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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1494 m/e 04/1903
British Railways 31494 m/e 04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class D1
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Dübs & Co
To Service During 04/1903
Withdrawal During 08/1960
Service Life 57 yrs , 4 mths

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1903
BAT   Stewarts Lane on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
GIL   Gillingham (Kent) 9w/e 01/06/1948
73E   Faversham 4w/e 05/02/1951
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn m/e 08/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GIL Gillingham (Kent) 9w/e 01/06/1948
ALLOC 73E Faversham 8w/e 05/02/1951
REINS 73E Faversham w/e 06/12/1951
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 03/09/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
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
04/11/1951 Ashford Works 31523 was recently seen being pulled to pieces, even crank axles and cylinders being cut up. It was with some surprise, therefore, that 31523 emerges, yesterday, resplendent in lined black. We have been informed that she has a spare set of frames (from 1547?) and new cylinders cast at Ashford. 31735, which has been in the shed for six months, is now in the works for new cylinders, and 31505 an 31494, which have been outside the works for the whole year, have also gone in for similar attention. SLS/195201

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1903 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1494
Built at Dübs & Co
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (GIL)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31494    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Faversham (73E)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
08/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 31494    
09/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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