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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 456 m/e 04/1925
British Railways 30456 m/e 11/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
04/1925 SIR GALAHAD

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 04/1925
Withdrawal w/e Sat 14/05/1960
Service Life 35 yrs, 1 mth , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1925
SAL   Salisbury on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
SAL   Salisbury 3w/e 28/05/1949
72B   Salisbury m/e 30/11/1950
72B   Salisbury 4w/e 08/12/1950
70A   Nine Elms 7w/e 27/06/1951
70D   Basingstoke 6w/e 01/04/1957
     Withdrawn w/e 14/05/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SAL Salisbury 3w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC 72B Salisbury m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 27/06/1951
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 70A Nine Elms 3w/e 27/03/1953
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 11/12/1954
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 8w/e 08/02/1955
REINS 70A Nine Elms w/e 13/06/1955
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 3w/e 10/10/1955
REINS 72B Salisbury 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke 9w/e 01/04/1957
WDN   w/e 14/05/1960

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 456, name: SIR GALAHAD
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Salisbury (SAL)    
11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30456    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (SAL)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
27/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
01/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
05/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    
14/05/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 30456    

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