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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 753 m/e 01/1923
British Railways 30753 m/e 05/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/1923 MELISANDE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 01/1923
Withdrawal w/e Sat 16/03/1957
Service Life 34 yrs, 2 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1957

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1923
9E   Nine Elms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
ELH   Eastleigh 3w/e 28/05/1949
9E   Nine Elms 4w/e 30/06/1949
72B   Salisbury 2w/e 20/05/1950
71A   Eastleigh 4w/e 08/12/1950
70D   Basingstoke 5w/e 08/10/1951
70A   Nine Elms w/e 06/12/1951
70D   Basingstoke 9w/e 30/06/1952
     Withdrawn w/e 16/03/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms m/e 31/10/1946
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh 3w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms 4w/e 30/06/1949
ALLOC 72B Salisbury 2w/e 20/05/1950
REINS 71A Eastleigh 6w/e 14/03/1951
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms w/e 06/12/1951
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke m/e 30/06/1952
TOSTORE 70D Basingstoke 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 70D Basingstoke 8w/e 05/06/1956
WDN   w/e 16/03/1957

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1923 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 753, name: MELISANDE
Built at Eastleigh Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Nine Elms (9E)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30753    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
30/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (9E)    
20/05/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
08/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
06/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
03/1957 Scrapped Scrapped    
16/03/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 30753    

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