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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 800 m/e 09/1926
British Railways 30800 m/e 10/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1926 SIR MELEAUS DE LILE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 09/1926
Withdrawal During 08/1961
Service Life 34 yrs , 11 mths

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1926
HIT   Hither Green on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
73C   Hither Green (Reinstated) 4w/e 17/06/1950
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 08/12/1950
74A   Ashford 4w/e 05/02/1951
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 12/05/1951
71A   Eastleigh 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn m/e 08/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN NINEELMS Nine Elms m/e 31/03/1946
ALLOC HIT Hither Green 8w/e 31/05/1947
REINS 73C Hither Green 3w/e 10/06/1950
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 73B Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms 3w/e 27/03/1953
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh P 14/06/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
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
09/1926 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 800, name: SIR MELEAUS DE LILE
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Hither Green (HIT)    
10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30800    
17/06/1950 Reinstated Reinstated to Hither Green (73C)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
08/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 30800    
09/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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