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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway 21C163 m/e 05/1947
British Railways 34063 5w/e 12/02/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
07/1947 229 SQUADRON

Locomotive Specifics
Designer O. Bulleid
Class West Country/Battle of Britain
Company History SR
Wheels 4-6-2
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 05/1947
Withdrawal w/e Sun 15/08/1965
Service Life 18 yrs, 3 mths , 16 dys
Information Name affixed Jan-1949

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1966

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
LP Series 1 3315 29/05/1947 SR 4,500g 5t 0cwt
LP Series 1 3252 22/12/1959 SR 4,500g 5t 0cwt
LP Series 1 3253 28/08/1963 SR 4,500g 5t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1947
RAM   Ramsgate on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BAT   Stewarts Lane 9w/e 01/06/1948
70A   Nine Elms 7w/e 22/04/1950
72A   Exmouth Junction w/e 11/03/1959
75A   Brighton 4w/e 27/05/1963
70E   Salisbury 4w/e 16/09/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 15/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW RAM Ramsgate on 29/05/1947
ALLOC BAT Stewarts Lane 9w/e 01/06/1948
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 7w/e 22/04/1950
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 70A Nine Elms 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction q/e 12/01/1959
TOSTORE   4w/e 04/05/1963
ALLOC 75A Brighton 4w/e 27/05/1963
ALLOC 91S To Southern Region 4w/e 01/06/1963
ALLOC 70E Salisbury 4w/e 16/09/1963
WDN   w/e 15/08/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
05/01/1949 Brighton Works Locomotives in shops included:-Nos. 2039, 2325/39/51, S2376, 2514/20, S2578, 34004/15/56/64, 21C161/63, 'Austerity' 70853, 77062/90, 78597, while under construction were:-Nos. 34090, 36001 and tenders. No. 32029 which left shops on 1/1 with plain black tanks, came back to be fully-lined and was ex shops again on 5/1. 'British Railways' lettering on engines is cancelled. SLS/194902
06/01/1960 Eastleigh Works (Erecting shop) Erecting shop: 30056/108/516/33/40/86/668/73/7/87/9/950, 34006/63/86/106/10, 35004, 41291, 73110/15, 75079, 78005/56, 80013, E5001. Ex-works: 32106, 34099, 84029, E20003. Waiting works: 30035/475, 34067, 80089; on 'dump', 30179/318/774. SLS/196002
04/11/1961 Eastleigh Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: D5000/3, D6530, E5008, 3733, 7782, 9629/77, 15211/34, 30051/7, 30480, 30543/7, 30830, 30921, 31808, 32343, 33028/33/40, 34015/49/57/63, 34103/10, 35010/27, 41206, 41324, 73020, 76059, 80145, 82013. Works Yard: 9732, 15233, 30120, 30859/, 34037/50/99, 76060/8, 92211. Scrap Yard: 30277, 30858, 31145, 31505. SLS/196112

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1947 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 21C163
Built at Brighton Works
   
29/05/1947 Tender Tender fitted: LP Series 1 number 3315    
07/1947 Naming Named '229 SQUADRON'    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ramsgate (RAM)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
12/02/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 34063    
22/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
11/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
22/12/1959 Tender Tender fitted: LP Series 1 number 3252    
27/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
28/08/1963 Tender Tender fitted: LP Series 1 number 3253    
16/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (70E)    
15/08/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 34063    
05/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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