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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 1645 m/e 06/1919
London and North Western Railway 2858 m/e 09/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6331   07/06/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3721   09/09/1946
British Railways 63721 w/e 13/08/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
O4/306/1919
O4/8 (2-8-0)10/04/1954
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
Order Number E108
Works Number 3753
To Service During 06/1919
Taken into Stock 07/06/1924
Withdrawal w/e Sat 03/11/1962 off Gorton (9G)
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Gorton)
Service Life 43 yrs, 5 mths , 3 dys

Notes
Notes Into Gorton for cutting up 11/62

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 06/1919
91LNWR (on loan)   09/1919
ROD     08/1921
GOR Gorton on 05/06/1924
CLK Colwick on 03/06/1945
DON Doncaster on 24/11/1946
CLK Colwick on 01/12/1946
ANN Annesley on 23/05/1948
CLK Colwick on 19/09/1948
ANN Annesley on 04/12/1949
39A Gorton on 22/10/1950
   Withdrawn w/e 03/11/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC DON Doncaster on 24/11/1946
ALLOC CLK Colwick on 01/12/1946
ALLOC ANN Annesley w/e 29/05/1948
ALLOC CLK Colwick w/e 25/09/1948
ALLOC ANN Annesley w/e 10/12/1949
ALLOC 39A Gorton w/e 28/10/1950
LOAN 9H Gorton on 01/02/1958
ALLOC 9H Gorton on 23/02/1958
WDN   w/e 03/11/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1919 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1213)
13/07/1929 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1873)
02/05/1931 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1886)
29/07/1933 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 117)
10/08/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1120)
10/08/1935 Intensifore lubricator removed
28/08/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 934)
28/12/1942 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1133)
26/05/1945 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3242)
18/10/1947 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1858)
13/08/1949 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3219)
19/01/1952 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22235)
10/04/1954 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28856)
20/10/1956 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28340)
17/12/1960 Diagram 100A boiler fitted (number 28448)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 29/03/1924 07/06/1924 71 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6331
  
Gorton Works 19/03/1927 30/04/1927 43 days General  
Gorton Works 18/05/1929 13/07/1929 57 days General
Boiler number 1873 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 18/04/1931 02/05/1931 15 days General
Boiler number 1886 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 22/07/1933 29/07/1933 8 days General
Boiler number 117 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 27/07/1935 10/08/1935 15 days General
Boiler number 1120 (Diagram 15)
Intensifore lubricator removed
  
Gorton Works 14/08/1937 28/08/1937 15 days General
Boiler number 934 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 02/12/1939 16/12/1939 15 days General  
Gorton Works 16/11/1942 28/12/1942 43 days General
Boiler number 1133 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 05/05/1945 26/05/1945 22 days General
Boiler number 3242 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 20/09/1947 18/10/1947 29 days General
Boiler number 1858 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 30/07/1949 13/08/1949 15 days General
Boiler number 3219 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to BR 63721
  
Gorton Works 29/12/1951 19/01/1952 22 days General
Boiler number 22235 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 22/01/1952 24/01/1952 3 days Unclassified  
Gorton Works 20/02/1954 10/04/1954 50 days General
Rebuilt to class O4/8
Boiler number 28856 (Diagram 100A)
  
Gorton Works 22/09/1956 20/10/1956 29 days General
Boiler number 28340 (Diagram 100A)
  
Gorton Works 22/04/1958 24/05/1958 33 days Light Casual  
Gorton Works 31/01/1959 21/02/1959 22 days Light Casual  
Gorton Works 05/11/1960 17/12/1960 43 days General
Boiler number 28448 (Diagram 100A)
  

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1959 Swindon Works (Scrapyard) Scrapyard1401/23/9/37/56/7/57, 2254, 2812/23/5/30/3, 4200/26/61, 4377, 4540/53/84, 5315/55/82/6/8/90, 5566, 5703/8/33/43, 5810, 6318/22/8/31/4/54, 6409/28, 6721/3/7/43, 7738. SLS/195907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1919 To Service To service as ROD Number 1645
Built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd, Works Number 3753
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
09/1919 Allocation      
09/1919 Renumbered Renumbered to 2858    
08/1921 Allocation      
05/06/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
07/06/1924 To Stock To LNER stock    
03/06/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
09/09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3721    
24/11/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
01/12/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
23/05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
19/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
04/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
22/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (39A)    
03/11/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 63721 from Gorton (9G)    

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