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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 1978 m/e 10/1918
London and North Western Railway 2885 m/e 09/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6522   27/02/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3836   24/11/1946
British Railways 63836 w/e 05/11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
O4/310/1918
O4/8 (2-8-0)21/10/1944
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L704
Works Number 22036
To Service During 10/1918
Taken into Stock 27/02/1926
Withdrawal Wed 29/04/1964 off Frodingham (36C)
Service Life 45 yrs, 6 mths , 30 dys
Information Hyde Park Works

Disposal
Scrapping W.E.Smiths (Ecclesfield)

Notes
Notes Sold for scrap to Smiths, Ecclesfleld, 6/64

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1918
91LNWR   (on loan)   09/1919
ROD       08/1921
GOR   Gorton on 25/02/1926
CLK   Colwick on 05/03/1926
LNG   Langwith Junction on 25/02/1935
MAR   March on 20/11/1936
CAM   Cambridge on 22/12/1947
DON   Doncaster on 01/12/1949
DON   Doncaster w/e 03/12/1949
IMM   Immingham on 18/12/1949
IMM   Immingham w/e 24/12/1949
36D   Barnsley on 02/02/1958
36C   Frodingham on 25/10/1959
     Withdrawn on 29/04/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CAM Cambridge w/e 27/12/1947
ALLOC DON Doncaster w/e 03/12/1949
ALLOC IMM Immingham w/e 24/12/1949
ALLOC 36D Barnsley 4w/e 22/02/1958
ALLOC 36C Frodingham 4w/e 31/10/1959
WDN   on 29/04/1964

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
10/1918 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1085)
10/06/1932 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1289)
18/08/1934 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1951)
07/08/1936 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3256)
02/07/1938 Fountain lubrication fitted (axleboxes)
02/07/1938 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3336)
25/05/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1235)
22/08/1942 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3392)
21/10/1944 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 5025)
26/10/1947 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 5017)
05/11/1949 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 5034)
12/04/1952 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28376)
17/04/1954 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28368)
29/06/1957 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28879)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Gorton Works 21/01/1926 27/02/1926 38 days General Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6522
 
Gorton Works 02/03/1929 27/04/1929 57 days General    
Gorton Works 25/04/1932 10/06/1932 47 days General Boiler number 1289 (Diagram 15)
 
Gorton Works 23/07/1934 18/08/1934 27 days General Boiler number 1951 (Diagram 15)
 
Gorton Works 14/07/1936 07/08/1936 25 days General Boiler number 3256 (Diagram 15)
 
Gorton Works 16/05/1938 02/07/1938 48 days General Boiler number 3336 (Diagram 15)
Fountain lubrication fitted (axleboxes)
 
Gorton Works 28/04/1940 25/05/1940 28 days General Boiler number 1235 (Diagram 15)
 
Stratford Works 06/07/1942 22/08/1942 48 days General Boiler number 3392 (Diagram 15)
 
Gorton Works 27/08/1944 21/10/1944 56 days General Rebuilt to class O4/8
Boiler number 5025 (Diagram 100A)
 
Gorton Works 21/02/1945 07/04/1945 46 days Light Repair    
Gorton Works 13/09/1947 26/10/1947 44 days General Boiler number 5017 (Diagram 100A)
 
Gorton Works 29/09/1949 05/11/1949 38 days General Boiler number 5034 (Diagram 100A)
Renumbered to BR 63836
 
Gorton Works 09/11/1949 11/11/1949 3 days Unclassified    
Gorton Works 07/03/1952 12/04/1952 37 days General Boiler number 28376 (Diagram 100A)
 
Gorton Works 20/04/1952 24/04/1952 5 days Unclassified    
Gorton Works 22/03/1954 17/04/1954 27 days General Boiler number 28368 (Diagram 100A)
 
Gorton Works 11/05/1957 29/06/1957 50 days General Boiler number 28879 (Diagram 100A)
 
