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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1740 m/e 12/1901
British Railways 31740 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class Coppernobs
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 12/1901
Withdrawal w/e Sat 03/03/1951
Service Life 49 yrs, 3 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1951

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1901
STL   St Leonards on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
TON   Tonbridge 9w/e 01/06/1948
     Withdrawn w/e 03/03/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TON Tonbridge 9w/e 01/06/1948

* 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
12/1901 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1740
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Leonards (STL)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (TON)    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 31740 but not taken up    
1951 Scrapped Scrapped    
03/03/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 1740    

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