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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 399 m/e 06/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5399   21/11/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3624   13/12/1946
British Railways 63624 w/e 02/09/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
O4/106/1914
O4/8 (2-8-0)14/05/1955
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Gorton Works
Order Number 435
To Service During 06/1914
Withdrawal Sun 09/12/1962 off Sheffield Darnall (41A)
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Derby)
Service Life 48 yrs, 6 mths , 8 dys

Notes
Notes Into Derby for cutting up 8/63

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 06/1914
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 01/12/1916
MEX Mexborough on 13/03/1924
ARD Ardsley on 11/08/1926
DON Doncaster on 09/10/1928
MAR March on 24/08/1933
CLK Colwick on 30/01/1936
DON Doncaster on 23/01/1944
FRO Frodingham on 02/12/1945
DON Doncaster on 07/04/1946
MEX Mexborough on 18/08/1946
DON Doncaster on 20/10/1947
40B Immingham on 25/06/1950
40E Langwith Junction on 15/03/1953
40B Immingham on 07/06/1953
39B Sheffield Darnall on 20/09/1953
   Withdrawn on 09/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FRO Frodingham m/e 31/01/1946
ALLOC DON Doncaster w/e 25/10/1947
ALLOC 40E Langwith Junction 4w/e 21/03/1953
ALLOC 40B Immingham 4w/e 13/06/1953
ALLOC 39B Sheffield Darnall 4w/e 03/10/1953
WDN   on 09/12/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1914 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 175)
12/05/1923 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1745)
21/11/1925 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1047)
06/10/1928 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1405)
13/08/1932 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1085)
14/09/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3207)
31/12/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3310)
08/06/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3315)
26/06/1943 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3236)
24/03/1945 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3250)
06/12/1947 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 809)
20/09/1952 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22295)
14/05/1955 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28880)
10/01/1959 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28307)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 08/01/1921 26/02/1921 50 days General  
Gorton Works 10/03/1923 12/05/1923 64 days General
Boiler number 1745 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 05/09/1925 21/11/1925 78 days General
Boiler number 1047 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5399
  
Gorton Works 11/08/1928 06/10/1928 57 days General
Boiler number 1405 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 28/06/1930 26/07/1930 29 days General  
Gorton Works 30/07/1932 13/08/1932 15 days General
Boiler number 1085 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 24/08/1935 14/09/1935 22 days General
Boiler number 3207 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 18/12/1937 31/12/1937 14 days General
Chimney altered
Boiler number 3310 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 25/05/1940 08/06/1940 15 days General
Boiler number 3315 (Diagram 15)
  
Stratford Works 15/05/1943 26/06/1943 43 days General
Boiler number 3236 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 03/03/1945 24/03/1945 22 days General
Boiler number 3250 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 15/11/1947 06/12/1947 22 days General
Boiler number 809 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 12/08/1950 26/08/1950 15 days General
Renumbered to BR 63624
  
Gorton Works 30/10/1951 10/11/1951 12 days Light Casual
Tender changed
  
Gorton Works 30/08/1952 20/09/1952 22 days General
Boiler number 22295 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 19/03/1955 14/05/1955 57 days General
Rebuilt to class O4/8
Boiler number 28880 (Diagram 100A)
  
Gorton Works 01/12/1956 15/12/1956 15 days Light Casual  
Gorton Works 06/12/1958 10/01/1959 36 days General
Boiler number 28307 (Diagram 100A)
  

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Stratford Works The following withdrawn locomotives (all marked 'Darlington') were in the fields behind the new Works: Nos. 5383, 7120/37, 7511/12; with the exception of No. 7137, the rest had gone on 3/4, presumably to Darlington. Nos. 5399, 5410/18, 7130/32 an 8213 (all withdrawn) which were formerly in the fields are now dumped on the road next to the stripping shop. Nos. 7131/35 were being cut up in the Paint Shop. The following W.D. 2-8-0's were newly painted and had been through shops recently:-Nos. 70867/874, 78580, 78605/675, 79205/233. By the type of lettering some appeared to have been dealt with in Belgium. Nos. 1530, 1639, 1766, 4773 an 9652 had been newly painted, prefixed 'E' and lettered 'British Railways,' while those noted renumbered (60000 added) were:-Nos. 1574, 7202, 9639 an 9659. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1914 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 399
Built at Gorton Works, Works Number
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
01/12/1916 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
13/03/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
11/08/1926 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (ARD)    
09/10/1928 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
24/08/1933 Allocation Reallocated to March (MAR)    
30/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
23/01/1944 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
02/12/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
07/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
18/08/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
13/12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3624    
20/10/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
25/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
15/03/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (40E)    
07/06/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
20/09/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (39B)    
09/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 63624 from Sheffield Darnall (41A)    

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