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Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2325 m/e 12/1910
British Railways 32325 m/e 03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Marsh
Class Pacific Tanks
Company History SR
Wheels 4-6-2T
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 12/1910
Withdrawal w/e Sat 30/06/1951
Service Life 40 yrs , 7 mths

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1951

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1910
TWW   Tunbridge Wells West on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
75A   Brighton 4w/e 07/10/1950
75A   Brighton 5w/e 31/10/1950
     Withdrawn w/e 30/06/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 75A Brighton 5w/e 31/10/1950
WDN   8w/e 27/06/1951
WDN   w/e 30/06/1951

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1947 Tunbridge Wells MPD 'J' 4-6-2T No. 2325 is back at Tunbridge Wells. SLS/194710
02/12/1948 Brighton Works Locomotives in shops included:-Nos. 34056/64, both new green and lined (done at Eastleigh, in the summer), 20001 (ex CC1 to-day), 34088-90 (under construction), 36001 ('Leader'), 2325/39 an 32512 (ready). No. 34086, which ran trials at the end of November, is painted in the new light green and fully lined but not the panels, while the bottom of the engine and tender casing are all green and not black; the first one to be done here in this livery. SLS/194901
05/01/1949 Brighton Works Locomotives in shops included:-Nos. 2039, 2325/39/51, S2376, 2514/20, S2578, 34004/15/56/64, 21C161/63, 'Austerity' 70853, 77062/90, 78597, while under construction were:-Nos. 34090, 36001 and tenders. No. 32029 which left shops on 1/1 with plain black tanks, came back to be fully-lined and was ex shops again on 5/1. 'British Railways' lettering on engines is cancelled. SLS/194902
01/02/1949 Brighton Works Engines in shops:-Nos. 21C101, CC2, 34004/05/20, 34061 73 Squadron, 34062/65, 2039/76/89, 2325, 2489, 2514, 32339, 32520 an 77062/94, for repair. Two 'Leader' Class under construction. No. 34090 left shops on 31/1 named Sir Eustace Missenden, Southern Railway Battle of Britain Class, the S.R. Coat-of-arms is also incorporated in the nameplate, the background of which is painted Air Force blue. The locomotive is painted malachite green with yellow lining, but the wheel centres instead of being black are also green and the tyres yellow. The British Railways crest is on the tender. SLS/194903
30/06/1951 Brighton area workings L.M. type 2-6-4T's have been tried on Brighton-Salisbury round trips (over 160 miles), taking water en route, with the through Plymouth or Cardiff trains, and appear to have done well notwithstanding the heaviness of some of the loads. Re-coaling was doubtless effected at Salisbury. 'Ul' as well as LSW 4-4-0's also appeared thereon during the temporary shortage of 'Pacifics' on account of reallocations. Class '4' tank 42092 headed the Hastings-Manchester train as far as Brighton with eleven L.M. corridors from Polegate on June 30th, in charge of St. Leonards men who had not worked one of the type before but kept time. 42091 a few days before brought eleven corridor S.R. empty coaches from Ashford to St. Leonards. This train, weighing 375 tons full, was too tough a proposition on the following Saturday from Polegate to Brighton for an 'I3' 4-4-2T as speed up the arduous 1 in 88 of Falmer bank fell to 17 m.p.h., when forming Hastings and Eastbourne to Birmingham (Snow Hill) service. 'N' class 'Moguls' took over these 11-coach trains at Brighton for the run to Kensington or Redhill. In a plain dress of malachite green, a little faded, the once famous Brighton pioneer six-coupled express loco. named Abergavenny in her heyday, spending her last days as a solitary survivor of a famous tank regime-No. 32325 has been travelling round the Central Section on odd jobs but her last call has come, alas! Though withdrawn, she was still at Brighton shed on June 30th. SLS/195108

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1910 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2325
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tunbridge Wells West (TWW)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 32325    
07/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
30/06/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 32325    
07/1951 Scrapped Scrapped