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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1620 m/e 11/1928
British Railways 31620 m/e 09/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class U Boats
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 11/1928
Withdrawal w/e Sun 04/04/1965
Service Life 36 yrs, 5 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1928
RDG   Reading (S.R.) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
GFD   Guildford 4w/e 01/04/1948
70A   Nine Elms 4w/e 12/05/1951
73C   Hither Green 9w/e 30/06/1952
71A   Eastleigh 4w/e 01/10/1953
70C   Guildford 4w/e 30/12/1953
71A   Eastleigh 8w/e 13/05/1954
70C   Guildford m/e 06/01/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 04/04/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GFD Guildford 4w/e 01/04/1948
ALLOC 73C Hither Green m/e 30/06/1952
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 5w/e 01/10/1953
ALLOC 70C Guildford 6w/e 30/12/1953
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 13/05/1954
ALLOC 75C Norwood Junction 4w/e 19/11/1962
ALLOC 70C Guildford 4w/e 29/12/1963
WDN   w/e 04/04/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/05/1951 Ashford Works In shops: 31225/70/91/335/542/620/34/81/8/763, 31814/34/67/9,5/6, 33008/19, 90142. To be cut up: 31697, (3)1093, (3)1379, 31494, 31509, 31731, 31595, 31743, 31710. New: Diesels 15229/30. SLS/195107

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1928 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1620
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Reading (S.R.) (RDG)    
01/04/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (GFD)    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31620    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
01/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
30/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
13/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
06/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
04/04/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 31620    
08/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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