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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1875 m/e 08/1925
British Railways 31875 m/e 05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 08/1925
Withdrawal Mon 10/08/1964
Service Life 39 yrs , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1925
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
PLY   Plymouth Friary 9w/e 01/06/1948
EXJ   Exmouth Junction 5w/e 13/11/1948
72B   Salisbury m/e 30/11/1950
72B   Salisbury 4w/e 08/12/1950
73C   Hither Green 7w/e 27/06/1951
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 27/07/1951
72A   Exmouth Junction m/e 10/02/1961
     Withdrawn on 10/08/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PLY Plymouth Friary 9w/e 01/06/1948
ALLOC EXJ Exmouth Junction 5w/e 13/11/1948
ALLOC 72B Salisbury m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 73C Hither Green 8w/e 27/06/1951
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 27/07/1951
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 4w/e 10/02/1961
WDN   3w/e 10/08/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
25/02/1962 Ashford Works (Works Yard) Erecting Shop: 31638, 31828/51/62/95. Works Yard: 30804/52, 30900/9/15, 31317, 31584, 31717, 31830/42/66/75, 32416. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1875
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Plymouth Friary (PLY)    
13/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31875    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
27/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
10/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
10/08/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31875    
12/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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