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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1787 m/e 04/1926
British Railways 31787 m/e 07/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class L1
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 04/1926
Withdrawal w/e Sat 28/01/1961
Service Life 34 yrs, 9 mths , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1926
BA   Bricklayers Arms on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
74A   Ashford 8w/e 07/10/1952
71A   Eastleigh 5w/e 11/12/1952
73B   Bricklayers Arms 6w/e 18/06/1954
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 6w/e 21/06/1955
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 28/01/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms 3w/e 10/06/1950
TOSTORE 73B Bricklayers Arms 8w/e 19/03/1952
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms m/e 30/06/1952
ALLOC 74A Ashford 10w/e 07/10/1952
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 9w/e 11/12/1952
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 6w/e 22/06/1954
TOSTORE 73B Bricklayers Arms 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 73B Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 11/12/1954
TOSTORE 73B Bricklayers Arms 8w/e 08/02/1955
ALLOC 73D Gillingham (Kent) 4w/e 04/06/1955
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 28/01/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
11/03/1955 Easter Holiday arrangements Passenger engines, other than 30736, 30774, 31787, 34087 an 34101, will be withdrawn from store as required for Easter Holiday special traffic and returned to store afterwards. SLS/195504

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1926 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1787
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bricklayers Arms (BA)    
07/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31787    
07/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ashford (74A)    
11/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
18/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
21/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
28/01/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 31787    
04/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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