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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 778 m/e 06/1925
British Railways 30778 m/e 11/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
06/1925 SIR PELLEAS

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 23/05/1959
Service Life 33 yrs, 11 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1925
BAT   Stewarts Lane on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
71A   Eastleigh 4w/e 13/11/1950
71A   Eastleigh 3w/e 30/11/1950
70A   Nine Elms 4w/e 05/02/1951
73A   Stewarts Lane 7w/e 27/06/1951
74C   Dover Marine 4w/e 06/10/1951
74C   Dover Marine 5w/e 08/10/1951
70A   Nine Elms 8w/e 20/07/1953
     Withdrawn w/e 23/05/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane 3w/e 10/06/1950
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 3w/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 8w/e 05/02/1951
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 8w/e 27/06/1951
ALLOC 74C Dover Marine 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 2w/e 10/06/1953
WDN   w/e 23/05/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 778, name: SIR PELLEAS
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
11/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30778    
13/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
06/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Dover Marine (74C)    
08/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Dover Marine (74C)    
20/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
23/05/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 30778    
09/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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