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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1756 m/e 03/1926
British Railways 31756 m/e 05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class L1
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 03/1926
Withdrawal w/e Sat 07/10/1961
Service Life 35 yrs, 7 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1926
DOV   Dover Marine on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BAT   Stewarts Lane 6w/e 26/09/1949
74A   Ashford 4w/e 21/01/1952
74C   Dover Marine 9w/e 30/06/1952
74B   Ramsgate 8w/e 07/10/1952
74A   Ashford 4w/e 01/10/1953
74A   Ashford 4w/e 14/01/1958
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
73J   Tonbridge 6w/e 09/02/1960
70A   Nine Elms 4w/e 08/07/1960
     Withdrawn w/e 07/10/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BAT Stewarts Lane 6w/e 26/09/1949
REINS 74C Dover Marine 3w/e 10/06/1950
REINS 74C Dover Marine 6w/e 14/03/1951
TOSTORE   4w/e 13/04/1951
REINS 74C Dover Marine 8w/e 27/06/1951
TOSTORE 74C Dover Marine 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 74A Ashford 7w/e 21/01/1952
ALLOC 74C Dover Marine m/e 30/06/1952
ALLOC 74B Ramsgate 10w/e 07/10/1952
ALLOC 74A Ashford 5w/e 01/10/1953
TOSTORE 74A Ashford 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 74A Ashford 4w/e 11/12/1954
TOSTORE 74A Ashford 8w/e 08/02/1955
REINS 74A Ashford w/e 13/06/1955
TOSTORE 74A Ashford 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 74A Ashford 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
ALLOC 73J Tonbridge 6w/e 09/02/1960
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 5w/e 08/07/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
09/07/1950 Ramblers\' Excursions On 9th July 1950, N. No. 31813-assisted by N. No. 31852 from Redhill, where a stop was made to attach-hauled an eleven-coach ramblers' special from Victoria to Forest Row via Three Bridges. On several occasions this year N. and U.1 class 'Moguls' have hauled crowded 11-coach ramblers' trains unaided over the Oxted line to Sheffield Park, Uckfield and Groombridge. The route of the first-named included three miles of 1 in 70 between Lingfield and East Grinstead and time was kept in all cases with gross loads of 375-400 tons. Ramblers' excursions have also been hauled over the Redhill-Shalford section-9 to 11 corridors-by classes L, L.1 and N. (31772, 31756, 31848, 31402). Judging by the pyrotechnic displays, coal consumption was not on the light side, and time was kept only by high downhill speeds on this switchback line. SLS/195101

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1926 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1756
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Dover Marine (DOV)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31756    
26/09/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
21/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Dover Marine (74C)    
07/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ramsgate (74B)    
01/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
14/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
09/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (73J)    
08/07/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
07/10/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 31756    
12/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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