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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2492 m/e 10/1899
British Railways 32492 m/e 07/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Billinton
Class Radials
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 10/1899
Withdrawal w/e Sat 04/05/1957
Service Life 57 yrs, 7 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1957

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1899
NHN   Newhaven on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
FRA   Fratton 9w/e 01/06/1948
ELH   Eastleigh 4w/e 12/03/1949
70A   Nine Elms 4w/e 10/10/1955
     Withdrawn w/e 04/05/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FRA Fratton 9w/e 01/06/1948
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh 4w/e 12/03/1949
TOSTORE 71A Eastleigh 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 71A Eastleigh 5w/e 12/08/1955
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 3w/e 10/10/1955
WDN   w/e 04/05/1957

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
05/03/1951 Ashford Works In shops: s1178, 1245, 1252, 31320, 31401/5, 31509, 31616, 31753/75/85, 31820/6/48, s1825, s1871, 32169, 2487, 32502/4/43, 33005/23/8, 78597. In yard : 1107, 1157, 31502/19/21/32, 1714/30, 31745, 31925, 32402, 2447, 32525, 32523/94, 33039, 90226. For scrap : 1443, 1547, 32301, 32584. Recently ex shops: lined black 31305, 31611, 31766/97, 31822, 32492, 32583.
No. 32553 ('C2x') has left Ashford after general overhaul, with two domes. There are still a number of boilers so fitted which are inter-changed from time to time, though the second dome has served no purpose since the top-feed arrangement with which it was associated by the L. B.& S.C.R. was discontinued in 1930 under Southern auspices. The ranks of the famous 'I.3' tanks are being rapidly depleted since the advent of the new Class 4 MT Tanks.
SLS/195104

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1899 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2492
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newhaven (NHN)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Fratton (FRA)    
07/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 32492    
12/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
10/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
04/05/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 32492    
06/1957 Scrapped Scrapped    

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