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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1842 m/e 08/1924
British Railways 31842 m/e 01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 08/1924
Withdrawal w/e Sun 05/09/1965
Service Life 41 yrs, 1 mth , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1924
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BPL   Barnstaple Junction 4w/e 12/03/1949
72A   Exmouth Junction 4w/e 12/05/1951
72E   Barnstaple Junction 9w/e 30/06/1952
72A   Exmouth Junction 5w/e 11/12/1952
72E   Barnstaple Junction 6w/e 18/06/1954
72A   Exmouth Junction 5w/e 11/03/1955
72E   Barnstaple Junction 6w/e 21/06/1955
72A   Exmouth Junction 3w/e 17/11/1956
70C   Guildford on 14/06/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 05/09/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BPL Barnstaple Junction 4w/e 12/03/1949
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 9w/e 11/12/1952
ALLOC 72E Barnstaple Junction 6w/e 22/06/1954
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 4w/e 11/03/1955
ALLOC 72E Barnstaple Junction 4w/e 04/06/1955
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 3w/e 17/11/1956
ALLOC 91S To Southern Region 3w/e 29/06/1964
ALLOC 70C Guildford 4w/e 20/07/1964
WDN   w/e 05/09/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
25/02/1962 Ashford Works (Works Yard) Erecting Shop: 31638, 31828/51/62/95. Works Yard: 30804/52, 30900/9/15, 31317, 31584, 31717, 31830/42/66/75, 32416. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1924 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1842
Built at Ashford Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31842    
12/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (BPL)    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
11/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
18/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
11/03/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
21/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Barnstaple Junction (72E)    
17/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
14/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
05/09/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 31842    
11/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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