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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 785 m/e 08/1925
British Railways 30785 m/e 08/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
08/1925 SIR MADOR DE LA PORTE

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 08/1925
Withdrawal w/e Sat 17/10/1959
Service Life 34 yrs, 2 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1925
ELH   Eastleigh on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
70A   Nine Elms m/e 30/11/1950
70A   Nine Elms 4w/e 08/12/1950
71A   Eastleigh 4w/e 05/02/1951
     Withdrawn w/e 17/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 05/02/1951
TOSTORE 71A Eastleigh 5w/e 08/10/1951
REINS 71A Eastleigh w/e 06/12/1951
WDN   w/e 17/10/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
25/02/1954 Brighton Works New construction includes Main Line Diesel-Electric 10203 (approaching completion), 80079 (due 12/2), 80080 (due 2/3), 80081 (due 17/3), 80082 (due 1/4). Terrier 32661 has been re-painted, also- 30922, 30545. Other repairs include 30929, 30785, 32133, 32506, 30732, 30285, 15202, 15231, 10000 (nearly ready to leave), 32670, 42104, 30053, 30044. Nos. 76005/6 have been performing indifferently from Brighton on the heavy 8.20 a.m. up and 3.52 p.m. down via Eridge. It had been hoped that these engines might be the answer to the problem of the through Uckfield to London services, but their performances so far has been in no way superior to that of the Class 4 tanks. SLS/195404
09/08/1958 Urie \"N15\" Class The only engine of the class to have a large type Maunsell chimney was No. E742, this being replaced in 1925 by a King Arthur chimney. No. E743 was one of the first to receive the latter type mentioned. A larger variety of stove-pipe chimney with louvres was fitted to No. E755 in 1925. Tender numbering was commenced in 1927. Under the auspices of British Railways, numbers 747/50 figured in the initial B.R. regional prefix scheme whereby they became Nos. S747 and S750 in January, 1948. M.B. It will be observed from the illustration on page 244, that No. 30740 had acquired a six-wheel tender for the purpose of the 'staged' derailment. The large eight-wheel outside frames bogie tenders originally supplied to the class were removed upon withdrawal of the engines and have since replaced older and six-wheel tenders on other engines. A few of the engines which have received these tenders of late are: Nos. 30450/3/4/5/88, 30505/6/10, 30785/95, an 30802. SLS/195810
28/10/1959 Eastleigh MPD (on shed out of use) On shed ex-Works:- 30519/692; on shed out of use:- 30117, 30287/9/300/782/5, 31735, 32101/510/76, 32677. SLS/195912

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 785, name: SIR MADOR DE LA PORTE
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Eastleigh (ELH)    
08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30785    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
17/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 30785    
11/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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