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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 457 m/e 04/1925
British Railways 30457 m/e 08/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
04/1925 SIR BEDIVERE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 04/1925
Withdrawal w/e Sat 20/05/1961
Service Life 36 yrs, 1 mth , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1925
SAL   Salisbury on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BAS   Basingstoke 3w/e 28/05/1949
SAL   Salisbury 6w/e 26/09/1949
72B   Salisbury 4w/e 08/12/1950
72A   Exmouth Junction 6w/e 20/03/1951
70B   Feltham 4w/e 11/04/1951
72B   Salisbury 4w/e 12/05/1951
70A   Nine Elms 7w/e 27/06/1951
70D   Basingstoke 7w/e 08/10/1957
70A   Nine Elms q/e 06/06/1958
     Withdrawn w/e 20/05/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BAS Basingstoke 3w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC SAL Salisbury 6w/e 26/09/1949
REINS 72B Salisbury 3w/e 10/06/1950
TOSTORE   3w/e 30/11/1950
REINS 72A Exmouth Junction 6w/e 14/03/1951
TOSTORE   4w/e 13/04/1951
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 27/06/1951
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 70A Nine Elms 3w/e 27/03/1953
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke q/e 08/10/1957
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 8w/e 06/06/1958
WDN   w/e 20/05/1961

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 457, name: SIR BEDIVERE
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Salisbury (SAL)    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (BAS)    
08/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30457    
26/09/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (SAL)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
20/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
11/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Feltham (70B)    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
08/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
06/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
20/05/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 30457    
07/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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