 After the LD&ECR was absorbed by the Great Central Railway (GCR) on 1 January 1907, they were given GCR numbers 1148–53 and 1145–47 respectively.During 1924 and 1925, the LNER increased the GCR numbers by 5000.Five survived to be allotted new numbers in 1943, but only one was actually renumbered; 6151 became 9082 in May 1946.