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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1870 m/e 07/1925
British Railways 31870 m/e 05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 07/1925
Withdrawal w/e Sun 05/04/1964
Service Life 38 yrs, 9 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1925
ELH   Eastleigh on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
FRA   Fratton 4w/e 06/10/1948
72D   Plymouth Friary 4w/e 13/11/1950
72D   Plymouth Friary 3w/e 30/11/1950
75A   Brighton 4w/e 08/12/1950
71D   Fratton 4w/e 05/02/1951
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 06/10/1951
73B   Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 08/10/1951
75B   Redhill 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 05/04/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FRA Fratton 4w/e 06/10/1948
ALLOC 72D Plymouth Friary 3w/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 75A Brighton m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 71D Fratton 8w/e 05/02/1951
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 75B Redhill P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 05/04/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1870
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Eastleigh (ELH)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31870    
06/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Fratton (FRA)    
13/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Plymouth Friary (72D)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Plymouth Friary (72D)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Fratton (71D)    
06/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
08/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (75B)    
05/04/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31870    
11/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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