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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 790 m/e 09/1925
British Railways 30790 m/e 09/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1925 SIR VILLIARS

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 09/1925
Withdrawal During 10/1961
Service Life 36 yrs , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1925
BM   Bournemouth on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
ELH   Eastleigh 7w/e 03/05/1949
70D   Basingstoke m/e 30/11/1950
70D   Basingstoke 4w/e 08/12/1950
71A   Eastleigh 4w/e 05/02/1951
     Withdrawn m/e 10/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BM Bournemouth m/e 31/10/1946
ALLOC ELH Eastleigh 7w/e 03/05/1949
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 05/02/1951
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 71A Eastleigh 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 71A Eastleigh 3w/e 27/03/1953
TOSTORE   5w/e 01/10/1953
REINS 71A Eastleigh 10w/e 10/12/1953
TOSTORE   6w/e 30/12/1953
REINS 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 13/05/1954
WDN   w/e 04/11/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/05/1951 Eastleigh Works In shops : 30066, (300)68, 30082/331/56/74/477/90/7, 30501/30/77/84/783/90/7/829/920/33/54, 34002/6/7/30/49/79/99/103, 35019, also 2101 with large numerals on tanks as pre-war, and 2138, renumbered 32138 on one side only. Being cut up: (30)305/414. Still waiting to be cut up: (30)116. Ex shops: 30061/197/470/570/89/781, 34055, 35010. SLS/195107

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 790, name: SIR VILLIARS
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bournemouth (BM)    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30790    
03/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (ELH)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
10/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 30790    
01/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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