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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 397 m/e 05/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5397   07/02/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3622   27/10/1946
British Railways 63622 w/e 02/10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Gorton Works
Order Number 435
To Service During 05/1914
Withdrawal Wed 01/05/1963 off Langwith Junction (41J)
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Doncaster)
Service Life 49 yrs , 1 dy

Notes
Notes Into Doncaster for cutting up 5/6/63

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 05/1914
MEX Mexborough on 11/05/1917
ARD Ardsley on 11/08/1926
DON Doncaster on 07/09/1928
NWE New England on 19/10/1933
DON Doncaster on 08/11/1934
MEX Mexborough on 04/08/1940
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 27/04/1947
40D Tuxford on 09/01/1955
41J Langwith Junction on 01/02/1959
41G Barnsley on 29/11/1959
41F Mexborough on 03/01/1960
41J Langwith Junction on 03/09/1961
   Withdrawn on 01/05/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SHF Sheffield Darnall on 27/04/1947
ALLOC 40D Tuxford 4w/e 29/01/1955
ALLOC 41J Langwith Junction 4w/e 21/02/1959
ALLOC 41G Barnsley 4w/e 26/12/1959
ALLOC 41F Mexborough 4w/e 23/01/1960
ALLOC 41J Langwith Junction 5w/e 07/10/1961
WDN   on 01/05/1963

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1914 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 154)
16/05/1922 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1528)
07/02/1924 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1039)
17/07/1930 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1135)
13/08/1932 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 514)
22/11/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1006)
15/01/1938 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3207)
17/02/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1945)
27/02/1943 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1267)
12/01/1946 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1039)
02/10/1948 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3337)
30/06/1951 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22194)
16/01/1954 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22203)
29/09/1956 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22204)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 11/02/1922 16/05/1922 95 days General
Boiler number 1528 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 17/11/1923 07/02/1924 83 days General
Boiler number 1039 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5397
  
Gorton Works 19/02/1925 06/04/1925 47 days General  
Gorton Works 29/06/1928 23/08/1928 56 days General  
Gorton Works 19/05/1930 17/07/1930 60 days General
Boiler number 1135 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 06/07/1932 13/08/1932 39 days General
Boiler number 514 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 08/10/1935 22/11/1935 46 days General
Boiler number 1006 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 15/12/1937 15/01/1938 32 days General
Boiler number 3207 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 08/01/1940 17/02/1940 41 days General
Boiler number 1945 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 15/01/1943 27/02/1943 44 days General
Boiler number 1267 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 20/11/1945 12/01/1946 54 days General
Boiler number 1039 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 31/08/1948 02/10/1948 33 days General
Boiler number 3337 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to BR 63622
  
Gorton Works 30/05/1951 30/06/1951 32 days General
Boiler number 22194 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 05/07/1951 18/07/1951 14 days Unclassified  
Gorton Works 14/12/1953 16/01/1954 34 days General
Boiler number 22203 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 19/01/1954 23/01/1954 5 days Unclassified  
Gorton Works 15/08/1956 29/09/1956 46 days General
Boiler number 22204 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 09/04/1958 17/05/1958 39 days Light Casual  
Gorton Works 26/04/1960 28/05/1960 33 days Heavy Intermediate  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1914 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 397
Built at Gorton Works, Works Number
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
11/05/1917 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
11/08/1926 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (ARD)    
07/09/1928 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
19/10/1933 Allocation Reallocated to New England (NWE)    
08/11/1934 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
04/08/1940 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
27/10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3622    
27/04/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
09/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Tuxford (40D)    
01/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (41J)    
29/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Barnsley (41G)    
03/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (41F)    
03/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (41J)    
01/05/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 63622 from Langwith Junction (41J)    

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