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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2578 m/e 06/1903
British Railways 32578 m/e 01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Billinton
Class Radials
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 06/1903
Withdrawal w/e Sat 22/04/1961
Service Life 57 yrs, 10 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1903
BA   Bricklayers Arms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
NORW   Norwood Junction 9w/e 01/03/1948
74D   Tonbridge w/e 06/12/1951
74D   Tonbridge 8w/e 20/07/1953
74E   St Leonards 4w/e 11/12/1954
74D   Tonbridge 9w/e 08/02/1955
75A   Brighton 7w/e 23/08/1960
     Withdrawn w/e 22/04/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BA Bricklayers Arms m/e 30/06/1947
ALLOC NORW Norwood Junction 9w/e 01/03/1948
ALLOC 74D Tonbridge w/e 06/12/1951
TOSTORE 74D Tonbridge 6w/e 08/02/1954
REINS 74E St Leonards 4w/e 11/12/1954
ALLOC 74D Tonbridge 8w/e 08/02/1955
TOSTORE 74D Tonbridge 5w/e 16/09/1955
REINS 74D Tonbridge 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 75A Brighton 7w/e 23/08/1960
WDN   w/e 22/04/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
05/01/1949 Brighton Works Locomotives in shops included:-Nos. 2039, 2325/39/51, S2376, 2514/20, S2578, 34004/15/56/64, 21C161/63, 'Austerity' 70853, 77062/90, 78597, while under construction were:-Nos. 34090, 36001 and tenders. No. 32029 which left shops on 1/1 with plain black tanks, came back to be fully-lined and was ex shops again on 5/1. 'British Railways' lettering on engines is cancelled. SLS/194902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1903 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2578
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bricklayers Arms (BA)    
01/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Norwood Junction (NORW)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 32578    
06/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (74D)    
20/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (74D)    
11/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to St Leonards (74E)    
08/02/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (74D)    
23/08/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
22/04/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 32578    
06/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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