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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 1221 m/e 10/1912
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6221   06/02/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3568   01/12/1946
London and North Eastern Railway (1947) 3805 on 09/02/1947
British Railways 63805 w/e 26/11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
O4/110/1912
O4/8 (2-8-0)19/06/1954
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L496
Works Number 19877
To Service During 10/1912
Withdrawal w/e Sat 03/11/1962 off Gorton (9G)
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Gorton)
Service Life 50 yrs, 1 mth , 4 dys
Information Hyde Park Works

Notes
Notes Into Gorton for cutting up 11/62

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 10/1912
ANN Annesley m/e 11/1912
GOR Gorton on 19/02/1948
ANN Annesley on 07/03/1948
STV Staveley (G.C.) on 05/12/1948
38B Annesley on 05/02/1950
39A Gorton on 02/07/1950
   Withdrawn w/e 03/11/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GOR Gorton w/e 21/02/1948
ALLOC ANN Annesley w/e 13/03/1948
ALLOC STV Staveley (G.C.) w/e 11/12/1948
ALLOC 38B Annesley w/e 11/02/1950
ALLOC 39A Gorton w/e 02/07/1950
LOAN 9H Gorton on 01/02/1958
ALLOC 9H Gorton on 23/02/1958
WDN   w/e 03/11/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
10/1912 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 1487)
26/10/1918 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 1512)
06/02/1926 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 1487)
11/10/1930 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 1057)
18/03/1933 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 1853)
16/03/1935 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 862)
30/01/1937 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 1256)
24/12/1938 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 1868)
30/11/1940 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 3333)
25/08/1945 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 3432)
04/10/1947 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 3206)
26/11/1949 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 3400)
29/03/1952 Diagram 15A boiler fitted (number 22255)
19/06/1954 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28376)
26/01/1957 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28326)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 18/05/1918 26/10/1918 162 days General
Boiler number 1512 (Diagram 15A)
  
Gorton Works 08/01/1921 12/02/1921 36 days General  
Gorton Works 23/06/1923 15/09/1923 85 days General  
Gorton Works 28/11/1925 06/02/1926 71 days General
Boiler number 1487 (Diagram 15A)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6221
  
Gorton Works 31/03/1928 12/05/1928 43 days General  
Gorton Works 06/09/1930 11/10/1930 36 days General
Boiler number 1057 (Diagram 15A)
  
Gorton Works 04/03/1933 18/03/1933 15 days General
Boiler number 1853 (Diagram 15A)
  
Gorton Works 09/03/1935 16/03/1935 8 days General
Boiler number 862 (Diagram 15A)
  
Gorton Works 16/01/1937 30/01/1937 15 days General
Boiler number 1256 (Diagram 15A)
  
Gorton Works 10/12/1938 24/12/1938 15 days General
Boiler number 1868 (Diagram 15A)
  
Gorton Works 23/11/1940 30/11/1940 8 days General
Boiler number 3333 (Diagram 15A)
  
Stratford Works 24/03/1943 28/04/1943 36 days General  
Gorton Works 04/08/1945 25/08/1945 22 days General
Boiler number 3432 (Diagram 15A)
  
Gorton Works 13/09/1947 04/10/1947 22 days General
Boiler number 3206 (Diagram 15A)
  
Gorton Works 05/11/1949 26/11/1949 22 days General
Boiler number 3400 (Diagram 15A)
Renumbered to BR 63805
  
Gorton Works 15/03/1952 29/03/1952 15 days General
Boiler number 22255 (Diagram 15A)
  
Gorton Works 17/04/1954 19/06/1954 64 days General
Rebuilt to class O4/8
Boiler number 28376 (Diagram 100A)
  
Gorton Works 26/10/1954 29/10/1954 4 days Light Casual  
Gorton Works 05/01/1957 26/01/1957 22 days General
Boiler number 28326 (Diagram 100A)
  
Gorton Works 14/06/1958 05/07/1958 22 days Light Casual  
Gorton Works 08/10/1960 12/11/1960 36 days Heavy Intermediate  

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
11/12/1960 Gorton MPD Ex-Works on Gorton (9G) Shed: 63617, 63744, 63805, 64354, 90111. SLS/196102

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1912 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 1221
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 19877
Diagram 15A boiler fitted		    
11/1912 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
01/12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3568    
09/02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3805    
19/02/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
07/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
05/12/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Staveley (G.C.) (STV)    
05/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (38B)    
02/07/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (39A)    
03/11/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 63805 from Gorton (9G)    

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