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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1247 m/e 04/1903
British Railways 31247 m/e 04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class D1
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 04/1903
Withdrawal w/e Sat 22/07/1961
Service Life 58 yrs, 3 mths , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1903
BAT   Stewarts Lane on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
DOV   Dover Marine 4w/e 06/10/1948
73E   Faversham 5w/e 11/12/1952
70C   Guildford 4w/e 17/12/1956
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 24/02/1958
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 22/07/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC DOV Dover Marine 4w/e 06/10/1948
REINS 74C Dover Marine 8w/e 27/06/1951
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 74C Dover Marine 4w/e 08/01/1953
TOSTORE 74C Dover Marine 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 74C Dover Marine 4w/e 11/12/1954
TOSTORE 74C Dover Marine 8w/e 08/02/1955
REINS 74C Dover Marine w/e 13/06/1955
ALLOC 70C Guildford 4w/e 17/12/1956
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 6w/e 24/02/1958
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 22/07/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/07/1961 Ashford Works (Works Yard) Erecting Shop: 31263, 31621/5, 31804/33/58, 31905/12, 33011/16, 80038 ; being cut up-31575, 32563. Works Yard: 30904/14/29/33/8, 31162, 31247/56, 31507, 31720/59/80, also 30932/9 and 32410/565; SLS/196109

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1903 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1247
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
06/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Dover Marine (DOV)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31247    
11/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Faversham (73E)    
17/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
24/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
22/07/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 31247    
09/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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