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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1461 m/e 12/1902
British Railways 31461 m/e 09/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class C
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Longhedge Works
To Service During 12/1902
Withdrawal Sun 31/08/1958
Service Life 55 yrs, 9 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1902
TON   Tonbridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
73E   Faversham 4w/e 27/07/1951
73A   Stewarts Lane 4w/e 01/10/1953
73B   Bricklayers Arms 6w/e 01/04/1957
     Withdrawn m/e 31/08/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 73E Faversham 4w/e 27/07/1951
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 5w/e 01/10/1953
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 9w/e 01/04/1957
WDN   m/e 31/08/1958

* 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
12/1902 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1461
Built at Longhedge Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tonbridge (TON)    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31461    
27/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Faversham (73E)    
01/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
01/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
08/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    
31/08/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 31461    

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