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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 780 m/e 07/1925
British Railways 30780 m/e 01/1950

Names Carried
Date From Name
07/1925 SIR PERSANT

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 07/1925
Withdrawal w/e Sat 11/07/1959
Service Life 34 yrs , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1925
BAT   Stewarts Lane on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
9E   Nine Elms 3w/e 28/05/1949
71A   Eastleigh 4w/e 08/12/1950
71A   Eastleigh 8w/e 27/06/1951
70D   Basingstoke 6w/e 27/01/1956
71B   Bournemouth 6w/e 15/06/1956
     Withdrawn w/e 11/07/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms 3w/e 28/05/1949
REINS 70A Nine Elms 3w/e 10/06/1950
LOAN 71A Eastleigh on 12/05/1951
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 27/06/1951
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke 6w/e 29/01/1956
ALLOC 71B Bournemouth 8w/e 05/06/1956
WDN   w/e 11/07/1959

* 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 780, name: SIR PERSANT
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (9E)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 30780    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
27/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
15/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (71B)    
11/07/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 30780    
09/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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