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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1816 m/e 01/1922
British Railways 31816 m/e 01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 01/1922
Withdrawal w/e Sun 09/01/1966
Service Life 44 yrs , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1922
RED   Redhill on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BAT   Stewarts Lane 4w/e 01/04/1948
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 4w/e 06/10/1951
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 5w/e 08/10/1951
73A   Stewarts Lane 4w/e 01/10/1953
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 8w/e 13/05/1954
70C   Guildford 6w/e 14/06/1959
73C   Hither Green 6w/e 22/10/1959
71A   Eastleigh 3w/e 26/05/1961
71G   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 22/07/1963
75B   Redhill 4w/e 22/06/1964
70C   Guildford 4w/e 18/01/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 09/01/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BAT Stewarts Lane 4w/e 01/04/1948
ALLOC 73D Gillingham (Kent) 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 5w/e 01/10/1953
ALLOC 73D Gillingham (Kent) 8w/e 13/05/1954
ALLOC 70C Guildford P 14/06/1959
ALLOC 73C Hither Green 9w/e 22/10/1959
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 3w/e 26/05/1961
ALLOC 71G Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 22/07/1963
ALLOC 75B Redhill 8w/e 22/06/1964
ALLOC 70C Guildford 4w/e 18/01/1965
WDN   w/e 09/01/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
17/06/1951 Brighton excursions Excursions worked in from Oxford (31899), High Wycombe (31816), Watford (45024) and Biggleswade (45300.) SLS/195108
20/01/1963 Eastleigh Works (erecting shop) In erecting shop: 4634, 31619, 31800/16/73, 33009/12, 34031/9/70, 35001/15, 41296/9, 73002/51, 76005/62, 80034/43/82/162, 82014/24, 92206. In Works yard: 30512, 31618, 34054, 35006, 41291, 80035, 82022. On scrap sidings behind Works: 30504, 30903/4, 31414, 31904, 32352. SLS/196303

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1922 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1816
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Redhill (RED)    
01/04/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31816    
06/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
08/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
01/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
13/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
22/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
26/05/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
22/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (71G)    
22/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (75B)    
18/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
09/01/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 31816    
04/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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