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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1270 m/e 06/1904
British Railways 31270 m/e 08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class C
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 06/1904
Withdrawal w/e Sat 20/06/1959
Service Life 55 yrs , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1904
HIT   Hither Green on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
74D   Tonbridge 4w/e 12/05/1951
     Withdrawn w/e 20/06/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC HIT Hither Green m/e 30/11/1946
WDN   w/e 20/06/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1948 Ashford Works Locomotives ex Ashford Works with smokebox number-plates have included Nos. 31270, 31521, 31781/84. Ex East Kent Rly. 0-6-OT No. 30948 is to be stored here. SLS/194811
12/05/1951 Ashford Works In shops: 31225/70/91/335/542/620/34/81/8/763, 31814/34/67/9,5/6, 33008/19, 90142. To be cut up: 31697, (3)1093, (3)1379, 31494, 31509, 31731, 31595, 31743, 31710. New: Diesels 15229/30. SLS/195107

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1904 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1270
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Hither Green (HIT)    
08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31270    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (74D)    
06/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
20/06/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 31270    

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