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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 272   04/1904
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3272   04/07/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2801   06/10/1946

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Ivatt
Class C1
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-2
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 236
Works Number 1030
To Service During 04/1904
Withdrawal Fri 08/08/1947
Service Life 43 yrs, 4 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Doncaster)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1904
SHF   Sheffield Neepsend on 25/08/1925
KX   Kings Cross on 30/11/1929
HIT   Hitchin (GNR) on 04/12/1929
KX   Kings Cross on 05/01/1947
     Withdrawn on 08/08/1947

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC KX Kings Cross on 05/01/1947
WDN KX Kings Cross on 08/08/1947

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Doncaster Works 1909 08/1909   General    
Doncaster Works 1916 02/1916   General Superheated boiler fitted
 
Doncaster Works 27/09/1922 19/02/1923 146 days General    
Doncaster Works 23/03/1925 04/07/1925 104 days General Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 3272
 
Doncaster Works 01/03/1927 13/05/1927 74 days General    
Doncaster Works 12/11/1928 15/02/1929 96 days General    
Doncaster Works 25/04/1931 06/06/1931 43 days General    
Doncaster Works 30/12/1933 17/02/1934 50 days General    
Doncaster Works 28/03/1936 02/05/1936 36 days General    
Doncaster Works 16/07/1938 13/08/1938 29 days General    
Doncaster Works 03/02/1940 04/05/1940 92 days General    
Doncaster Works 01/02/1941 22/02/1941 22 days Light Repair After collision
 
Doncaster Works 27/02/1943 03/04/1943 36 days General    
Doncaster Works 05/05/1945 02/06/1945 29 days General    

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1947 Hitchin MPD A number of withdrawn locos. are still lying at various sheds awaiting removal to Works for cutting up; amongst those recently seen were: at Hitchin, 'Cl' 2801/41/59 and 'J3' 4138. SLS/194710

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1904 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 272
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1030
   
1909 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: ?/1909. Dep: ?/08/1909.    
1916 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: ?/1916. Dep: ?/02/1916.
Work undertaken:
Superheated boiler fitted
   
27/09/1922 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 27/09/1922. Dep: 19/02/1923.    
23/03/1925 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 23/03/1925. Dep: 04/07/1925.
Work undertaken:
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 3272
   
25/08/1925 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Neepsend (SHF)    
01/03/1927 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 01/03/1927. Dep: 13/05/1927.    
12/11/1928 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 12/11/1928. Dep: 15/02/1929.    
30/11/1929 Allocation Reallocated to Kings Cross (KX)    
04/12/1929 Allocation Reallocated to Hitchin (GNR) (HIT )    
25/04/1931 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 25/04/1931. Dep: 06/06/1931.    
30/12/1933 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 30/12/1933. Dep: 17/02/1934.    
28/03/1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 28/03/1936. Dep: 02/05/1936.    
16/07/1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 16/07/1938. Dep: 13/08/1938.    
03/02/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 03/02/1940. Dep: 04/05/1940.    
01/02/1941 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 01/02/1941. Dep: 22/02/1941.
Work undertaken:
After collision
   
27/02/1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 27/02/1943. Dep: 03/04/1943.    
05/05/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 05/05/1945. Dep: 02/06/1945.    
06/10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2801    
05/01/1947 Allocation Reallocated to Kings Cross (KX)    
08/08/1947 Withdrawn Condemned as 2801    

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