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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1785 m/e 04/1926
British Railways 31785 m/e 04/1949

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 30/01/1960
Service Life 33 yrs, 9 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1926
BA   Bricklayers Arms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
74A   Ashford 4w/e 21/01/1952
73B   Bricklayers Arms 9w/e 30/06/1952
74A   Ashford 8w/e 07/10/1952
71A   Eastleigh 5w/e 11/12/1952
74A   Ashford 4w/e 08/01/1953
73B   Bricklayers Arms 8w/e 20/07/1953
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 6w/e 21/06/1955
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 30/01/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 74A Ashford 7w/e 21/01/1952
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms m/e 30/06/1952
ALLOC 74A Ashford 10w/e 07/10/1952
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 9w/e 11/12/1952
ALLOC 74A Ashford 4w/e 08/01/1953
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 2w/e 10/06/1953
TOSTORE 73B Bricklayers Arms 6w/e 08/02/1954
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms 8w/e 13/05/1954
ALLOC 73D Gillingham (Kent) 4w/e 04/06/1955
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 30/01/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
05/03/1951 Ashford Works (In shops) In shops: s1178, 1245, 1252, 31320, 31401/5, 31509, 31616, 31753/75/85, 31820/6/48, s1825, s1871, 32169, 2487, 32502/4/43, 33005/23/8, 78597. In yard : 1107, 1157, 31502/19/21/32, 1714/30, 31745, 31925, 32402, 2447, 32525, 32523/94, 33039, 90226. For scrap : 1443, 1547, 32301, 32584. Recently ex shops: lined black 31305, 31611, 31766/97, 31822, 32492, 32583.
No. 32553 ('C2x') has left Ashford after general overhaul, with two domes. There are still a number of boilers so fitted which are inter-changed from time to time, though the second dome has served no purpose since the top-feed arrangement with which it was associated by the L. B.& S.C.R. was discontinued in 1930 under Southern auspices. The ranks of the famous 'I.3' tanks are being rapidly depleted since the advent of the new Class 4 MT Tanks.
SLS/195104
28/03/1951 Ashford Works In shops: 1107, 31245 (late s1245), s1274, 31287, 31329, 31413, 31510, 31812/26/62, 31900/23/25, 32372 (new cyls.), 32502 (lined black), s2473 (being renumbered), 32467, 32525/65, 78597, 90226, 33039. In yard: s1178, 1335, 31789 (green), 31897, 33025, 31616, 31848. On shed for works 1174, 31408, 31461, 32486 (and 30793 for ELH). Scrap: 1157, 31160 (partly cut up), 1547, 1730, 31743, 31502, 32402, and being cut up 1443 an 32301. Building Shunting diesel-electric 15228-30 and a main-line diesel 10203. Twenty sets of frames for 4-6-2 to be built at Crewe, also many sets of all-welded side tanks for new B.R. standard 2-6-4T to be built at Brighton. Noted not renumbered: 1041, 1271, 1339, 1379. Ex shops 32523 (1 dome), 31405, 31785 (green), 31521, and lined black 31401 an 31825 (late s1825) SLS/195108

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1926 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1785
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bricklayers Arms (BA)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31785    
21/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
07/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
11/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
08/01/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
20/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
21/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
30/01/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 31785    
06/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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