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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2557 m/e 09/1901
British Railways 32557 m/e 05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Billinton
Class Radials
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 09/1901
Withdrawal Sun 23/12/1962
Service Life 61 yrs, 3 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1901
HOR   Horsham on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
ELH   Eastleigh 4w/e 12/03/1949
73B   Bricklayers Arms q/e 06/06/1958
73B   Bricklayers Arms 3w/e 13/10/1958
70A   Nine Elms m/e 09/11/1961
     Withdrawn on 23/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh 4w/e 12/03/1949
TOSTORE   5w/e 01/10/1953
TOSTORE 71A Eastleigh 5w/e 16/09/1955
REINS 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 8w/e 06/06/1958
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 2w/e 13/10/1958
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 09/11/1961
WDN   on 23/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
16/06/1951 Brighton Works On 16th June, the shops contained s1, 15212, 31470, 31801, 31920, 32343, 32442, 32501/7, 32557 all under repair, remains of 32145 an 2063, while 32005 is next for scrap (possibly to be followed by 2595, which was at the shed). New 2-6-4T No. 80010 was well advanced and four more should be finished by mid-August. Boilers are numbered BR5-896 upwards and are pressed to 225lb. Now that No. 2063 is cut up, the B4 class is extinct. A small private exhibition of locomotives took place in the Works on 19th June, consisting of 42095, 34040 Crewkerne (both in spotless condition), 15227, and the almost-completed 2-6-4T 80010. On that date the diesel s1 was renumbered 15201, completing the class. SLS/195108
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
09/1901 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2557
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Horsham (HOR)    
12/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 32557    
06/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
13/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
09/11/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
23/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 32557    
10/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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