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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2505 m/e 10/1900
British Railways 32505 m/e 08/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Billinton
Class Radials
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 10/1900
Withdrawal w/e Sat 25/03/1961
Service Life 60 yrs, 5 mths , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1900
BTN   Brighton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
71D   Fratton w/e 06/12/1951
71D   Fratton 8w/e 20/07/1953
70C   Guildford 4w/e 10/10/1955
70A   Nine Elms 4w/e 06/05/1960
     Withdrawn w/e 25/03/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
TOSTORE 75A Brighton 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 71D Fratton w/e 06/12/1951
TOSTORE 70F Fratton 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 70F Fratton 5w/e 12/08/1955
ALLOC 70C Guildford 3w/e 10/10/1955
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 5w/e 06/05/1960
WDN   w/e 25/03/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1950 General Now that the new 2-6-4 tanks are arriving at Tunbridge Wells West, the Maunsell 0-6-0s of class, 'Q' which had been on the Oxted line passenger jobs have been transferred to other sheds for freight duties. Nos. 42096-42101 had arrived to the beginning of September, and a few more are expected. Others under construction in Brighton Works are 42103-42106, 42066-42069. This method of 'numbering backward' savours of L.M.S. methods, though it is understood that after reaching 42095 the next will be 82010 (but not this year!)
It is not unusual to see class '5MT' from the L.M.R. at Brighton, chiefly on Sundays or in mid-week: the shedplates are usually 2A or 1A, e.g., 45020 an 45353, but 45233 with a 26A plate was something rather out of the ordinary on 27th August.
Little progress has been made recently with the last of the 4-6-2 to be built at Brighton (No. 34110): precedence is doubtless being given to the class '4' tanks. Only a few 2-8-0 seem to be in traffic round Brighton nowadays, though several are in Brighton shops for heavy repair; 90247, however, is much in evidence with its 4B shedplate, a legacy from its' Shrewsbury days.
Several Central Section engines have now had their 75A plates affixed, the earliest noted being 31556, 32505, 32509, 32339, 32424, but the number grows daily. Eastern section engines working in have not had shedplates up to the end of August.
Early in September the last active 0-4-2T No. 2252 was regularly on the Horsham auto, leaving Brighton about 4 p.m.; it is feared that this veteran may soon wear out its boiler, and then-goodbye?
SLS/195010

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1900 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2505
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Brighton (BTN)    
08/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 32505    
06/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Fratton (71D)    
20/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Fratton (71D)    
10/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (70C)    
06/05/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
25/03/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 32505    
05/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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