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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 1239 m/e 12/1912
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6239   02/02/1924
War Dept. 705   21/09/1941

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L496
Works Number 19895
To Service During 12/1912 to Gorton (GOR)
Withdrawal Sun 21/09/1941 off Frodingham (FRO)
Service Life 28 yrs, 9 mths , 22 dys
Information Hyde Park Works

Notes
Notes Renumbered 705 and sent to Middle East via Birkenhead, 19/9/41

Allocations
Code Name From Date
GOR Gorton (New) m/e 12/1912
ANN Annesley on 16/02/1924
FRO Frodingham on 28/09/1939
   Withdrawn on 21/09/1941

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1912 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1505)
06/04/1918 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1480)
09/07/1921 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1888)
12/01/1929 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1877)
11/04/1931 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1456)
06/05/1933 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 857)
03/08/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1838)
05/06/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1020)
03/06/1939 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1961)
30/08/1941 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1367)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 20/10/1917 06/04/1918 169 days General
Boiler number 1480 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 04/06/1921 09/07/1921 36 days General
Boiler number 1888 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 24/11/1923 02/02/1924 71 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6239
  
Gorton Works 31/07/1926 30/10/1926 92 days General  
Gorton Works 20/10/1928 12/01/1929 85 days General
Boiler number 1877 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 21/03/1931 11/04/1931 22 days General
Boiler number 1456 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 22/04/1933 06/05/1933 15 days General
Boiler number 857 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 20/07/1935 03/08/1935 15 days General
Boiler number 1838 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 15/05/1937 05/06/1937 22 days General
Boiler number 1020 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 13/05/1939 03/06/1939 22 days General
Boiler number 1961 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 18/08/1941 30/08/1941 13 days General
Boiler number 1367 (Diagram 15)
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1912 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 1239
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 19895
Allocated to Gorton (GOR)
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
16/02/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
28/09/1939 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
21/09/1941 Withdrawn Condemned as 705 from Frodingham (FRO)    
21/09/1941 Renumbered Renumbered to 705    

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