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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 15 m/e 12/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5015   29/08/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3917   18/08/1946
British Railways 63917 w/e 08/05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
O512/1920
O4/6 (2-8-0)29/06/1935
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Gorton Works
Order Number 622
To Service During 12/1920
Withdrawal Tue 05/06/1962 off Frodingham (36C)
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Gorton)
Service Life 41 yrs, 6 mths , 6 dys

Notes
Notes Cut up at Gorton

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 12/1920
MEX Mexborough on 03/03/1924
SHF Sheffield Darnall on 27/04/1947
IMM Immingham on 04/10/1947
FRO Frodingham on 10/12/1949
   Withdrawn on 05/06/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SHF Sheffield Darnall on 27/04/1947
ALLOC IMM Immingham on 04/10/1947
ALLOC FRO Frodingham w/e 24/12/1949
WDN   on 05/06/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1920 Diagram 15B boiler fitted (number 2)
23/06/1923 Diagram 15B boiler fitted (number 1)
15/09/1928 Diagram 15B boiler fitted (number 1719)
15/02/1930 Diagram 15B boiler fitted (number 1790)
30/07/1932 Diagram 15B boiler fitted (number 1726)
29/06/1935 Intensifore lubricator removed
29/06/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1968)
24/04/1937 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1271)
08/06/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1118)
08/05/1943 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 815)
16/02/1946 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3253)
08/05/1948 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3209)
09/09/1950 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22103)
13/09/1952 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22294)
29/01/1955 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22253)
15/06/1957 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22261)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 21/04/1923 23/06/1923 64 days General
Boiler number 1 (Diagram 15B)
  
Gorton Works 04/07/1925 29/08/1925 57 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5015
  
Gorton Works 04/08/1928 15/09/1928 43 days General
Boiler number 1719 (Diagram 15B)
  
Gorton Works 25/01/1930 15/02/1930 22 days General
Boiler number 1790 (Diagram 15B)
  
Gorton Works 09/07/1932 30/07/1932 22 days General
Boiler number 1726 (Diagram 15B)
  
Gorton Works 08/06/1935 29/06/1935 22 days General
Rebuilt to class O4/6
Boiler number 1968 (Diagram 15)
Intensifore lubricator removed
  
Gorton Works 03/04/1937 24/04/1937 22 days General
Boiler number 1271 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 01/06/1940 08/06/1940 8 days General
Boiler number 1118 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 17/04/1943 08/05/1943 22 days General
Boiler number 815 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 26/01/1946 16/02/1946 22 days General
Boiler number 3253 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 17/04/1948 08/05/1948 22 days General
Boiler number 3209 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to BR 63917
  
Gorton Works 26/08/1950 09/09/1950 15 days General
Boiler number 22103 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 13/09/1950 25/09/1950 13 days Unclassified  
Gorton Works 30/08/1952 13/09/1952 15 days General
Boiler number 22294 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 18/12/1954 29/01/1955 43 days General
Boiler number 22253 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 18/05/1957 15/06/1957 29 days General
Boiler number 22261 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 18/06/1957 19/06/1957 2 days Unclassified  
Gorton Works 11/05/1960 24/06/1960 45 days Heavy Intermediate  
Gorton Works 01/07/1960 09/07/1960 9 days Unclassified  
Gorton Works 01/06/1962 01/06/1962 1 day No repairs  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1920 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 15
Built at Gorton Works, Works Number
Diagram 15B boiler fitted		    
03/03/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
18/08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3917    
27/04/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF)    
04/10/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IMM)    
10/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
05/06/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 63917 from Frodingham (36C)    

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