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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 462 m/e 04/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3462   21/06/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3480   27/10/1946
British Railways 63480 w/e 23/04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class O3
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
O304/1919
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L705
Works Number 22060
To Service During 04/1919 to New England (NWE)
Withdrawal Mon 26/03/1951 off Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) (36E)
Scrapping During 03/1951 at Locomotive Works (Doncaster)
Service Life 31 yrs, 11 mths , 23 dys

Allocations
Code Name From Date
DON Doncaster on 25/06/1900
NWE New England (New) m/e 04/1919
GRA Grantham on 13/11/1942
DON Doncaster on 25/06/1945
FRO Frodingham on 07/04/1946
DON Doncaster on 18/01/1948
IMM Immingham on 30/05/1948
36E Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) on 18/03/1951
   Withdrawn on 26/03/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC DON Doncaster w/e 24/01/1948
ALLOC IMM Immingham w/e 05/06/1948
ALLOC 36A Doncaster m/e 30/06/1950
WDN   on 26/03/1951
ALLOC 36E Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) m/e 31/03/1951

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1919 Diagram 2 boiler fitted (number 7511)
21/06/1924 Diagram 2 boiler fitted (number 7717)
12/08/1933 Diagram 2 boiler fitted (number 7503)
07/07/1937 Diagram 2 boiler fitted (number 8463)
23/11/1940 Diagram 2 boiler fitted (number 9246)
22/04/1949 Diagram 2 boiler fitted (number 9467)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Doncaster Works 03/05/1921 03/09/1921 124 days General  
Doncaster Works 02/02/1924 21/06/1924 141 days General
Boiler number 7717 (Diagram 2)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 3462
  
Doncaster Works 03/05/1926 04/11/1926 186 days General  
Doncaster Works 25/10/1928 22/12/1928 59 days General  
Doncaster Works 15/11/1930 25/02/1931 103 days General  
Gorton Works 01/04/1933 12/08/1933 134 days General
Boiler number 7503 (Diagram 2)
  
Doncaster Works 31/05/1935 13/08/1935 75 days General  
Doncaster Works 08/04/1937 07/07/1937 91 days General
Boiler number 8463 (Diagram 2)
  
Doncaster Works 01/08/1939 06/10/1939 67 days General  
Doncaster Works 08/09/1940 23/11/1940 77 days General
Air raid damage
Boiler number 9246 (Diagram 2)
  
Doncaster Works 04/02/1943 30/03/1943 55 days General  
Doncaster Works 31/01/1945 16/03/1945 45 days General  
Doncaster Works 02/02/1947 08/03/1947 35 days General  
Doncaster Works 26/03/1949 22/04/1949 28 days General
Boiler number 9467 (Diagram 2)
Renumbered to BR 63480
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
25/06/1900 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
04/1919 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 462
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 22060
Allocated to New England (NWE)
Diagram 2 boiler fitted		    
13/11/1942 Allocation Reallocated to Grantham (GRA)    
25/06/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
07/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
27/10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3480    
18/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
30/05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
18/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) (36E)    
26/03/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 63480 from Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) (36E)    

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