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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1796 m/e 07/1928
British Railways 31796 m/e 08/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class U Boats
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 07/1928
Withdrawal w/e Sun 05/01/1964
Service Life 35 yrs, 6 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1928
BM   Bournemouth on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BM   Bournemouth P 02/01/1948
70E   Reading (S.R.) 7w/e 22/04/1950
70C   Guildford 4w/e 12/05/1951
72C   Yeovil Town w/e 06/12/1951
71A   Eastleigh 3w/e 13/10/1958
70A   Nine Elms 3w/e 01/05/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 05/01/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BM Bournemouth P 02/01/1948
ALLOC 70E Reading (S.R.) 7w/e 22/04/1950
ALLOC 72C Yeovil Town w/e 06/12/1951
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh P 30/09/1958
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 7w/e 01/05/1959
WDN   w/e 05/01/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1928 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1796
Built at Eastleigh Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bournemouth (BM)    
02/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Bournemouth (BM)    
08/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31796    
22/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (S.R.) (70E)    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
06/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Yeovil Town (72C)    
13/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
01/05/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
05/01/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31796    
07/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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