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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 1638 m/e 07/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6330   05/07/1924
War Dept. 744   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 E109
Works Number 3757
To Service During 07/1919
Taken into Stock 05/07/1924
Withdrawal Fri 19/09/1941 off Gorton (GOR)
Service Life 22 yrs, 2 mths , 20 dys

Notes
Notes Renumbered 744 and sent to the Middle East via Swansea, 15/10/41

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 07/1919
GOR Gorton on 03/07/1924
   Withdrawn on 19/09/1941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
07/1919 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1162)
04/10/1930 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1026)
30/07/1932 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1340)
19/05/1934 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1310)
13/06/1936 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3244)
13/06/1936 Fountain lubrication fitted (axleboxes)
28/01/1939 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3215)
20/09/1941 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3273)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 05/04/1924 05/07/1924 92 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 6330
  
Gorton Works 20/11/1926 15/01/1927 57 days General  
Gorton Works 09/06/1928 14/07/1928 36 days General  
Gorton Works 30/08/1930 04/10/1930 36 days General
Boiler number 1026 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 09/07/1932 30/07/1932 22 days General
Boiler number 1340 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 12/05/1934 19/05/1934 8 days General
Boiler number 1310 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 07/07/1934 14/07/1934 8 days Light Repair
After collision
  
Gorton Works 30/05/1936 13/06/1936 15 days General
Boiler number 3244 (Diagram 15)
Fountain lubrication fitted (axleboxes)
  
Gorton Works 07/01/1939 28/01/1939 22 days General
Boiler number 3215 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 08/09/1941 20/09/1941 13 days General
Boiler number 3273 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to WD 744
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1919 To Service To service as ROD Number 1638
Built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd, Works Number 3757
Diagram 15 boiler fitted		    
03/07/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
05/07/1924 To Stock To LNER stock    
19/09/1941 Withdrawn Condemned as 744 from Gorton (GOR)    

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