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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1831 m/e 07/1924
British Railways 31831 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 07/1924
Withdrawal w/e Sun 25/04/1965
Service Life 40 yrs, 9 mths , 26 dys

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

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1924
FRA   Fratton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
EXJ   Exmouth Junction 5w/e 13/11/1948
RED   Redhill 5w/e 04/02/1950
72A   Exmouth Junction 4w/e 09/09/1950
72A   Exmouth Junction 5w/e 09/10/1950
75A   Brighton 4w/e 22/10/1962
75B   Redhill m/e 06/01/1964
70C   Guildford 4w/e 18/01/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 25/04/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FRA Fratton P 01/12/1947
TOSTORE FRA Fratton 4w/e 06/10/1948
ALLOC EXJ Exmouth Junction 5w/e 13/11/1948
ALLOC RED Redhill 5w/e 04/02/1950
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 5w/e 09/10/1950
ALLOC 75A Brighton 4w/e 22/10/1962
ALLOC 75B Redhill 4w/e 29/12/1963
ALLOC 70C Guildford 4w/e 18/01/1965
WDN   w/e 25/04/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1947 Ashford Works No. 1783 has been equipped with a short circuiting bar for use during emergency on third rail. This is housed in a box attached to the back of the tender; the tender number is on the box. Conversion of 1831 to oil burning is going ahead fairly rapidly. The tender is completed and engine about half-ready. SLS/194709
03/01/1950 Ashford Works Locomotives in Works on 3/1 included Nos. 1266/67/93, 1309/24, 1553, 31610. 1623/72, 31729, 1783/93, 31806, 1807, 31831/63, 1864. Locomotives ex Works (late December-early January) painted black and fully lined, with the crest, were Nos. 31145, 31811/38, 32465. 32585. 'D.3' No. 32380 is expected to appear in lined black, as also have Nos. 32388/93 recently, so it would appear that complete extinction of this class is not at present contemplated. SLS/195002

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1924 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1831
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Fratton (FRA)    
13/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31831    
04/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (RED)    
09/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
09/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
22/10/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
06/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (75B)    
18/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
25/04/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 31831    
08/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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