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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and South Western Railway 252 m/e 08/1897
British Railways 30252 m/e 01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Drummond
Class M7
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 0-4-4T
Builder Nine Elms Works
Order Number M7
To Service During 08/1897
Withdrawal w/e Sat 07/02/1959
Service Life 61 yrs, 6 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date Reference
    (New) m/e 08/1897  
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)  
72E   Barnstaple Junction 6w/e 14/03/1951  
72E   Barnstaple Junction 6w/e 20/03/1951  
72E   Barnstaple Junction 4w/e 12/05/1951  
     Withdrawn w/e 07/02/1959  

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 72E Barnstaple Junction 6w/e 14/03/1951
TOSTORE 72E Barnstaple Junction 5w/e 16/09/1955
REINS 72E Barnstaple Junction 8w/e 05/06/1956
WDN   w/e 07/02/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1897 To Service To service as London and South Western Railway Number 252
Built at Nine Elms Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 30252    
14/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
20/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
07/02/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 30252    
03/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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