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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 736 m/e 09/1918
British Railways 30736 m/e 03/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1918 EXCALIBUR

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 09/1918
Withdrawal During 10/1956
Service Life 38 yrs , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1956

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1918
BM   Bournemouth on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
ELH   Eastleigh 4w/e 06/10/1948
BM   Bournemouth 8w/e 08/01/1949
     Withdrawn m/e 10/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh 4w/e 06/10/1948
ALLOC BM Bournemouth 8w/e 08/01/1949
TOSTORE 71B Bournemouth 5w/e 08/10/1951
REINS 71B Bournemouth w/e 06/12/1951
TOSTORE 71B Bournemouth 8w/e 19/03/1952
REINS 71B Bournemouth m/e 30/06/1952
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 71B Bournemouth 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 71B Bournemouth 3w/e 27/03/1953
TOSTORE 71B Bournemouth 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 71B Bournemouth 4w/e 11/12/1954
TOSTORE 71B Bournemouth 8w/e 08/02/1955
REINS 71B Bournemouth w/e 13/06/1955
WDN   w/e 03/11/1956

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
11/03/1955 Easter Holiday arrangements Passenger engines, other than 30736, 30774, 31787, 34087 an 34101, will be withdrawn from store as required for Easter Holiday special traffic and returned to store afterwards. SLS/195504

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1918 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 736, name: EXCALIBUR
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bournemouth (BM)    
06/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
08/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (BM)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30736    
1956 Scrapped Scrapped    
10/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 30736    

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