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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 766 m/e 05/1925
British Railways 30766 m/e 01/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
05/1925 SIR GERAINT

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 05/1925
Withdrawal w/e Sat 27/12/1958
Service Life 33 yrs, 7 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1925
9E   Nine Elms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BAT   Stewarts Lane 7w/e 03/05/1949
     Withdrawn w/e 27/12/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BAT Stewarts Lane 7w/e 03/05/1949
TOSTORE 73A Stewarts Lane 7w/e 01/11/1955
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane 8w/e 05/06/1956
WDN   w/e 27/12/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 766, name: SIR GERAINT
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Nine Elms (9E)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30766    
03/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
27/12/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 30766    
01/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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