Menu

Quick Search

Enter locomotive number in the box below and press 'Go'!

Content is coming here as you probably can see. Content is coming here as you probably can see.


?

In Touch

Donations

Counter

Ad Visitor Statistics
» 3 Online
» 331 Today
» 4397 Yesterday
» 18134 Week
» 71150 Month
» 190677 Year
» 3217530 Total
Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
(Free MySQL Counter)
prev prev
Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway 21C154 m/e 01/1947
British Railways 34054 7w/e 03/05/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
02/1947 LORD BEAVERBROOK

Locomotive Specifics
Designer O. Bulleid
Class West Country/Battle of Britain
Company History SR
Wheels 4-6-2
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 01/1947
Withdrawal Mon 07/09/1964
Service Life 17 yrs, 8 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1965

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
LP Series 1 3302 01/1947 SR 4,500g 5t 0cwt
LP Series 1 3288 02/1951 SR 4,500g 5t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1947
BAT   Stewarts Lane on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
9E   Nine Elms 5w/e 04/02/1950
72A   Exmouth Junction 4w/e 11/04/1951
72A   Exmouth Junction 4w/e 13/04/1951
72B   Salisbury 9w/e 30/06/1952
83D   Exmouth Junction on 03/11/1963
     Withdrawn on 07/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms 5w/e 04/02/1950
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 4w/e 13/04/1951
ALLOC 72B Salisbury m/e 30/06/1952
TOSTORE 72B Salisbury 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 72B Salisbury 4w/e 11/12/1954
ALLOC 83D Exmouth Junction 5w/e 02/11/1963
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 11/11/1963
WDN   3w/e 14/09/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1947 General Nos. 21C154-7 are allocated to BAT, but at the present time (March) 21C154 is on loan to RAM. SLS/194705
10/09/1947 Waterloo Station At an official ceremony held at Waterloo on 10/9 the following were named: 21C151 Winston Churchill, 21C152 Lord Dowding and 21C164 Fighter Command, while on 16/9 during a similar function these were also named: 21C154 Lord Beaverbrook, 21C165 Hurricane and 21C166 Spitfire. SLS/194710
31/03/1951 Eastleigh Works In shops 49, 30352, 30416/54/99, 30501/35/89, 30580 (ex 3506), 698, 30744/51/69, 30864, 30936/56, 32094, 32347, 32608, 34025/9/54/9/61/7/96/7/8. For shops 34055, 35010. Ex shops 30766/72, 34100 (dark green), 30484 (lined black), 30571 (ex 3397), 30306. Scrap: 30122, 154, 408. Noted un-renumbered: 246, 1432. No. 769 had just been renumbered. SLS/195108
20/01/1963 Eastleigh Works (Works yard) In erecting shop: 4634, 31619, 31800/16/73, 33009/12, 34031/9/70, 35001/15, 41296/9, 73002/51, 76005/62, 80034/43/82/162, 82014/24, 92206. In Works yard: 30512, 31618, 34054, 35006, 41291, 80035, 82022. On scrap sidings behind Works: 30504, 30903/4, 31414, 31904, 32352. SLS/196303

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1947 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 21C154
Built at Brighton Works
Tender fitted: LP Series 1
   
02/1947 Naming Named 'LORD BEAVERBROOK'    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
03/05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 34054    
04/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (9E)    
02/1951 Tender Tender fitted: LP Series 1 number 3288    
11/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
13/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
03/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (83D)    
07/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 34054    
03/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

prev prev