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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 539 m/e 12/1938
British Railways 30539 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Q
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 12/1938 to Bournemouth (BM)
Withdrawal w/e Sun 13/01/1963
Service Life 24 yrs, 1 mth , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
BM   Bournemouth (New) m/e 12/1938
RED   Redhill on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
NORW   Norwood Junction 9w/e 01/08/1948
BAT   Stewarts Lane 5w/e 12/02/1949
NOR   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 12/03/1949
71B   Bournemouth 5w/e 16/09/1955
     Withdrawn w/e 13/01/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NORW Norwood Junction 9w/e 01/08/1948
ALLOC BAT Stewarts Lane 5w/e 12/02/1949
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 12/03/1949
ALLOC 71B Bournemouth 5w/e 16/09/1955
WDN   w/e 13/01/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/05/1963 Eastligh MPD (Waiting Works) Waiting Works: DS682, 30031/65/70/89, 30105/10/99, 30328, 30513/39, 30936, 31612, 31861/6, 31906/8/9, 32503, 33009, 34046/84, 35012, 76013/4. Ex Works: D6527, 31803/53, 35004, 82023. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1938 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 539
Built at Eastleigh Works
Allocated to Bournemouth (BM)
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Redhill (RED)    
01/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Norwood Junction (NORW)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30539    
12/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
12/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
16/09/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (71B)    
13/01/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 30539    
06/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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