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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 59 m/e 10/1903
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5059   23/05/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3204   18/08/1946
British Railways 63204 w/e 06/11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class Q4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Q4/110/1903
Q4/2 (0-8-0)13/02/1915
Q4/1 (0-8-0)23/01/1943
Wheels 0-8-0
Builder Kitson
Works Number 4205
To Service During 10/1903 to Barnsley (BRN)
Withdrawal Mon 25/06/1951 off Ardsley (37A)
Service Life 47 yrs, 8 mths , 26 dys

Notes
Notes Tablet exchange apparatus fitted at Grantham shed, April 1949
Cut up at Gorton

Allocations
Code Name From Date
BRN Barnsley (New) m/e 10/1903
LNG Langwith Junction on 27/10/1946
BRN Barnsley on 05/10/1947
GRA Grantham on 13/02/1949
37A Ardsley on 11/06/1950
   Withdrawn on 25/06/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LNG Langwith Junction w/e 02/11/1946
ALLOC BRN Barnsley on 05/10/1947
ALLOC GRA Grantham w/e 19/02/1949
ALLOC 31A Cambridge m/e 30/06/1950
WDN   on 25/06/1951

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
10/1903 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 840)
04/12/1909 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 858)
13/02/1915 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 1372)
25/12/1920 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 1375)
21/01/1928 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 894)
20/10/1928 Modified to conform to LNER Gauge
09/07/1932 Diagram 16Sat boiler fitted (number 836)
09/06/1934 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 643)
20/02/1937 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 1916)
21/10/1939 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 840)
23/01/1943 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 19)
17/11/1945 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 894)
06/11/1948 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 3772)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 1909 04/12/1909   General
Boiler number 858 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 1915 13/02/1915   General
New cylinders
Boiler number 1372 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 1920 25/12/1920   General
Boiler number 1375 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 06/01/1923 17/02/1923 43 days General  
Gorton Works 14/02/1925 23/05/1925 99 days General
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5059
  
Gorton Works 19/11/1927 21/01/1928 64 days General
Boiler number 894 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 29/09/1928 20/10/1928 22 days Light Repair
New R.H. cylinder
Modified to conform to LNER Gauge
  
Gorton Works 22/12/1928 19/09/1929 272 days Light Repair
New L.H. cylinder
  
Gorton Works 16/08/1930 27/09/1930 43 days General  
Gorton Works 18/06/1932 09/07/1932 22 days General
Boiler number 836 (Diagram 16Sat)
  
Gorton Works 26/05/1934 09/06/1934 15 days General
Boiler number 643 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 06/02/1937 20/02/1937 15 days General
Boiler number 1916 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 07/10/1939 21/10/1939 15 days General
To be photographed for Press picture of a new O2 (3834) with a secondhand tender to save steel in wa
Boiler number 840 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 09/01/1943 23/01/1943 15 days General
Boiler number 19 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 27/10/1945 17/11/1945 22 days General
Boiler number 894 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 23/10/1948 06/11/1948 15 days General
Boiler number 3772 (Diagram 17Sat)
Renumbered to BR 63204
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1903 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 59
Built at Kitson, Works Number 4205
Allocated to Barnsley (BRN)
Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted		    
18/08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3204    
27/10/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (LNG)    
05/10/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Barnsley (BRN)    
13/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Grantham (GRA)    
11/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (37A)    
25/06/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 63204 from Ardsley (37A)    

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