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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 22 m/e 02/1921
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5022   19/12/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3920   22/09/1946
British Railways 63920 w/e 23/04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class O4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
O502/1921
O4/6 (2-8-0)05/10/1935
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Gorton Works
Order Number 622
To Service During 02/1921
Withdrawal Wed 08/08/1962 off Wakefield (56A)
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Gorton)
Service Life 41 yrs, 6 mths , 8 dys

Notes
Notes Into Gorton for cutting up 10/62

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 02/1921
SHF Sheffield Neepsend on 15/04/1921
MEX Mexborough on 22/03/1924
LNG Langwith Junction on 09/06/1937
DON Doncaster on 11/01/1939
GOR Gorton on 03/02/1943
FRO Frodingham on 06/12/1944
37A Ardsley on 22/09/1952
37C Bradford Hammerton Street on 06/12/1953
56B Ardsley on 05/01/1958
56A Wakefield on 22/02/1959
   Withdrawn on 08/08/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 37A Ardsley 4w/e 04/10/1952
ALLOC 37C Bradford Hammerton Street 4w/e 26/12/1953
ALLOC 56B Ardsley 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 4w/e 21/03/1959
WDN   on 08/08/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1921 Diagram 15B boiler fitted (number 13)
21/04/1923 Diagram 15B boiler fitted (number 1719)
18/08/1928 Diagram 15B boiler fitted (number 1737)
10/12/1932 Diagram 15B boiler fitted (number 5)
05/10/1935 Intensifore lubricator removed
05/10/1935 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1135)
08/01/1938 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3229)
04/05/1940 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3332)
13/06/1942 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 1323)
29/07/1944 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 858)
23/11/1946 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3278)
23/04/1949 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 3402)
15/09/1951 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22215)
20/03/1954 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22202)
29/12/1956 Diagram 15 boiler fitted (number 22133)
22/04/1961 Water Treatment apparatus fitted


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 17/03/1923 21/04/1923 36 days General
Boiler number 1719 (Diagram 15B)
  
Gorton Works 31/10/1925 19/12/1925 50 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5022
  
Gorton Works 28/07/1928 18/08/1928 22 days General
Boiler number 1737 (Diagram 15B)
  
Gorton Works 12/04/1930 31/05/1930 50 days General  
Gorton Works 26/11/1932 10/12/1932 15 days General
Boiler number 5 (Diagram 15B)
  
Gorton Works 14/09/1935 05/10/1935 22 days General
Rebuilt to class O4/6
Boiler number 1135 (Diagram 15)
Intensifore lubricator removed
  
Gorton Works 24/12/1937 08/01/1938 16 days General
Boiler number 3229 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 20/04/1940 04/05/1940 15 days General
Boiler number 3332 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 01/06/1942 13/06/1942 13 days General
Boiler number 1323 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 08/07/1944 29/07/1944 22 days General
Boiler number 858 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 02/11/1946 23/11/1946 22 days General
Boiler number 3278 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 02/04/1949 23/04/1949 22 days General
Boiler number 3402 (Diagram 15)
Renumbered to BR 63920
  
Gorton Works 01/09/1951 15/09/1951 15 days General
Boiler number 22215 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 18/09/1951 22/09/1951 5 days Unclassified  
Gorton Works 27/02/1954 20/03/1954 22 days General
Boiler number 22202 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 23/03/1954 26/03/1954 4 days Unclassified  
Gorton Works 01/12/1956 29/12/1956 29 days General
Boiler number 22133 (Diagram 15)
  
Gorton Works 18/03/1961 22/04/1961 36 days Heavy Intermediate
Water Treatment apparatus fitted
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1921 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 22
Built at Gorton Works, Works Number
Diagram 15B boiler fitted		    
15/04/1921 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
22/03/1924 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
09/06/1937 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (LNG)    
11/01/1939 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (DON)    
03/02/1943 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
06/12/1944 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
22/09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3920    
22/09/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (37A)    
06/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Bradford Hammerton Street (37C)    
05/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (56B)    
22/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
08/08/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 63920 from Wakefield (56A)    

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