Works 09/12/1939 13/01/1940 36 days General
Boiler number 1673 (Diagram 14)
  
Gorton Works 09/09/1943 23/10/1943 45 days General
New cylinders
Boiler number 60 (Diagram 14)
  
Gorton Works 18/01/1947 01/03/1947 43 days General
Boiler number 3126 (Diagram 14)
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1915 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 338
Built at Gorton Works, Works Number
Allocated to Woodford Halse (WFD)
Diagram 14 boiler fitted		    
09/08/1925 Allocation Reallocated to Neasden (NEA)    
01/07/1929 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
21/11/1942 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
20/02/1944 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
24/03/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 9057    
28/08/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
09/03/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 69057 but not taken up    
10/10/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 9057 from Frodingham (FRO)    

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