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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 855 m/e 11/1928
British Railways 30855 m/e 03/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
0000 ROBERT BLAKE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Lord Nelson
Company History SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 11/1928
Withdrawal w/e Sat 30/09/1961
Service Life 32 yrs, 10 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1928
BM   Bournemouth on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
9E   Nine Elms 8w/e 08/01/1949
ELH   Eastleigh 5w/e 04/02/1950
     Withdrawn w/e 30/09/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms 8w/e 08/01/1949
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh 5w/e 04/02/1950
WDN   on 30/09/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
05/09/1961 Eastleigh MPD (71A) (out of use) On 5th September the following were noted out of use either waiting works or cutting up-30029/44/120/83/258/87/530/82/4/668/74/701/82/3/93, 30800/50/1/2/5/8, 31061/493/2103/3024/38/4099, 41312, 73051, 76009, 80039/40, 82014 and GW 4610. Ex-Works were 30072/494/2353/4091 an 80016 together with 3620 (81C) and 3633 with 87C plate but with S.R. brackets newly fitted to smokebox door to take GW lamps as well as SR. 92052 (18A) was also on shed. SLS/196110

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1928 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 855
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bournemouth (BM)    
08/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (9E)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30855    
04/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
30/09/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 30855    
02/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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