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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2455 m/e 05/1895
British Railways 32455 m/e 08/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Billinton
Class Small Radials
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 05/1895
Withdrawal 6w/e Mon 24/02/1958
Service Life 62 yrs, 9 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1895
NORW   Norwood Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BTN   Brighton 7w/e 03/05/1949
74D   Tonbridge m/e 30/11/1950
74D   Tonbridge 4w/e 08/12/1950
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 05/02/1951
73A   Stewarts Lane 4w/e 20/08/1954
     Withdrawn 6w/e 24/02/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BTN Brighton 7w/e 03/05/1949
ALLOC 74D Tonbridge m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 8w/e 05/02/1951
TOSTORE   6w/e 18/11/1953
TOSTORE 73A Stewarts Lane P 20/08/1954
WDN   6w/e 24/02/1958
WDN   w/e 15/03/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1947 Brighton Works : No. 21C156 Croydon and 'Austerity' 77122 have just been through shops; the former has the new pattern cab and longer deflector plates. Engines in shops in mid-November were 21C126 (new deflectors and old cab-off 21C156), 21C170 Manston fully painted), 680S, 1414, 1826/80, 2022, 2039 Hartland Point, 2083/9, 2153, 2339/66, 2436/43/55/62/89/90, 2523/46/75. For the first time for many months the shops are without an 'Austerity' and old Brighton types preponderate. It is interesting to point out that the name Croydon was borne by Rennie's 0-4-2 of 1838 (London and Croydon Ry. No. 2), but apart from this engine-which became S.E.R. No. 2 as from 31/1/1846-three engines of this name have been seen on Brighton metals as follows: Craven's 2-2-2 No. 128 which was commenced by Dodds & Son of Rotherham in 1866 and finished off at Brighton Works in June, 1871, and named Croydon by Mr. Stroudley: scrapped in 1888. Stroudley's 0-4-2 No. 181, built at Brighton (estd. Works No. 463), completed early in 1890 by R. J. Billinton, and scrapped in 1929. Bulleid's 'West Country' Class No. 21C156, completed in February, 1947, and modified in November to the 'Battle of Britain' Class (estd. Works No. 1004). SLS/194712

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1895 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2455
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Norwood Junction (NORW)    
03/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (BTN)    
08/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 32455    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (74D)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (74D)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
20/08/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
24/02/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 32455    
03/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    

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