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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 774 m/e 06/1925
British Railways 30774 m/e 04/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
06/1925 SIR GAHERIS

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 06/1925
Withdrawal w/e Sat 09/01/1960
Service Life 34 yrs, 7 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1925
9E   Nine Elms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BAT   Stewarts Lane 3w/e 28/05/1949
74C   Dover Marine 4w/e 05/02/1951
73A   Stewarts Lane 9w/e 30/06/1952
70A   Nine Elms 2w/e 07/07/1955
     Withdrawn w/e 09/01/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BAT Stewarts Lane 3w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC 74C Dover Marine 8w/e 05/02/1951
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane m/e 30/06/1952
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 73A Stewarts Lane 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane 3w/e 27/03/1953
TOSTORE   5w/e 01/10/1953
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane 10w/e 10/12/1953
TOSTORE   6w/e 30/12/1953
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane 8w/e 13/05/1954
TOSTORE 73A Stewarts Lane 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane 4w/e 11/12/1954
TOSTORE 73A Stewarts Lane 8w/e 08/02/1955
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane w/e 13/06/1955
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 2w/e 07/07/1955
WDN   w/e 09/01/1960

* 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11/03/1955 Easter Holiday arrangements Passenger engines, other than 30736, 30774, 31787, 34087 an 34101, will be withdrawn from store as required for Easter Holiday special traffic and returned to store afterwards.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
06/01/1960 Eastleigh Works (on 'dump') Erecting shop: 30056/108/516/33/40/86/668/73/7/87/9/950, 34006/63/86/106/10, 35004, 41291, 73110/15, 75079, 78005/56, 80013, E5001. Ex-works: 32106, 34099, 84029, E20003. Waiting works: 30035/475, 34067, 80089; on 'dump', 30179/318/774. SLS/196002

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 774, name: SIR GAHERIS
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Nine Elms (9E)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30774    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Dover Marine (74C)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
07/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
01/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    
09/01/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 30774    

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