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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1553 m/e 02/1905
British Railways 31553 m/e 01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class H
Company History SR
Wheels 0-4-4T
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 02/1905
Withdrawal During 06/1961
Service Life 56 yrs , 4 mths

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1905
9E   Nine Elms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
73B   Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 11/12/1952
74D   Tonbridge 4w/e 01/10/1953
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 29/10/1953
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
73J   Tonbridge 6w/e 09/02/1960
75E   Three Bridges 3w/e 26/05/1961
     Withdrawn m/e 06/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 08/01/1953
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 9w/e 26/05/1953
ALLOC 74D Tonbridge 5w/e 01/10/1953
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 6w/e 18/11/1953
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
ALLOC 73J Tonbridge 6w/e 09/02/1960
ALLOC 75E Three Bridges 3w/e 26/05/1961
WDN   w/e 01/07/1961

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
09/02/1960 Push/Pull equipment fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
03/01/1950 Ashford Works Locomotives in Works on 3/1 included Nos. 1266/67/93, 1309/24, 1553, 31610. 1623/72, 31729, 1783/93, 31806, 1807, 31831/63, 1864. Locomotives ex Works (late December-early January) painted black and fully lined, with the crest, were Nos. 31145, 31811/38, 32465. 32585. 'D.3' No. 32380 is expected to appear in lined black, as also have Nos. 32388/93 recently, so it would appear that complete extinction of this class is not at present contemplated. SLS/195002

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1905 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1553
Built at Ashford Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Nine Elms (9E)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 31553    
11/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
01/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (74D)    
29/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
09/02/1960 Modification Modification: Push/Pull equipment fitted    
09/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (73J)    
26/05/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Three Bridges (75E)    
06/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 31553    
07/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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