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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1496 m/e 03/1907
British Railways 31496 m/e 03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class Coppernobs
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 03/1907
Withdrawal During 09/1955
Service Life 48 yrs, 6 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1955

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1907
FAV   Faversham on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
GIL   Gillingham (Kent) 5w/e 13/11/1948
74E   St Leonards 4w/e 05/02/1951
70E   Reading (S.R.) 4w/e 26/05/1953
70C   Guildford 8w/e 13/05/1954
     Withdrawn m/e 09/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GIL Gillingham (Kent) 5w/e 13/11/1948
REINS 74D Tonbridge m/e 31/08/1950
ALLOC 74E St Leonards 8w/e 05/02/1951
TOSTORE 74E St Leonards 7w/e 21/01/1952
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 74E St Leonards 4w/e 08/01/1953
ALLOC 70E Reading (S.R.) 9w/e 26/05/1953
ALLOC 70C Guildford 8w/e 13/05/1954
WDN   w/e 27/08/1955

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1907 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1496
Built at Ashford Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Faversham (FAV)    
13/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (GIL)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31496    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to St Leonards (74E)    
26/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (S.R.) (70E)    
13/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
1955 Scrapped Scrapped    
09/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 31496    

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