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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 789 m/e 09/1925
British Railways 30789 m/e 08/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1925 SIR GUY

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 09/1925
Withdrawal Sat 26/12/1959
Service Life 34 yrs, 3 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1925
BM   Bournemouth on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
ELH   Eastleigh 7w/e 03/05/1949
70D   Basingstoke m/e 30/11/1950
70D   Basingstoke 4w/e 08/12/1950
71A   Eastleigh 4w/e 05/02/1951
     Withdrawn on 26/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BM Bournemouth m/e 31/10/1946
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh 7w/e 03/05/1949
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 05/02/1951
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 71A Eastleigh 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 71A Eastleigh 3w/e 27/03/1953
TOSTORE 71A Eastleigh 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 05/06/1956
WDN   on 26/12/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 789, name: SIR GUY
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bournemouth (BM)    
08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30789    
03/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
26/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 30789    
01/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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