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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1838 m/e 07/1924
British Railways 31838 m/e 12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 07/1924
Withdrawal Fri 14/02/1964
Service Life 39 yrs, 7 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1924
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 14/02/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   4w/e 24/02/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
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 1838
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31838    
14/02/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31838    
03/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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