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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and South Western Railway 609 m/e 11/1892
Southern Railway (Reg) E609 y/e 1923
Southern Railway 609 m/e 03/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Adams
Class Jubilee
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 0-4-2
Builder Neilson, Reid & Co.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 4508
To Service During 11/1892
Withdrawal During 04/1947
Service Life 54 yrs , 5 mths

Disposal
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Eastleigh)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1892
     Withdrawn m/e 04/1947

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN ELH Eastleigh 8w/e 31/05/1947

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
14/02/1948 Eastleigh Works During the early part of February a large batch of withdrawn engines was still on hand in the various sidings, including Adams 0-4-4T Nos. 4, 6, 17, an 364: Beattie 0-6-OST 0332, 3334; Stroudley 0-6-OT W10, W12, and L.B.S.C.R. 683; Stroudley 0-4-2T 2232, 2233, 2240, 2255, 2355, an 2627; Adams 4-4-0 657; Adams 0-4-2 597-600, 609, 612, 613, 620, 625, 634, 637, 638, 644, 646, an 649; Drummond 4-4-0 150, 347. Engines in shops included 'B4X' No. 2060, 'El/R' No. 2135, and 'B4' Tank No. 93 St. Malo. Engines in the area in 'B.R' livery were Nos. S27, S64, S182, S203, S224, S255, S282, S453 King Arthur, S465, S535, S750 Morgan le Fay, S21C108 Padstow, and S21C105 Barnstaple. Only the three named ones were green. The 'Austerity' 2-10-0's are not having 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' on the tender, nor the prefix 'S'; also the numerals are small (as used on coaching stock); as repaired they are being parked at Ringwood; 73776 was at the shed ready for transit, and 73781 an 73788 outside the works SLS/194803

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1892 To Service To service as London and South Western Railway Number 609
Built at Neilson, Reid & Co., Works Number 4508
   
1923 Renumbered Renumbered to E609    
03/1934 Renumbered Renumbered to 609    
04/1947 Withdrawn Condemned as 609    

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