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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2424 m/e 09/1911
British Railways 32424 m/e 12/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1911 BEACHY HEAD

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Marsh
Class Atlantics
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-2
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 09/1911
Withdrawal During 04/1958
Service Life 46 yrs , 7 mths

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1911
NHN   Newhaven on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
NHN   Newhaven P 02/01/1948
BTN   Brighton 8w/e 08/01/1949
75A   Brighton 4w/e 07/10/1950
NHN   Newhaven 5w/e 31/10/1950
75A   Brighton 4w/e 12/05/1951
     Withdrawn m/e 04/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BA Bricklayers Arms m/e 30/06/1947
ALLOC NHN Newhaven P 02/01/1948
ALLOC BTN Brighton 8w/e 08/01/1949
ALLOC NHN Newhaven 5w/e 31/10/1950
TOSTORE 75ANHN   9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 75A Brighton 4w/e 11/12/1954
TOSTORE 75ANHN   8w/e 08/02/1955
REINS 75A Brighton w/e 13/06/1955
TOSTORE 75A Brighton 7w/e 01/11/1955
WDN   w/e 03/05/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1950 General Now that the new 2-6-4 tanks are arriving at Tunbridge Wells West, the Maunsell 0-6-0s of class, 'Q' which had been on the Oxted line passenger jobs have been transferred to other sheds for freight duties. Nos. 42096-42101 had arrived to the beginning of September, and a few more are expected. Others under construction in Brighton Works are 42103-42106, 42066-42069. This method of 'numbering backward' savours of L.M.S. methods, though it is understood that after reaching 42095 the next will be 82010 (but not this year!)
It is not unusual to see class '5MT' from the L.M.R. at Brighton, chiefly on Sundays or in mid-week: the shedplates are usually 2A or 1A, e.g., 45020 an 45353, but 45233 with a 26A plate was something rather out of the ordinary on 27th August.
Little progress has been made recently with the last of the 4-6-2 to be built at Brighton (No. 34110): precedence is doubtless being given to the class '4' tanks. Only a few 2-8-0 seem to be in traffic round Brighton nowadays, though several are in Brighton shops for heavy repair; 90247, however, is much in evidence with its 4B shedplate, a legacy from its' Shrewsbury days.
Several Central Section engines have now had their 75A plates affixed, the earliest noted being 31556, 32505, 32509, 32339, 32424, but the number grows daily. Eastern section engines working in have not had shedplates up to the end of August.
Early in September the last active 0-4-2T No. 2252 was regularly on the Horsham auto, leaving Brighton about 4 p.m.; it is feared that this veteran may soon wear out its boiler, and then-goodbye?
SLS/195010
30/06/1951 Brighton MPD At the shed, the hybrid Atlantic, 32424 Beachy Head, which has a black boiler off 32039 though otherwise green, was under repair. No. 32421, South Foreland was in, 32422, North Foreland was on the Brighton-Bournemouth run. No. 32425, Trevose Head, is often on relief Newhaven-London boat trains, and is reported to have worked successfully a pigeon special down from Battersea weighing over 500 tons. SLS/195108

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1911 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2424, name: BEACHY HEAD
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newhaven (NHN)    
02/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Newhaven (NHN)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 32424    
08/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (BTN)    
07/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Newhaven (NHN)    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
04/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 32424    
05/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    

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