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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 538 m/e 11/1938
British Railways 30538 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Q
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 11/1938
Withdrawal w/e Sun 14/07/1963
Service Life 24 yrs, 8 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1938
RED   Redhill on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
NORW   Norwood Junction 9w/e 01/08/1948
73A   Stewarts Lane 6w/e 18/06/1954
75C   Norwood Junction 4w/e 06/11/1954
75A   Brighton 5w/e 18/03/1961
75D   Stewarts Lane 5w/e 02/07/1962
71B   Bournemouth 3w/e 07/01/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 14/07/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NORW Norwood Junction 9w/e 01/08/1948
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 6w/e 22/06/1954
ALLOC 75C Norwood Junction 9w/e 31/10/1954
ALLOC 75A Brighton P 18/03/1961
ALLOC 75D Stewarts Lane w/e 25/06/1962
ALLOC 71B Bournemouth 3w/e 07/01/1963
WDN   w/e 14/07/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/10/1959 Eastleigh Works (On Works) On Works:- 30028/505/14/38/803/64, 32650/4037/83, 35013/6/25/6/8, 41314/2081, 73028/84, 84021/3, E5005, 20003. Waiting works:- 30055/104/783, 34026/62/6, 35012/5, 42076, 75079; ex-Works:- 30667, 30844, 34044, 35014. SLS/195912

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1938 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 538
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Redhill (RED)    
01/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Norwood Junction (NORW)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30538    
18/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
06/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Norwood Junction (75C)    
18/03/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
02/07/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (75D)    
07/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (71B)    
14/07/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 30538    
11/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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