Gorton Works 16/09/1961 21/10/1961 36 days Heavy Casual    

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
03/05/1964 Doncaster Works (Waiting Works) Near Erecting Shop: E3101-4 bodies. Works Yard: D1562 damaged, 68925, DEP100, D5513, D5593, D5815, D5816, D6734, D6737, D6757, D8234. Inside Erecting Shop: 12103, D1695, D2212, D2216, D2572, D3631, D4061, D5052, D5526, D5575, D5582, D5601, D5688, D5693, D5814, D5820, D5831, D5838, D6720, D6744, D8211, D8239, D8400, D9015. Side of Stripping Shop: D3446. Side of Erecting Shop: 63601. Waiting Cutting Up: 90263. Stripping Shop: D1508, D3484, D5564, D5603, D9008. Outside Weigh Shop: D380 ex works, D2013 ex works, D1509, D4031, D5573, D5631. Inside Paint Shop: LNER 4771, E1217, D2563, D6898. Waiting Works: 61104, 63594, 63645, 63836, 90717. Ex Works: D5528. Stored: 61080, 90111, 90165, 90583, 92169, 92170, 92175. SLS/196406
07/06/1964 Doncaster Shed (Waiting Works) Waiting Works: D2233, 61104, 63594, 63645/7, 63836, 90717 SLS/196407

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1918 To Service To service as ROD Number 1978
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 22036
Diagram 15 boiler fitted
   
09/1919 Allocation      
09/1919 Renumbered Renumbered to 2885    
08/1921 Allocation      
21/01/1926 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 21/01/1926. Dep: 27/02/1926.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6522
   
25/02/1926 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
27/02/1926 To Stock To LNER stock    
05/03/1926 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
02/03/1929 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 02/03/1929. Dep: 27/04/1929.    
25/04/1932 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 25/04/1932. Dep: 10/06/1932.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 1289 (Diagram 15)
   
23/07/1934 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 23/07/1934. Dep: 18/08/1934.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 1951 (Diagram 15)
   
25/02/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (LNG)    
14/07/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 14/07/1936. Dep: 07/08/1936.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3256 (Diagram 15)
   
20/11/1936 Allocation Reallocated to March (MAR)    
16/05/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 16/05/1938. Dep: 02/07/1938.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3336 (Diagram 15)
Fountain lubrication fitted (axleboxes)
   
28/04/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 28/04/1940. Dep: 25/05/1940.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 1235 (Diagram 15)
   
06/07/1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Stratford Works (General) - Arr: 06/07/1942. Dep: 22/08/1942.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 3392 (Diagram 15)
   
27/08/1944 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 27/08/1944. Dep: 21/10/1944.
Work undertaken:
Rebuilt to class O4/8
Boiler number 5025 (Diagram 100A)
   
21/02/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 21/02/1945. Dep: 07/04/1945.    
24/11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3836    
13/09/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 13/09/1947. Dep: 26/10/1947.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 5017 (Diagram 100A)
   
22/12/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (CAM)    
29/09/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 29/09/1949. Dep: 05/11/1949.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 5034 (Diagram 100A)
Renumbered to BR 63836
   
09/11/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 09/11/1949. Dep: 11/11/1949.    
01/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
03/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
18/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
24/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
07/03/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 07/03/1952. Dep: 12/04/1952.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28376 (Diagram 100A)
   
20/04/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 20/04/1952. Dep: 24/04/1952.    
22/03/1954 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 22/03/1954. Dep: 17/04/1954.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28368 (Diagram 100A)
   
11/05/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (General) - Arr: 11/05/1957. Dep: 29/06/1957.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 28879 (Diagram 100A)
   
02/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Barnsley (36D)    
25/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (36C)    
16/09/1961 Works Visit Works Visit - Gorton Works (Heavy Casual) - Arr: 16/09/1961. Dep: 21/10/1961.    
29/04/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 63836 from Frodingham (36C)    

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