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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 952 m/e 05/1929
British Railways 30952 m/e 06/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Z
Company History SR
Wheels 0-8-0T
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 05/1929
Withdrawal w/e Sat 24/11/1962
Service Life 33 yrs, 6 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1929
ELH   Eastleigh on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
74C   Dover Marine 5w/e 14/02/1953
71A   Eastleigh 4w/e 01/10/1953
74A   Ashford 6w/e 18/06/1954
72A   Exmouth Junction 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 24/11/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 74C Dover Marine 8w/e 03/03/1953
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 5w/e 01/10/1953
ALLOC 74A Ashford 6w/e 22/06/1954
TOSTORE 74A Ashford 5w/e 12/08/1955
REINS 74A Ashford 7w/e 19/12/1955
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 24/11/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
08/08/1963 Fratton MPD Fratton shed looked like a miniature Clapham early in August when in the roundhouse were : Lord Nelson 30850, Schools 30925/6, Beattie Tanks 30586/7, Z class 30952 and M7 30245. SLS/196310

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1929 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 952
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Eastleigh (ELH)    
06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30952    
14/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Dover Marine (74C)    
01/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
18/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
24/11/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 30952    
01/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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