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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 861 m/e 09/1929
British Railways 30861 m/e 05/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
0000 LORD ANSON

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Lord Nelson
Company History SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 09/1929
Withdrawal w/e Sat 06/10/1962
Service Life 33 yrs, 1 mth , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1929
9E   Nine Elms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
9E   Nine Elms 4w/e 06/10/1948
BM   Bournemouth 3w/e 28/05/1949
71A   Eastleigh 6w/e 15/06/1956
     Withdrawn w/e 06/10/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms 4w/e 06/10/1948
ALLOC BM Bournemouth 3w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 05/06/1956
WDN   on 06/10/1962
WDN   w/e 06/10/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/12/1942 Southern Notes On 19/12, the 2.20 p.m. ex Bournemouth West consisted of 14 coaches; heavily loaded, tare weight 445 tons, with 861 Lord Anson; the 28¾ miles Bournemouth Central to Southampton Central were covered in 36 minutes, a gain on schedule of 2 mins. On the same date, the Plymouth-Brighton through train left Southampton with 14 vehicles, the engines being 727 (pilot) and 470 (train). SLS/194302
30/06/1948 General Locomotives with smokebox number plates include: Nos. 30193, 30521/70, 30696, 30856/61, 30950, 32095, 34012/18. SLS/194808

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1929 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 861
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Nine Elms (9E)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30861    
06/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (9E)    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (BM)    
15/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
06/10/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 30861    
11/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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