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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 1632 m/e 10/1918
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6362   22/03/1924
War Dept. 779   18/10/1941

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Kitson
Order Number 479C
Works Number 5218
To Service During 10/1918
Taken into Stock 22/03/1924
Withdrawal Sat 18/10/1941 off Frodingham (FRO)
Service Life 23 yrs , 18 dys

Notes
Notes Renumbered 779 and sent to the Middle East

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 10/1918
GOR Gorton on 29/03/1924
DON Doncaster on 13/12/1924
IMM Immingham on 07/12/1929
KEA Keadby on 17/03/1932
FRO Frodingham on 12/06/1932
   Withdrawn on 18/10/1941

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
10/1918 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1336)
06/12/1924 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1404)
30/11/1929 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1363)
06/02/1932 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1438)
13/10/1934 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1181)
30/01/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 549)
22/07/1939 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3243)
11/10/1941 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3353)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 08/03/1924 22/03/1924 15 days Light Repair
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6362
  
Gorton Works 02/08/1924 06/12/1924 127 days General
Boiler number 1404 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 04/06/1927 23/07/1927 50 days General  
Gorton Works 19/10/1929 30/11/1929 43 days General
Boiler number 1363 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 23/01/1932 06/02/1932 15 days General
Boiler number 1438 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 06/10/1934 13/10/1934 8 days General
Boiler number 1181 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 16/01/1937 30/01/1937 15 days General
Boiler number 549 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 08/07/1939 22/07/1939 15 days General
Boiler number 3243 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 29/09/1941 11/10/1941 13 days General
Boiler number 3353 (Diagram 15)
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1918 To Service To service as ROD Number 1632
Built at Kitson, Works Number 5218
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
22/03/1924 To Stock To LNER stock    
29/03/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
13/12/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
07/12/1929 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
17/03/1932 Allocation Reallocated to Keadby (KEA)    
12/06/1932 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
18/10/1941 Withdrawn Condemned as 779 from Frodingham (FRO)    
18/10/1941 Renumbered Renumbered to 779    

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