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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1253 m/e 01/1903
British Railways 31253 m/e 05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class C
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 01/1903
Withdrawal w/e Sat 17/10/1959
Service Life 56 yrs, 9 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1903
HIT   Hither Green on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BA   Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 04/02/1950
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 4w/e 12/05/1951
73E   Faversham 7w/e 27/06/1951
70C   Guildford 4w/e 11/12/1954
73A   Stewarts Lane 6w/e 20/04/1955
73C   Hither Green 7w/e 08/10/1957
     Withdrawn w/e 17/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC HIT Hither Green m/e 30/11/1946
ALLOC BA Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 04/02/1950
LOAN 73E Faversham on 12/05/1951
ALLOC 73E Faversham 8w/e 27/06/1951
ALLOC 70C Guildford 4w/e 11/12/1954
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 8w/e 20/04/1955
ALLOC 73C Hither Green q/e 08/10/1957
WDN   w/e 17/10/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1903 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1253
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Hither Green (HIT)    
05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31253    
04/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (BA)    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Faversham (73E)    
11/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
20/04/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
08/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
17/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 31253    
12/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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