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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 449 m/e 06/1925
British Railways 30449 m/e 10/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
06/1925 SIR TORRE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 06/1925
Withdrawal Sat 19/12/1959
Service Life 34 yrs, 6 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1925
SAL   Salisbury on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 19/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
REINS 72B Salisbury 3w/e 10/06/1950
REINS 72B Salisbury 6w/e 14/03/1951
TOSTORE 72B Salisbury 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 72B Salisbury 8w/e 05/06/1956
WDN   on 19/12/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1949 Eastleigh Works Locomotives ex Works in late September included: Nos. 35018/25 painted blue, Nos. 30449, 30741, 34061 painted dark green, Nos. 30323, 30730/32, 30905, 32077/86 painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 30458 Ironside, 30840/42, 32085, 90772 are unlined black. In addition to the above, Nos. 35009/17 are painted blue and Nos. 34091-92 are very dark green. SLS/194911

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 449, name: SIR TORRE
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Salisbury (SAL)    
10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30449    
12/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
19/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 30449    

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