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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and South Western Railway 55 m/e 12/1905
British Railways 30055 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Drummond
Class M7
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 0-4-4T
Builder Nine Elms Works
Order Number B13
To Service During 12/1905
Withdrawal w/e Sun 15/09/1963
Service Life 57 yrs, 9 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date Reference
    (New) m/e 12/1905  
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)  
71B   Bournemouth 4w/e 13/04/1951  
71B   Bournemouth 7w/e 27/06/1951  
71D   Fratton 8w/e 20/07/1953  
75F   Tunbridge Wells West 6w/e 21/06/1955  
75A   Brighton 7w/e 20/04/1956  
71A   Eastleigh 6w/e 14/06/1959  
75E   Three Bridges 5w/e 26/11/1959  
75E   Three Bridges 7w/e 23/08/1961  
70C   Guildford 4w/e 30/07/1962  
75F   Tunbridge Wells West 3w/e 30/01/1963  
     Withdrawn w/e 15/09/1963  
75E   Three Bridges 4w/e 16/09/1963  

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 71B Bournemouth 4w/e 13/04/1951
ALLOC 71B Bournemouth 8w/e 27/06/1951
ALLOC 71D Fratton 6w/e 20/07/1953
ALLOC 75F Tunbridge Wells West 4w/e 04/06/1955
ALLOC 75A Brighton 9w/e 10/04/1956
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh P 14/06/1959
ALLOC 75E Three Bridges P 26/11/1959
ALLOC 70C Guildford 5w/e 30/07/1962
ALLOC 75F Tunbridge Wells West 3w/e 25/01/1963
WDN   w/e 15/09/1963
ALLOC 75E Three Bridges 4w/e 16/09/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1905 To Service To service as London and South Western Railway Number 55
Built at Nine Elms Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30055    
13/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (71B)    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (71B)    
20/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Fratton (71D)    
21/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Tunbridge Wells West (75F)    
20/04/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
26/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Three Bridges (75E)    
23/08/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Three Bridges (75E)    
30/07/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
30/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tunbridge Wells West (75F)    
15/09/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 30055    
16/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Three Bridges (75E)    
02/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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