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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1242 m/e 04/1902
British Railways 31242 m/e 07/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class C
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 04/1902
Withdrawal w/e Sat 30/09/1961
Service Life 59 yrs, 5 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1902
FAV   Faversham on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 4w/e 12/05/1951
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 08/02/1954
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 4w/e 19/03/1954
73E   Faversham 6w/e 21/06/1955
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 30/09/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 6w/e 08/02/1954
ALLOC 73D Gillingham (Kent) 6w/e 19/03/1954
ALLOC 73E Faversham 4w/e 04/06/1955
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1902 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1242
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Faversham (FAV)    
07/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31242    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
08/02/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
19/03/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
21/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Faversham (73E)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
09/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    
30/09/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 31242    

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