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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 1892 m/e 02/1918
London and North Western Railway 2940 m/e 12/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6594   09/06/1928
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3790   26/05/1946
British Railways 63790 w/e 06/08/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L693
Works Number 21869
To Service During 02/1918
Taken into Stock 07/06/1928
Withdrawal Thu 12/03/1959 off Sheffield Darnall (41A)
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Gorton)
Service Life 41 yrs, 1 mth , 9 dys
Information Queen's Park Works

Notes
Notes Cut up at Gorton

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 02/1918
91LNWR (on loan)   12/1919
ROD     08/1921
DON Doncaster on 07/06/1928
91W To Western Region / GWR (on loan) on 24/11/1940
WFD Woodford Halse on 04/02/1943
GOR Gorton on 10/03/1943
WHL West Hartlepool on 20/03/1943
CLK Colwick on 20/01/1944
DON Doncaster on 23/01/1944
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 25/06/1945
   Withdrawn on 12/03/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 12/03/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1918 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1887)
19/12/1931 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1066)
27/01/1934 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1358)
18/04/1936 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number C1469)
26/03/1938 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3233)
27/07/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 867)
13/11/1943 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 512)
28/12/1946 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3380)
06/08/1949 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1852)
05/04/1952 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22258)
26/02/1955 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22173)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 17/03/1928 09/06/1928 85 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6594
  
Gorton Works 01/03/1930 05/04/1930 36 days General  
Gorton Works 05/12/1931 19/12/1931 15 days General
Boiler number 1066 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 13/01/1934 27/01/1934 15 days General
Boiler number 1358 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 04/04/1936 18/04/1936 15 days General
Boiler number C1469 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 19/03/1938 26/03/1938 8 days General
Boiler number 3233 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 20/07/1940 27/07/1940 8 days General
Boiler number 867 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 29/10/1943 13/11/1943 16 days General
Boiler number 512 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 23/11/1946 28/12/1946 36 days General
Boiler number 22226 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 23/07/1949 06/08/1949 15 days General
Boiler number 1852 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to BR 63790
  
Gorton Works 15/03/1952 05/04/1952 22 days General
Boiler number 22258 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 29/01/1955 26/02/1955 29 days General
Boiler number 22173 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 09/03/1959 09/03/1959 1 day No repairs  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1918 To Service To service as ROD Number 1892
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 21869
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
12/1919 Allocation      
12/1919 Renumbered Renumbered to 2940    
08/1921 Allocation      
07/06/1928 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
07/06/1928 To Stock To LNWR stock    
24/11/1940 Allocation Loaned to To Western Region / GWR (91W)    
04/02/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (WFD)    
10/03/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
20/03/1943 Allocation Reallocated to West Hartlepool (WHL)    
20/01/1944 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
23/01/1944 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
25/06/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
26/05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3790    
12/03/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 63790 from Sheffield Darnall (41A)    

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