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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 937 m/e 06/1935
British Railways 30937 m/e 09/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
0000 EPSOM

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Schools
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 06/1935
Withdrawal w/e Sat 08/12/1962
Service Life 27 yrs, 6 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1935
BA   Bricklayers Arms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
73A   Stewarts Lane q/e 06/06/1958
73F   Ashford 6w/e 14/06/1959
73B   Bricklayers Arms 3w/e 26/05/1961
70A   Nine Elms m/e 09/11/1961
     Withdrawn w/e 08/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
TOSTORE   4w/e 13/04/1951
TOSTORE 73B Bricklayers Arms 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 8w/e 06/06/1958
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 3w/e 26/05/1961
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 09/11/1961
WDN   w/e 08/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1948 Eastleigh Works On 30/9 Eastleigh Works was open to the public between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Locomotives on view included new 'Merchant Navy' Class No. 35021, 'Schools' Class No. 30937 and No. 34056. Croydon, the latter in the new light green. SLS/194811
30/11/1948 Eastleigh Works Further locomotives ex Works painted malachite green and lined include Nos. 30779, 30805, 30913/37, while those painted black and fully lined include Nos. 30901/31. New 'Merchant Navy' Class Nos. 35021-22 are painted malachite green, but were not lined when first seen; No. 35023, which was on steam trials on 5/11, was malachite green and lined. Frames are set up for the ex L.M.S. type 2-6-4T's, which are to be built here. Locomotives awaiting Works on 5/11 included:-Nos. 902/09/10/35 and Beattie 2-4-OWT No. 3314. The only 'IlX' Class remaining at Eastleigh are Nos. 2004 an 2598, while those of the class which have been condemned are being broken up at Dinton. SLS/194812
20/01/1963 Eastleigh MPD (awaiting scrap) Eastleigh shed contained the following locomotives awaiting scrap: 4656, 30033/45/65/70, 30199/225/494/502/17, 30690, 30770, 30917/26/9/37, 30955, 31892, 32346/9/50/1, 32408. SLS/196303
12/05/1963 Eastleigh Works (Scrap Yard) Erecting Shop: D3223, D3721, D6522/34/64, E5005/9, 11229 (to be renumbered D2259), DS680, 30828/42, 31621/39, 31859/62, 34001/10/22/4/5/53/76/95, 34104/7/9, 35003, 41224, 76008/18, 80013, 80138/43. Works Yard: D3044, D3462, D6523, 30545, 31411, 31834, 32104/9, 32635/61, 33004/26, 34096, 80032. Scrap Yard: 30039, 30517/33, 30937, 31891. Test House: 33020. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1935 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 937
Built at Eastleigh Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bricklayers Arms (BA)    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30937    
06/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (73F)    
26/05/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
09/11/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
08/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 30937    
06/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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