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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 1690 m/e 12/1918
London and North Western Railway 2916 m/e 12/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6335   28/06/1924
War Dept. 740   19/09/1941

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
Order Number E107
Works Number 3738
To Service During 12/1918
Taken into Stock 28/06/1924
Withdrawal Fri 19/09/1941 off Staveley (G.C.) (STV)
Service Life 22 yrs, 9 mths , 20 dys

Notes
Notes Renumbered 740 and sent to the Middle East via Bidston 15/10/41
Lost at sea

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 12/1918
91LNWR (on loan)   12/1919
ROD     08/1921
GOR Gorton on 26/06/1924
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 01/07/1924
STV Staveley (G.C.) on 01/02/1934
   Withdrawn on 19/09/1941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
12/1918 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1340)
29/06/1929 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 111)
28/03/1931 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 934)
24/06/1933 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1273)
27/07/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1866)
02/10/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 854)
18/05/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1006)
20/09/1941 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 818)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 26/04/1924 28/06/1924 64 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6335
  
Gorton Works 13/11/1926 31/12/1926 49 days General  
Gorton Works 02/03/1929 29/06/1929 120 days General
Boiler number 111 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 14/03/1931 28/03/1931 15 days General
Boiler number 934 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 03/06/1933 24/06/1933 22 days General
Boiler number 1273 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 13/07/1935 27/07/1935 15 days General
Boiler number 1866 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 04/09/1937 02/10/1937 29 days General
Boiler number 854 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 22/01/1938 29/01/1938 8 days Light Repair
After collision
  
Gorton Works 04/05/1940 18/05/1940 15 days General
Boiler number 1006 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 08/09/1941 20/09/1941 13 days General
Boiler number 818 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to WD 740
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1918 To Service To service as ROD Number 1690
Built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd, Works Number 3738
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
12/1919 Allocation      
12/1919 Renumbered Renumbered to 2916    
08/1921 Allocation      
26/06/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
28/06/1924 To Stock To LNER stock    
01/07/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
01/02/1934 Allocation Reallocated to Staveley (G.C.) (STV)    
19/09/1941 Withdrawn Condemned as 740 from Staveley (G.C.) (STV)    

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