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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 741 m/e 05/1919
British Railways 30741 m/e 12/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
05/1919 JOYOUS GARD

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 05/1919
Withdrawal w/e Sat 04/02/1956
Service Life 36 yrs, 9 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1956

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1919
ELH   Eastleigh on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BAS   Basingstoke 7w/e 03/05/1949
     Withdrawn w/e 04/02/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BAS Basingstoke 7w/e 03/05/1949
REINS 71B Bournemouth 3w/e 10/06/1950
TOSTORE   5w/e 01/10/1953
REINS 71B Bournemouth 10w/e 10/12/1953
TOSTORE   6w/e 30/12/1953
REINS 71B Bournemouth 6w/e 22/06/1954
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
TOSTORE 71B Bournemouth 3w/e 10/10/1955
WDN   w/e 04/02/1956

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1949 Eastleigh Works Locomotives ex Works in late September included: Nos. 35018/25 painted blue, Nos. 30449, 30741, 34061 painted dark green, Nos. 30323, 30730/32, 30905, 32077/86 painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 30458 Ironside, 30840/42, 32085, 90772 are unlined black. In addition to the above, Nos. 35009/17 are painted blue and Nos. 34091-92 are very dark green. SLS/194911

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1919 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 741, name: JOYOUS GARD
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Eastleigh (ELH)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30741    
03/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (BAS)    
02/1956 Scrapped Scrapped    
04/02/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 30741    

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