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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway 164 m/e 12/1909
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5164   28/06/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3236 on 24/02/1946
British Railways 63236 w/e 15/05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class Q4
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
Q4/112/1909
Q4/2 (0-8-0)29/09/1928
Wheels 0-8-0
Builder Gorton Works
To Service During 12/1909
Withdrawal Sat 26/05/1951 off Ardsley (37A)
Service Life 41 yrs, 5 mths , 26 dys

Notes
Notes Cut up at Gorton

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 12/1909
MEX Mexborough on 27/04/1912
KEA Keadby m/e 1923
FRO Frodingham on 18/06/1932
BRN Barnsley on 19/02/1939
ARD Ardsley on 04/05/1939
   Withdrawn on 26/05/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 26/05/1951

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1909 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 1378)
11/04/1914 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 352)
29/11/1919 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 1822)
28/06/1924 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 550)
29/09/1928 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 910)
29/09/1928 Modified to conform to LNER Gauge
06/06/1931 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 552)
17/02/1934 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 834)
20/06/1936 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 47)
29/10/1938 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 893)
13/03/1943 Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted (number 838)
08/12/1945 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 3742)
15/05/1948 Diagram 17Sup boiler fitted (number 3734)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Durn Level of Work Mileage
Gorton Works 1914 11/04/1914   General
Boiler number 352 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 1919 29/11/1919   General
Boiler number 1822 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 03/12/1921 11/02/1922 71 days General  
Gorton Works 01/03/1924 28/06/1924 120 days General
Boiler number 550 (Diagram 17Sat)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 5164
  
Gorton Works 23/10/1926 15/01/1927 85 days General  
Gorton Works 25/08/1928 29/09/1928 36 days General
Boiler number 910 (Diagram 17Sup)
Modified to conform to LNER Gauge
  
Gorton Works 16/05/1931 06/06/1931 22 days General
Boiler number 552 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 03/02/1934 17/02/1934 15 days General
Boiler number 834 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 30/05/1936 20/06/1936 22 days General
Boiler number 47 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 15/10/1938 29/10/1938 15 days General
Boiler number 893 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 27/04/1940 25/05/1940 29 days General
After collision
  
Gorton Works 24/02/1943 13/03/1943 18 days General
Boiler number 838 (Diagram 17Sat)
  
Gorton Works 03/01/1944 08/01/1944 6 days Light Repair
New R.H. cylinder
  
Gorton Works 24/11/1945 08/12/1945 15 days General
Boiler number 3742 (Diagram 17Sup)
  
Gorton Works 24/04/1948 15/05/1948 22 days General
New L.H. cylinder
Boiler number 3734 (Diagram 17Sup)
Renumbered to BR 63236
  

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1909 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 164
Built at Gorton Works, Works Number
Diagram 17Sat boiler fitted		    
27/04/1912 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
1923 Allocation Reallocated to Keadby (KEA)    
18/06/1932 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (FRO)    
19/02/1939 Allocation Reallocated to Barnsley (BRN)    
04/05/1939 Allocation Reallocated to Ardsley (ARD)    
24/02/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 3236    
26/05/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 63236 from Ardsley (37A)    

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