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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 1240 m/e 12/1912
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6240   02/04/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3587   07/12/1946
British Railways 63587 w/e 10/07/1948

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 19896
To Service During 12/1912
Withdrawal Sun 23/09/1962 off Colwick (40E)
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Doncaster)
Service Life 49 yrs, 9 mths , 24 dys
Information Hyde Park Works

Notes
Notes Into Doncaster for cutting up 8/10/63

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 12/1912
IMM Immingham on 20/10/1922
KEA Keadby m/e 1923
IMM Immingham on 09/06/1924
TUX Tuxford on 18/01/1929
IMM Immingham on 02/02/1929
TUX Tuxford on 20/12/1932
LIN Lincoln on 20/05/1937
LNG Langwith Junction on 07/10/1941
DON Doncaster on 12/01/1947
FRO Frodingham on 18/01/1948
38D Staveley (G.C.) on 18/03/1951
38A Colwick on 01/01/1956
   Withdrawn on 23/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC DON Doncaster on 12/01/1947
ALLOC FRO Frodingham w/e 24/01/1948
ALLOC 38D Staveley (G.C.) m/e 31/03/1951
ALLOC 38A Colwick 4w/e 28/01/1956
WDN   on 23/09/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1912 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1506)
26/05/1917 Diagram 15Sat boiler fitted (number 1173)
29/10/1921 Ross Pop
29/10/1921 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1942)
12/05/1928 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1165)
12/07/1930 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1274)
19/11/1932 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1880)
12/10/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1089)
20/11/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 117)
09/03/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 813)
12/09/1942 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 42)
09/09/1944 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3284)
07/12/1946 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3277)
24/12/1949 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3206)
10/05/1952 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22268)
02/10/1954 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22256)
05/03/1960 Water Treatment apparatus fitted
05/03/1960 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22171)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 13/01/1917 26/05/1917 134 days General
Saturated boiler fitted
Boiler number 1173 (Diagram 15Sat)
  
Gorton Works 01/10/1921 29/10/1921 29 days General
Boiler number 1942 (Diagram 15)
Ross Pop
  
Gorton Works 19/05/1923 01/09/1923 106 days General  
Gorton Works 09/01/1926 03/04/1926 85 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6240
  
Gorton Works 07/04/1928 12/05/1928 36 days General
Boiler number 1165 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 21/06/1930 12/07/1930 22 days General
Boiler number 1274 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 05/11/1932 19/11/1932 15 days General
Boiler number 1880 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 21/09/1935 12/10/1935 22 days General
Boiler number 1089 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 13/11/1937 20/11/1937 8 days General
Boiler number 117 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 24/02/1940 09/03/1940 15 days General
Boiler number 813 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 25/08/1942 12/09/1942 19 days General
Boiler number 42 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 26/08/1944 09/09/1944 15 days General
Boiler number 3284 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 09/11/1946 07/12/1946 29 days General
Boiler number 3277 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to LNER (1946) number 3587
  
Gorton Works 12/06/1948 03/07/1948 22 days Heavy
Renumbered to BR 63587
  
Gorton Works 03/12/1949 24/12/1949 22 days General
Boiler number 3206 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 19/04/1952 10/05/1952 22 days General
Boiler number 22268 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 04/09/1954 02/10/1954 29 days General
Boiler number 22256 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 13/07/1957 24/09/1957 74 days General  
Gorton Works 30/01/1960 05/03/1960 36 days Heavy Casual
Boiler number 22171 (Diagram 15)
Water Treatment apparatus fitted
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1912 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 1240
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 19896
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
20/10/1922 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
1923 Allocation Reallocated to Keadby (KEA)    
09/06/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
18/01/1929 Allocation Reallocated to Tuxford (TUX)    
02/02/1929 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
20/12/1932 Allocation Reallocated to Tuxford (TUX)    
20/05/1937 Allocation Reallocated to Lincoln (LIN)    
07/10/1941 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (LNG)    
12/01/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
18/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
18/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Staveley (G.C.) (38D)    
01/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (38A)    
23/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 63587 from Colwick (40E)    

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