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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 756 y/e 1907
British Railways 30756 y/e Not applied

Names Carried
Date From Name
1907 A. S. HARRIS

Locomotive Specifics
Class 756
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Hawthorn Leslie
To Service During y/e 1907
Withdrawal During 11/1951
Service Life 44 yrs, 11 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1951

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) y/e 1907
ELH   Eastleigh on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
ELH   Eastleigh P 02/01/1948
DOV   Dover Marine 5w/e 04/09/1948
9E   Nine Elms 5w/e 12/02/1949
BAT   Stewarts Lane 3w/e 28/05/1949
     Withdrawn m/e 11/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh P 02/01/1948
ALLOC DOV Dover Marine 5w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms 5w/e 12/02/1949
ALLOC BAT Stewarts Lane 3w/e 28/05/1949
WDN   w/e 27/10/1951

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/02/1948 Eastleigh MPD Of the 'B4' tank class, the shed contained Nos. 82, 88, an 89 Trouville. Other miscellaneous engines noted were:- 'C.14' 3744 and 0-6-OT 756 A. S. Harris at Eastleigh shed, and 0-4-OST (Barclay 1188/10) ex Soton Docks, formerly MDE 177 The Master General in the condemned road SLS/194803
07/09/1948 Dover MPD No. 756 A. S. Harris was noted on Dover shed if the beginning of September-a further cry than ever from the P.D.S.W.J SLS/194810
12/08/1950 S.R. Renumbering The official notices refer to locomotives by their new numbers whether actually re-numbered or not: sometimes a re-numbering is advised twice at widely distant dates: hence though the following list of un-renumbered engines is believed to be correct, observations (prior to 12/8/50) may prove it otherwise, and members' notes would be appreciated: 7, 20 (T.1); 24, 26, 34, 37, 42, 44, 49, 50, 54, 58 (M.7); 61, 63, 64, 68-71, 73 (USA); 82, 84, 87, 88, 93, 96, 102 (B.4); 111 (M.7); 113/4/6/8 (T.9); 127 (M.7); 148, 154/5/7/8 (L.11); 162 (G.6); 165, 170/2/4 (L.11); 192, 200/3/4, 212, 223/4/9 (0.2); 238 (G.6); 246, 250/1/3/5/6 (M.7); 259, 268 (G.6); 280/2/5, 303/4/5 (T.9); 308 (700); 311/4 (T.9); 324 (M.7); 325 (700); 336/8 (T.9); 353 (G.6); 355 (700); 356 (M.7); 367 (T.1); 384/9, 390 (K.10); 395, 401/2 (S.11); 408, 411-414 (L.11); 422, 430/3 (L.12); 436/7, 441 (L.11); 463 (D.15); 481 (M.7); 482 (H.15); 494 (G.16); 498 (S.15); 518 (H.16); 532 (Q.); 3029, 3433/6, 3441 (0395); 3741 (C.14); 667, 670 (M.7); 691/3/7/8/9 (700); 713, 722/3/8, 731 (T.9); 746 (N.15); 756 (756); 758 (757); 769, 770 (N.15); 863 (LN); 1041/4, 1064/6 (0.1); 1071/86 (C); 1093 (0.1); 1102 (C); 1107 (R.1); 1108 (0.1); 1112 (C); 1147 (R.1); 1150 (C); 1157 (E); 1191 (C); 1217 (B.1); 1222/2/44/5 (C); 1248 (0.1); 1252/71 (C); 1274/6 (H); 1291 (C); 1321 (H); 1335/7/9 (R.1); 1373/9/81/90/1/5 (0.1); 1432 (0.1); 1443 (B.1); 1480 (C); 1491 (E); 1493 (D); 1508/13 (C); 1519/42/3/4 (H); 1547 (E); 1552 (H); 1558 (P); 1572 (C); 1574/7 (D); 1590 (C); 1602 (T); 1611/23 (U); 1666/73 (R); 1683 (C); 1685 (S); 1693 (C); 1708 (R.1); 1711/2/4/8/21/4 (C); 1730/2 (D); 1735/9 (D.1); 1748 (D); 1754/5/8 (L.1); 1770/8 (L); 1792, 1809 (U); 1825/41/52 (N); 2002/8/9 (I.1x); 2045/50/2 (3.4x); 2054 (B.4); 2055/6/60 (B.4x); 2062/3 (B.4); 2067 (I3.4x); 2068 (B.4); 2070/3 (B.4x); 2075/91 (I.3); 2101/4/9 (E.2); 2133/8/56 (E.1); 2168 (E.3); 2306 (C.3); 2328 (N.15x); 2342 (K); 2359 (D.1); 2385/91 (D.3); 2407 (E.6x); 2408/18 (E.6); 2425 (H.2); 2447 (C.2x); 2472/3/5/85/7, 2517 (E.4); 2522 (C.2x); 2556/60 (E.4); 2573/92 (E.5); 2595/6, 2602/3 (I.1x); 2608 (E.1r); 2647/61 (A.1x); 2691/4 (E.1); 2695/7 (E.1r); C1, C3, C11, C21 (Q.1); 21C7 (MN); Diesel 1; 77090/101/50/226/96/355, 78597 (WD). Several have since been renumbered. SLS/195012
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
1907 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 756, name: A. S. HARRIS
Built at Hawthorn Leslie
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Eastleigh (ELH)    
02/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Dover Marine (DOV)    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 30756 but not taken up    
12/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (9E)    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
11/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 756    
11/1951 Scrapped Scrapped