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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1440 m/e 07/1898
British Railways 31440 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class Flying Bedsteads
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Neilson, Reid & Co.
To Service During 07/1898
Withdrawal During 11/1948
Service Life 50 yrs, 4 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1948

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1898
FAV   Faversham on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
RDG   Reading (S.R.) 9w/e 01/06/1948
     Withdrawn m/e 11/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FAV Faversham m/e 30/11/1946
ALLOC RDG Reading (S.R.) 9w/e 01/06/1948
WDN RDG Reading (S.R.) on 27/11/1948

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
23/09/1945 Eastern Section Schools Class 930 (BAS) has been working on the Eastern Section at least since 23/9 when she worked to Hastings. She has a high sided self-trimming tender. Class C 1480 has been transferred from STL, where D class 1488 has joined 1075, 1740/4, the latter being shown as Class D1 in error in the allocation published in the November Journal. B1 1021, 1440/55/7 are TON. SLS/194602

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1898 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1440
Built at Neilson, Reid & Co.
   
1948 Scrapped Scrapped    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Faversham (FAV)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (S.R.) (RDG)    
11/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 1440    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 31440 but not taken up    

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