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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 1817 m/e 10/1917
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6569   04/06/1927
War Dept. 742   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 L689
Works Number 21784
To Service During 10/1917
Taken into Stock 03/06/1927
Withdrawal Sun 21/09/1941 off Frodingham (FRO)
Service Life 23 yrs, 11 mths , 22 dys
Information Queen's Park Works

Notes
Notes Renumbered 742 and sent to the Middle East via Bidston 15/10/41

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 10/1917
IMM Immingham on 03/06/1927
KEA Keadby on 07/01/1931
FRO Frodingham on 12/06/1932
   Withdrawn on 21/09/1941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
10/1917 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1050)
18/02/1933 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1959)
20/07/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number C1473)
04/09/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 933)
10/02/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3220)
09/08/1941 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1007)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 19/03/1927 04/06/1927 78 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6569
  
Gorton Works 22/02/1930 29/03/1930 36 days General  
Gorton Works 11/02/1933 18/02/1933 8 days General
Boiler number 1959 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 06/07/1935 20/07/1935 15 days General
Boiler number C1473 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 21/08/1937 04/09/1937 15 days General
Boiler number 933 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 25/06/1938 02/07/1938 8 days Light Repair
After collision
  
Gorton Works 27/01/1940 10/02/1940 15 days General
Boiler number 3220 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 04/08/1941 09/08/1941 6 days Heavy
Boiler number 1007 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 10/09/1941 20/09/1941 11 days Light Repair  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1917 To Service To service as ROD Number 1817
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 21784
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
03/06/1927 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
03/06/1927 To Stock To ROD stock    
07/01/1931 Allocation Reallocated to Keadby (KEA)    
12/06/1932 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
21/09/1941 Withdrawn Condemned as 742 from Frodingham (FRO)    
21/09/1941 Renumbered Renumbered to 742    

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