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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1408 m/e 09/1933
British Railways 31408 m/e 07/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 09/1933
Withdrawal w/e Sun 05/06/1966
Service Life 32 yrs, 9 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1933
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
74A   Ashford 4w/e 05/02/1951
73C   Hither Green 5w/e 14/02/1953
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 01/10/1953
73A   Stewarts Lane 9w/e 08/02/1955
73F   Ashford 6w/e 14/06/1959
72B   Salisbury m/e 09/11/1961
70C   Guildford 4w/e 16/09/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 05/06/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 74A Ashford 8w/e 05/02/1951
ALLOC 73C Hither Green 8w/e 03/03/1953
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 01/10/1953
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 8w/e 08/02/1955
ALLOC 73F Ashford P 14/06/1959
ALLOC 72B Salisbury 4w/e 09/11/1961
ALLOC 70C Guildford 4w/e 16/09/1963
WDN   w/e 05/06/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/03/1951 Ashford Works (On shed) In shops: 1107, 31245 (late s1245), s1274, 31287, 31329, 31413, 31510, 31812/26/62, 31900/23/25, 32372 (new cyls.), 32502 (lined black), s2473 (being renumbered), 32467, 32525/65, 78597, 90226, 33039. In yard: s1178, 1335, 31789 (green), 31897, 33025, 31616, 31848. On shed for works 1174, 31408, 31461, 32486 (and 30793 for ELH). Scrap: 1157, 31160 (partly cut up), 1547, 1730, 31743, 31502, 32402, and being cut up 1443 an 32301. Building Shunting diesel-electric 15228-30 and a main-line diesel 10203. Twenty sets of frames for 4-6-2 to be built at Crewe, also many sets of all-welded side tanks for new B.R. standard 2-6-4T to be built at Brighton. Noted not renumbered: 1041, 1271, 1339, 1379. Ex shops 32523 (1 dome), 31405, 31785 (green), 31521, and lined black 31401 an 31825 (late s1825) SLS/195108

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1933 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1408
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
07/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31408    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
14/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
01/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
08/02/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (73F)    
09/11/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
16/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
05/06/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 31408    
09/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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