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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1178 m/e 02/1910
British Railways 31178 m/e 05/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class P
Company History SECR/SR
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 02/1910
Withdrawal w/e Sat 07/06/1958
Service Life 48 yrs, 4 mths , 7 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1910
BTN   Brighton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
74C   Dover Marine 4w/e 05/02/1951
73A   Stewarts Lane 7w/e 08/10/1957
     Withdrawn w/e 07/06/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
TOSTORE 74C Dover Marine 7w/e 21/01/1952
REINS 74C Dover Marine m/e 30/06/1952
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane q/e 08/10/1957
WDN   w/e 07/06/1958

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Preservation
Current Status Unknown
Status Date 17/09/2018


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
29/02/1948 Brighton Works No. 21C149 is in shops for conversion to 'B.B.' Class. Nos. S79203 and S1178 are painted in black livery; the latter has the number on the bunker, still, in spite of its diminutive size. The oil-burner S21C136 left shops on 20/2.
'Schools' S938 has now left, but 903 an 906 are in shops under repair. Metal sheeting is now being added to the lower half of the boiler of the 'West Country' class in addition to the air-smoothed casing. This is believed to be an attempt to avoid the oil-bath catching fire and damaging the asbestos clothing, etc
SLS/194804
05/03/1951 Ashford Works (In shops) In shops: s1178, 1245, 1252, 31320, 31401/5, 31509, 31616, 31753/75/85, 31820/6/48, s1825, s1871, 32169, 2487, 32502/4/43, 33005/23/8, 78597. In yard : 1107, 1157, 31502/19/21/32, 1714/30, 31745, 31925, 32402, 2447, 32525, 32523/94, 33039, 90226. For scrap : 1443, 1547, 32301, 32584. Recently ex shops: lined black 31305, 31611, 31766/97, 31822, 32492, 32583.
No. 32553 ('C2x') has left Ashford after general overhaul, with two domes. There are still a number of boilers so fitted which are inter-changed from time to time, though the second dome has served no purpose since the top-feed arrangement with which it was associated by the L. B.& S.C.R. was discontinued in 1930 under Southern auspices. The ranks of the famous 'I.3' tanks are being rapidly depleted since the advent of the new Class 4 MT Tanks.
SLS/195104
28/03/1951 Ashford Works (In yard) In shops: 1107, 31245 (late s1245), s1274, 31287, 31329, 31413, 31510, 31812/26/62, 31900/23/25, 32372 (new cyls.), 32502 (lined black), s2473 (being renumbered), 32467, 32525/65, 78597, 90226, 33039. In yard: s1178, 1335, 31789 (green), 31897, 33025, 31616, 31848. On shed for works 1174, 31408, 31461, 32486 (and 30793 for ELH). Scrap: 1157, 31160 (partly cut up), 1547, 1730, 31743, 31502, 32402, and being cut up 1443 an 32301. Building Shunting diesel-electric 15228-30 and a main-line diesel 10203. Twenty sets of frames for 4-6-2 to be built at Crewe, also many sets of all-welded side tanks for new B.R. standard 2-6-4T to be built at Brighton. Noted not renumbered: 1041, 1271, 1339, 1379. Ex shops 32523 (1 dome), 31405, 31785 (green), 31521, and lined black 31401 an 31825 (late s1825) SLS/195108

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1910 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1178
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Brighton (BTN)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Dover Marine (74C)    
05/1951 Renumbered Renumbered to 31178    
08/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
07/06/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 31178    

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