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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1890 m/e 06/1928
British Railways 31890 m/e 11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class U Boats
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 06/1928
Withdrawal w/e Sun 30/06/1963
Service Life 35 yrs , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1928
BAT   Stewarts Lane q/e 12/1935
BTN   Brighton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
73B   Bricklayers Arms 7w/e 27/06/1951
75A   Brighton 6w/e 14/06/1959
75C   Norwood Junction 2w/e 10/10/1961
75E   Three Bridges 5w/e 02/07/1962
75A   Brighton 4w/e 17/12/1962
     Withdrawn w/e 30/06/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BTN Brighton 5w/e 11/08/1947
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 8w/e 27/06/1951
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 73B Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms 3w/e 27/03/1953
TOSTORE 73B Bricklayers Arms 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 75A Brighton P 14/06/1959
ALLOC 75E Three Bridges 4w/e 25/06/1962
ALLOC 75A Brighton P 17/12/1962
WDN   w/e 30/06/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1951 \"South-Western\" services Owing to the shortage of 'Pacifics' at Brighton, 'Atlantics' and No. 31890 have been seen during May on the through 'South-Western' services. SLS/195107
11/09/1963 Eastleigh MPD (Waiting Works or scrap) Ex Works on 71A-DS238 (ex-30070 named Wainwright), 34030, 34102, 41290/5, 76007, D3719. Waiting Works or scrap on 71A-30065/89, 30199, 30241, 30346/68, 30500/3/11/5/6/9/48/86, 30911/30/6, 31403/13, 31637, 31794, 31810/20/79/80/90/8/9, 31900/3/5/6/10/6/21/3, 32353, 32417, 32557, 33011/21, 34023/35/71/4, 41312, 73054. SLS/196310

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1928 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1890
Built at Ashford Works
   
12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Brighton (BTN)    
11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31890    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
10/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Norwood Junction (75C)    
02/07/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Three Bridges (75E)    
17/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
30/06/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 31890    
10/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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