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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 1614 m/e 05/1918
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6369   31/05/1924
War Dept. 743   19/09/1941

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Kitson
Order Number 479C
Works Number 5200
To Service During 05/1918
Taken into Stock 31/05/1924
Withdrawal Fri 19/09/1941 off March (MAR)
Service Life 23 yrs, 4 mths , 20 dys

Notes
Notes Renumbered 743 and sent to the Middle East via Swansea, 15/10/41

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 05/1918
GOR Gorton on 31/05/1924
MAR March on 16/10/1935
   Withdrawn on 19/09/1941

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1918 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1961)
20/07/1929 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1962)
11/07/1931 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1950)
21/10/1933 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 924)
14/09/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1004)
25/09/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1120)
04/11/1939 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1068)
20/09/1941 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3440)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 22/03/1924 31/05/1924 71 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6369
  
Gorton Works 19/02/1927 19/03/1927 29 days General  
Gorton Works 18/05/1929 20/07/1929 64 days General
Boiler number 1962 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 20/06/1931 11/07/1931 22 days General
Boiler number 1950 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 14/10/1933 21/10/1933 8 days General
Boiler number 924 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 24/08/1935 14/09/1935 22 days General
Boiler number 1004 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 04/09/1937 25/09/1937 22 days General
Boiler number 1120 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 21/10/1939 04/11/1939 15 days General
Boiler number 1068 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 10/09/1941 20/09/1941 11 days General
Boiler number 3440 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to WD 743
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1918 To Service To service as ROD Number 1614
Built at Kitson, Works Number 5200
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
31/05/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
31/05/1924 To Stock To LNER stock    
16/10/1935 Allocation Reallocated to March (MAR)    
19/09/1941 Withdrawn Condemned as 743 from March (MAR)    

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