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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1856 m/e 03/1925
British Railways 31856 m/e 06/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 03/1925
Withdrawal Mon 13/07/1964
Service Life 39 yrs, 4 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1925
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
73C   Hither Green 4w/e 06/10/1951
73C   Hither Green 5w/e 08/10/1951
70C   Guildford 5w/e 14/02/1953
75B   Redhill 4w/e 26/05/1953
73C   Hither Green 8w/e 20/07/1953
72A   Exmouth Junction m/e 10/02/1961
     Withdrawn on 13/07/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 73C Hither Green 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 70C Guildford 8w/e 03/03/1953
ALLOC 75B Redhill 9w/e 26/05/1953
ALLOC 73C Hither Green 2w/e 10/06/1953
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 4w/e 10/02/1961
TOSTORE   3w/e 29/06/1964
WDN   w/e 29/06/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1856
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31856    
06/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
08/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
14/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
26/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (75B)    
20/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
10/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
13/07/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31856    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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