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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 768 m/e 06/1925
British Railways 30768 m/e 11/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
06/1925 SIR BALIN

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 06/1925
Withdrawal During 10/1961
Service Life 36 yrs, 3 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1925
DOV   Dover Marine on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
73A   Stewarts Lane 7w/e 27/06/1951
71A   Eastleigh 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn m/e 10/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 8w/e 27/06/1951
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 73A Stewarts Lane 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane 3w/e 27/03/1953
TOSTORE 73A Stewarts Lane 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane 4w/e 11/12/1954
TOSTORE 73A Stewarts Lane 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 73A Stewarts Lane 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 04/11/1961

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 768, name: SIR BALIN
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Dover Marine (DOV)    
11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30768    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
10/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 30768    
01/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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