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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 727 m/e 10/1899
British Railways 30727 m/e 02/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Drummond
Class Greyhounds
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Dübs & Co
To Service During 10/1899
Withdrawal During 09/1958
Service Life 58 yrs, 11 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1899
SAL   Salisbury on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
71B   Bournemouth 4w/e 06/10/1951
72A   Exmouth Junction 8w/e 20/07/1953
71A   Eastleigh 5w/e 11/03/1955
71B   Bournemouth 4w/e 10/10/1955
     Withdrawn m/e 09/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
REINS 71B Bournemouth 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 2w/e 10/06/1953
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 4w/e 11/03/1955
ALLOC 71B Bournemouth 3w/e 10/10/1955
WDN   2w/e 13/10/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/12/1942 Southern Notes On 19/12, the 2.20 p.m. ex Bournemouth West consisted of 14 coaches; heavily loaded, tare weight 445 tons, with 861 Lord Anson; the 28¾ miles Bournemouth Central to Southampton Central were covered in 36 minutes, a gain on schedule of 2 mins. On the same date, the Plymouth-Brighton through train left Southampton with 14 vehicles, the engines being 727 (pilot) and 470 (train). SLS/194302

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1899 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 727
Built at Dübs & Co
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Salisbury (SAL)    
02/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 30727    
06/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (71B)    
20/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
11/03/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
10/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (71B)    
09/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 30727    
10/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    

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