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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and South Western Railway 256 m/e 08/1897
British Railways 30256 m/e 02/1951

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 23/05/1959
Service Life 61 yrs, 9 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date Reference
    (New) m/e 08/1897  
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)  
72E   Barnstaple Junction 4w/e 12/05/1951  
     Withdrawn w/e 23/05/1959  

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   w/e 23/05/1959

* 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 256
Built at Nine Elms Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
02/1951 Renumbered Renumbered to 30256    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
23/05/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 30256    
07/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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