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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1616 m/e 09/1928
British Railways 31616 m/e 08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class U Boats
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 09/1928
Withdrawal w/e Sun 14/06/1964
Service Life 35 yrs, 9 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1928
9E   Nine Elms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
9E   Nine Elms 3w/e 28/05/1949
YEO   Yeovil Town 5w/e 04/02/1950
73C   Hither Green 7w/e 22/04/1950
70E   Reading (S.R.) 4w/e 11/04/1951
70E   Reading (S.R.) 4w/e 13/04/1951
70C   Guildford 8w/e 13/05/1954
75B   Redhill 6w/e 09/02/1960
75C   Norwood Junction 4w/e 17/12/1962
70A   Nine Elms m/e 06/01/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 14/06/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
TOSTORE NINEELMS Nine Elms 5w/e 13/11/1948
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms 3w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC YEO Yeovil Pen Mill 5w/e 04/02/1950
ALLOC 73C Hither Green 7w/e 22/04/1950
ALLOC 70E Reading (S.R.) 4w/e 13/04/1951
ALLOC 70C Guildford 8w/e 13/05/1954
ALLOC 75B Redhill 6w/e 09/02/1960
ALLOC 75C Norwood Junction P 17/12/1962
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 29/12/1963
WDN   w/e 14/06/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
05/03/1951 Ashford Works (In shops) In shops: s1178, 1245, 1252, 31320, 31401/5, 31509, 31616, 31753/75/85, 31820/6/48, s1825, s1871, 32169, 2487, 32502/4/43, 33005/23/8, 78597. In yard : 1107, 1157, 31502/19/21/32, 1714/30, 31745, 31925, 32402, 2447, 32525, 32523/94, 33039, 90226. For scrap : 1443, 1547, 32301, 32584. Recently ex shops: lined black 31305, 31611, 31766/97, 31822, 32492, 32583.
No. 32553 ('C2x') has left Ashford after general overhaul, with two domes. There are still a number of boilers so fitted which are inter-changed from time to time, though the second dome has served no purpose since the top-feed arrangement with which it was associated by the L. B.& S.C.R. was discontinued in 1930 under Southern auspices. The ranks of the famous 'I.3' tanks are being rapidly depleted since the advent of the new Class 4 MT Tanks.
SLS/195104
28/03/1951 Ashford Works (In yard) 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
09/1928 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1616
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Nine Elms (9E)    
08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31616    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (9E)    
04/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Yeovil Town (YEO)    
22/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
11/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (S.R.) (70E)    
13/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (S.R.) (70E)    
13/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
09/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (75B)    
17/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Norwood Junction (75C)    
06/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
14/06/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31616    
11/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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