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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 783 m/e 08/1925
British Railways 30783 m/e 05/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
08/1925 SIR GILLEMERE

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 08/1925
Withdrawal During 02/1961
Service Life 35 yrs , 6 mths

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1925
9E   Nine Elms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
ELH   Eastleigh 5w/e 04/02/1950
70A   Nine Elms m/e 30/11/1950
70A   Nine Elms 4w/e 08/12/1950
71A   Eastleigh 4w/e 05/02/1951
71B   Bournemouth 7w/e 27/06/1951
72B   Salisbury 4w/e 24/11/1960
     Withdrawn m/e 02/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms on 21/07/1947
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh 5w/e 04/02/1950
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 05/02/1951
ALLOC 71B Bournemouth 8w/e 27/06/1951
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 71B Bournemouth 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 71B Bournemouth 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 72B Salisbury P 24/11/1960
WDN   w/e 04/03/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/05/1951 Eastleigh Works In shops : 30066, (300)68, 30082/331/56/74/477/90/7, 30501/30/77/84/783/90/7/829/920/33/54, 34002/6/7/30/49/79/99/103, 35019, also 2101 with large numerals on tanks as pre-war, and 2138, renumbered 32138 on one side only. Being cut up: (30)305/414. Still waiting to be cut up: (30)116. Ex shops: 30061/197/470/570/89/781, 34055, 35010. SLS/195107
28/10/1959 Eastleigh Works (Waiting works) On Works:- 30028/505/14/38/803/64, 32650/4037/83, 35013/6/25/6/8, 41314/2081, 73028/84, 84021/3, E5005, 20003. Waiting works:- 30055/104/783, 34026/62/6, 35012/5, 42076, 75079; ex-Works:- 30667, 30844, 34044, 35014. SLS/195912
05/09/1961 Eastleigh MPD (71A) (out of use) On 5th September the following were noted out of use either waiting works or cutting up-30029/44/120/83/258/87/530/82/4/668/74/701/82/3/93, 30800/50/1/2/5/8, 31061/493/2103/3024/38/4099, 41312, 73051, 76009, 80039/40, 82014 and GW 4610. Ex-Works were 30072/494/2353/4091 an 80016 together with 3620 (81C) and 3633 with 87C plate but with S.R. brackets newly fitted to smokebox door to take GW lamps as well as SR. 92052 (18A) was also on shed. SLS/196110

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 783, name: SIR GILLEMERE
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Nine Elms (9E)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30783    
04/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (71B)    
24/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
02/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 30783    
06/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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