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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1859 m/e 04/1925
British Railways 31859 m/e 05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 04/1925
Withdrawal Mon 07/09/1964
Service Life 39 yrs, 5 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1925
TON   Tonbridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
RED   Redhill 4w/e 01/04/1948
73A   Stewarts Lane 7w/e 22/04/1950
74B   Ramsgate m/e 30/11/1950
74C   Dover Marine 4w/e 08/12/1950
73C   Hither Green 4w/e 27/07/1951
75C   Norwood Junction 3w/e 26/05/1961
75A   Brighton 5w/e 06/07/1961
70C   Guildford m/e 08/12/1961
72A   Exmouth Junction 2w/e 31/08/1963
     Withdrawn on 07/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TON Tonbridge 8w/e 31/05/1947
ALLOC RED Redhill 4w/e 01/04/1948
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 7w/e 22/04/1950
ALLOC 74B Ramsgate m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 73C Hither Green 4w/e 27/07/1951
ALLOC 75A Brighton 3w/e 26/05/1961
ALLOC 75C Norwood Junction 3w/e 26/05/1961
ALLOC 70C Guildford 4w/e 08/12/1961
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 5w/e 31/08/1963
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 16/09/1963
WDN   3w/e 14/09/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/05/1963 Eastleigh Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: D3223, D3721, D6522/34/64, E5005/9, 11229 (to be renumbered D2259), DS680, 30828/42, 31621/39, 31859/62, 34001/10/22/4/5/53/76/95, 34104/7/9, 35003, 41224, 76008/18, 80013, 80138/43. Works Yard: D3044, D3462, D6523, 30545, 31411, 31834, 32104/9, 32635/61, 33004/26, 34096, 80032. Scrap Yard: 30039, 30517/33, 30937, 31891. Test House: 33020. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1859
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tonbridge (TON)    
01/04/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (RED)    
05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31859    
22/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Ramsgate (74B)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Dover Marine (74C)    
27/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
26/05/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Norwood Junction (75C)    
06/07/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
08/12/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
31/08/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
07/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31859    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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