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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1151 m/e 10/1899
British Railways 31151 m/e 07/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class Jumbos
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 10/1899
Withdrawal 4w/e Sat 12/03/1949
Service Life 49 yrs, 5 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1949

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1899
RAM   Ramsgate on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
RDG   Reading (S.R.) 4w/e 01/04/1948
     Withdrawn 4w/e 12/03/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RDG Reading (S.R.) 4w/e 01/04/1948
WDN RDG Reading (S.R.) 4w/e 12/03/1949

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1942 Sightings 'D1' tanks 2259 an 2299 were at New Cross recently, the latter being now in its seventieth year (originally 6 Wimbledon). The only 'Remembrance' class not on loan to the G.W.R. is 2333, shed BZ. 4-4-0's 1151 and 1445 are still green with large tender numerals, and the latter replaced a 0-6-2T as one of the East Croydon pilots on 18/12. 4-6-0 498 was recently seen in Temple Meads. There are ten 'King Arthurs' on loan to the L.N.E.R., 739, 740/2/4, 747-751 an 154; they, have been working from Heaton. SLS/194302
30/04/1949 Class \"F.1\" By the withdrawal of Nos. 1078, 1231 an 31151, Class 'F.1' now becomes extinct and it is interesting to note that only one of the class was re-numbered into British Railways' stock, viz. No. 31151. SLS/194905

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1899 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1151
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ramsgate (RAM)    
01/04/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (S.R.) (RDG)    
07/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31151    
1949 Scrapped Scrapped    
12/03/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 31151    

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