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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 717 m/e 09/1899
British Railways 30717 m/e 04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Drummond
Class Greyhounds
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Dübs & Co
To Service During 09/1899
Withdrawal w/e Sat 29/07/1961
Service Life 61 yrs, 10 mths , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1899
WAD   Wadebridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
WAD   Wadebridge 3w/e 28/05/1949
EXJ   Exmouth Junction 6w/e 12/12/1949
72E   Barnstaple Junction 4w/e 30/07/1952
72E   Barnstaple Junction 6w/e 13/08/1952
72A   Exmouth Junction 8w/e 07/10/1952
     Withdrawn w/e 29/07/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC WAD Wadebridge 3w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC EXJ Exmouth Junction 6w/e 12/12/1949
ALLOC 72E Barnstaple Junction 4w/e 30/07/1952
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 10w/e 07/10/1952
WDN   w/e 29/07/1961

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1899 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 717
Built at Dübs & Co
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Wadebridge (WAD)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30717    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Wadebridge (WAD)    
12/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
30/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
13/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
07/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
29/07/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 30717    
08/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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