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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1840 m/e 08/1924
British Railways 31840 m/e 09/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 08/1924
Withdrawal Mon 07/09/1964
Service Life 40 yrs, 1 mth , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1924
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
72E   Barnstaple Junction 9w/e 30/06/1952
72A   Exmouth Junction 8w/e 07/10/1952
     Withdrawn on 07/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 72E Barnstaple Junction m/e 30/06/1952
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 10w/e 07/10/1952
WDN   3w/e 14/09/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1924 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1840
Built at Ashford Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31840    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
07/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
07/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31840    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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