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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1855 m/e 03/1925
British Railways 31855 m/e 04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 03/1925
Withdrawal Mon 07/09/1964
Service Life 39 yrs, 6 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1925
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 06/10/1951
73B   Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 08/10/1951
73C   Hither Green 6w/e 18/06/1954
72A   Exmouth Junction m/e 10/02/1961
     Withdrawn on 07/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 73C Hither Green 6w/e 22/06/1954
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 4w/e 10/02/1961
WDN   3w/e 14/09/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1855
Built at Ashford Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31855    
06/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
08/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
18/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)    
10/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
07/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31855    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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