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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 852 m/e 07/1928
British Railways 30852 m/e 04/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
0000 SIR WALTER RALEIGH

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Lord Nelson
Company History SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 07/1928
Withdrawal w/e Sat 17/02/1962
Service Life 33 yrs, 7 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1928
BM   Bournemouth on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
ELH   Eastleigh 8w/e 08/01/1949
     Withdrawn w/e 17/02/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh 8w/e 08/01/1949
WDN   on 17/02/1962
WDN   w/e 17/02/1962

* 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
25/02/1962 Ashford Works (Works Yard) Erecting Shop: 31638, 31828/51/62/95. Works Yard: 30804/52, 30900/9/15, 31317, 31584, 31717, 31830/42/66/75, 32416. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1928 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 852
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bournemouth (BM)    
08/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30852    
17/02/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 30852    
03/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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