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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2512 m/e 02/1901
British Railways 32512 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Billinton
Class Radials
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 02/1901
Withdrawal w/e Sat 27/05/1961
Service Life 60 yrs, 3 mths , 26 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1901
TWW   Tunbridge Wells West on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
75B   Redhill 4w/e 07/10/1950
75B   Redhill 5w/e 31/10/1950
75A   Brighton 4w/e 10/10/1955
     Withdrawn w/e 27/05/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 75B Redhill 5w/e 31/10/1950
TOSTORE 75B Redhill 5w/e 16/09/1955
REINS 75A Brighton 3w/e 10/10/1955
WDN   w/e 27/05/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
16/11/1948 Brighton Works In shops for repair: Nos, 32501 an 77359 (ready); 31919 an 32501 (nearly ready); 680S; CC1 (to be 20001); 1899, 2339, 2512, 2563, 32523, 77256; 34064 (lighter green livery). New construction Nos. 34085-90; 36001; boilers and tenders for 'Merchant Navy' Class. SLS/194812
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
06/05/1950 Brighton Works Latest 'West Country' to 6/5/50 was 34108 Wincanton: new construction includes 34109/10 of the same order, and some 2-6-4T Nos. 42096-102. Engines under repair: 15203, 272, 1295, 1554, 32081, 32417, 32512/64, 32636, 34074, 34021 Dartmoor, 78666/90641, 78531/90408, 77359/90257, 79262/90702. No. 42096 has boiler No. 13474. Following after 42106, further 2-6-4T's will be built with standard cab arrangements, so that Brighton has plenty of work in view. SLS/195006

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1901 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2512
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tunbridge Wells West (TWW)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 32512    
07/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (75B)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (75B)    
10/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
27/05/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 32512    
07/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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