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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1783 m/e 04/1926
British Railways 31783 m/e 01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class L1
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 04/1926
Withdrawal w/e Sat 02/12/1961
Service Life 35 yrs, 8 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1926
BA   Bricklayers Arms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
74B   Ramsgate 4w/e 21/01/1952
73B   Bricklayers Arms 9w/e 30/06/1952
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
73J   Tonbridge 6w/e 09/02/1960
70A   Nine Elms 4w/e 08/07/1960
     Withdrawn w/e 02/12/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms 3w/e 10/06/1950
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms 6w/e 14/03/1951
TOSTORE   4w/e 13/04/1951
TOSTORE 73B Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 08/10/1951
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms w/e 06/12/1951
ALLOC 74B Ramsgate 7w/e 21/01/1952
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms m/e 30/06/1952
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
ALLOC 73J Tonbridge 6w/e 09/02/1960
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 5w/e 08/07/1960
WDN   w/e 02/12/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1947 Ashford Works No. 1783 has been equipped with a short circuiting bar for use during emergency on third rail. This is housed in a box attached to the back of the tender; the tender number is on the box. Conversion of 1831 to oil burning is going ahead fairly rapidly. The tender is completed and engine about half-ready. SLS/194709
03/01/1950 Ashford Works Locomotives in Works on 3/1 included Nos. 1266/67/93, 1309/24, 1553, 31610. 1623/72, 31729, 1783/93, 31806, 1807, 31831/63, 1864. Locomotives ex Works (late December-early January) painted black and fully lined, with the crest, were Nos. 31145, 31811/38, 32465. 32585. 'D.3' No. 32380 is expected to appear in lined black, as also have Nos. 32388/93 recently, so it would appear that complete extinction of this class is not at present contemplated. SLS/195002

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1926 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1783
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bricklayers Arms (BA)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 31783    
21/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ramsgate (74B)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
09/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (73J)    
08/07/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
02/12/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 31783    
02/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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