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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 1684 m/e 07/1918
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6498   09/07/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3701   19/05/1946
British Railways 63701 w/e 30/09/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
Order Number E105
Works Number 3728
To Service During 07/1918
Taken into Stock 09/07/1925
Withdrawal Sun 01/08/1965 off Langwith Junction (41J)
Scrapping Mon 29/11/1965 at Drapers (Hull)
Service Life 47 yrs, 1 mth , 2 dys

Notes
Notes Sold for scrap to A Draper, Hull 9/65. Cut up 29/11/65

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 07/1918
GOR Gorton on 09/07/1925
DON Doncaster on 21/07/1925
NWE New England on 11/01/1926
MAR March on 01/03/1929
CAM Cambridge on 25/10/1931
MAR March on 16/03/1942
36B Mexborough on 28/10/1951
41H Staveley (G.C.) on 11/02/1962
41J Langwith Junction on 13/06/1965
   Withdrawn on 01/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 36B Mexborough w/e 03/11/1951
ALLOC 41H Staveley (G.C.) 5w/e 10/03/1962
ALLOC 41J Langwith Junction 2w/e 26/06/1965
WDN   w/e 01/08/1965

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1918 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1193)
27/01/1931 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1944)
22/10/1932 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1002)
01/02/1936 Fountain lubrication fitted (axleboxes)
01/02/1936 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1949)
13/08/1938 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1062)
23/11/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3242)
27/02/1943 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1275)
18/08/1945 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3425)
14/11/1947 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 949)
23/09/1950 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22108)
28/02/1953 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22140)
26/01/1957 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22240)
24/08/1961 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22194)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 04/04/1925 09/07/1925 97 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6498
  
Gorton Works 03/11/1928 21/12/1928 49 days General  
Gorton Works 04/11/1931 27/01/1931 -280 days General  
Gorton Works 08/09/1932 22/10/1932 45 days General
Boiler number 1002 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 16/12/1935 01/02/1936 48 days General
Boiler number 1949 (Diagram 15)
Fountain lubrication fitted (axleboxes)
  
Gorton Works 21/06/1938 13/08/1938 54 days General
Boiler number 1062 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 29/10/1940 23/11/1940 26 days General
Boiler number 3242 (Diagram 15)
  
Stratford Works 20/12/1942 27/02/1943 70 days General
Boiler number 1275 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 10/06/1945 18/08/1945 70 days General
Boiler number 3425 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 20/09/1947 14/11/1947 56 days General
Boiler number 949 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 21/08/1950 23/09/1950 34 days General
Boiler number 22108 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to BR 63701
  
Gorton Works 03/02/1953 28/02/1953 26 days General
Boiler number 22140 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 17/12/1956 26/01/1957 41 days General
Boiler number 22240 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 05/06/1961 24/08/1961 81 days General
Boiler number 22194 (Diagram 15)
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1918 To Service To service as ROD Number 1684
Built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd, Works Number 3728
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
09/07/1925 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
09/07/1925 To Stock To LNER stock    
21/07/1925 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
11/01/1926 Allocation Reallocated to New England (NWE)    
01/03/1929 Allocation Reallocated to March (MAR)    
27/01/1931 Modification Diagram 15 number 1944 boiler fitted    
25/10/1931 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (CAM)    
16/03/1942 Allocation Reallocated to March (MAR)    
19/05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3701    
28/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (36B)    
11/02/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Staveley (G.C.) (41H)    
13/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (41J)    
01/08/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 63701 from Langwith Junction (41J)    

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