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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2491 m/e 09/1899
British Railways 32491 m/e 01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Billinton
Class Radials
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 09/1899
Withdrawal w/e Sat 14/01/1961
Service Life 61 yrs, 4 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1899
BTN   Brighton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
71A   Eastleigh 7w/e 22/04/1950
70A   Nine Elms 4w/e 10/10/1955
70D   Basingstoke 6w/e 27/01/1956
71A   Eastleigh 3w/e 17/11/1956
     Withdrawn w/e 14/01/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 7w/e 22/04/1950
TOSTORE   5w/e 24/08/1953
REINS 71A Eastleigh 6w/e 08/02/1954
TOSTORE 71A Eastleigh 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 71A Eastleigh 5w/e 12/08/1955
TOSTORE 71A Eastleigh 5w/e 16/09/1955
REINS 70A Nine Elms 3w/e 10/10/1955
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke 6w/e 29/01/1956
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh P 31/10/1956
WDN   w/e 14/01/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1947 Ashford Works Locos. entering Works during the period 4/5/47 to 31/5/47 included: 1123, 1164, 1309, 1319, 1380, 1384, 1403, 1407, 1508, 1573, 1595, 2408, 2454, 2459, 2480, 2482, 2485, 2491, 2499 and W.D. 78563. SLS/194708

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1899 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2491
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Brighton (BTN)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 32491    
22/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
10/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
27/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
17/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
14/01/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 32491    
02/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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