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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 729 m/e 12/1899
British Railways 30729 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Drummond
Class Greyhounds
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Dübs & Co
To Service During 12/1899
Withdrawal w/e Sat 25/03/1961
Service Life 61 yrs, 3 mths , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1899
SAL   Salisbury on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BAT   Stewarts Lane 9w/e 01/06/1948
FRA   Fratton 4w/e 06/10/1948
71A   Eastleigh 7w/e 22/04/1950
71B   Bournemouth 4w/e 12/05/1951
71D   Fratton 6w/e 18/06/1954
72B   Salisbury q/e 06/06/1958
72A   Exmouth Junction 4w/e 06/05/1960
     Withdrawn w/e 25/03/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BAT Stewarts Lane 9w/e 01/06/1948
ALLOC FRA Fratton 4w/e 06/10/1948
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 7w/e 22/04/1950
TOSTORE 71A Eastleigh m/e 31/08/1950
REINS 71B Bournemouth 8w/e 27/06/1951
TOSTORE 71B Bournemouth 5w/e 08/10/1951
REINS 71B Bournemouth w/e 06/12/1951
ALLOC 71D Fratton 6w/e 22/06/1954
ALLOC 72B Salisbury 8w/e 06/06/1958
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 5w/e 06/05/1960
WDN   w/e 25/03/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
06/11/1951 Eastleigh Works On this date there was no sign of 756, either on shed or in works, so that it may have been broken up. 30253 was renumbered on 5th November, and DS3191 (ex 612) and 30426/7 were being cut up. Other engines in the scrap yard were S282, 30396, 30728/9, 2056, 2067. SLS/195201

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1899 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 729
Built at Dübs & Co
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Salisbury (SAL)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
06/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Fratton (FRA)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30729    
22/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (71B)    
18/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Fratton (71D)    
06/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
06/05/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
25/03/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 30729    
04/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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