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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 1190 m/e 07/1912
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6190   20/12/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3537   14/06/1946
London and North Eastern Railway (1947) 3693 on 01/02/1947
British Railways 63693 w/e 10/02/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Kitson
Order Number 415X
Works Number 4898
To Service During 07/1912
Withdrawal Mon 19/11/1962 off Frodingham (36C)
Scrapping Round Oak Steelworks (Brierly Hill)
Service Life 50 yrs, 4 mths , 20 dys

Notes
Notes Sold for scrap to Round Oak Steel, Brierley Hill, 2/64

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 07/1912
MEX Mexborough on 20/08/1912
FRO Frodingham on 16/09/1945
DON Doncaster on 07/04/1946
40B Immingham on 25/06/1950
36B Mexborough on 09/12/1951
36A Doncaster on 22/03/1959
36C Frodingham on 16/09/1962
   Withdrawn on 19/11/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 36B Mexborough 4w/e 29/12/1951
ALLOC 36A Doncaster 4w/e 18/04/1959
ALLOC 36C Frodingham 4w/e 06/10/1962
WDN   on 25/11/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1912 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1456)
02/02/1918 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1466)
04/03/1922 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1144)
03/11/1923 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1952)
17/09/1927 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 813)
09/09/1931 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1224)
28/04/1934 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 818)
28/04/1934 Fountain lubrication fitted (axleboxes)
16/01/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1224)
23/03/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3390)
10/10/1942 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 805)
19/08/1944 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3264)
10/05/1947 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3371)
10/02/1951 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22162)
12/12/1953 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22224)
19/10/1957 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22880)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 18/08/1917 02/02/1918 169 days General
Boiler number 1466 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 28/01/1922 04/03/1922 36 days General
Boiler number 1144 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 04/08/1923 03/11/1923 92 days General
Boiler number 1952 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 08/11/1924 20/12/1924 43 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6190
  
Gorton Works 25/06/1927 17/09/1927 85 days General
Boiler number 813 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 04/05/1929 08/06/1929 36 days General  
Gorton Works 29/08/1931 09/09/1931 12 days General
Boiler number 1224 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 14/04/1934 28/04/1934 15 days General
Boiler number 818 (Diagram 15)
Fountain lubrication fitted (axleboxes)
  
Gorton Works 31/12/1936 16/01/1937 17 days General
Boiler number 1224 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 02/03/1940 23/03/1940 22 days General
Boiler number 3390 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 23/09/1942 10/10/1942 18 days General
Boiler number 805 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 05/08/1944 19/08/1944 15 days General
Boiler number 3264 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 12/04/1947 10/05/1947 29 days General
Boiler number 3371 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 27/01/1951 10/02/1951 15 days General
Boiler number 22162 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to BR 63693
  
Gorton Works 10/11/1951 17/11/1951 8 days Light Casual
After collision
  
Gorton Works 21/11/1953 12/12/1953 22 days General
Boiler number 22224 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 21/09/1957 19/10/1957 29 days General
Boiler number 22880 (Diagram 15)
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1912 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 1190
Built at Kitson, Works Number 4898
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
20/08/1912 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
16/09/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
07/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
14/06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3537    
01/02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3693    
25/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
09/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (36B)    
22/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (36A)    
16/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (36C)    
19/11/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 63693 from Frodingham (36C)    

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