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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 497 m/e 03/1920
British Railways 30497 m/e 12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class S15
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 03/1920
Withdrawal w/e Sun 07/07/1963
Service Life 43 yrs, 4 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1964 at Cohens (Kettering)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1920
FEL   Feltham on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
9E   Nine Elms 9w/e 01/06/1948
FEL   Feltham 5w/e 04/02/1950
     Withdrawn w/e 07/07/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NINEELMS Nine Elms 9w/e 01/06/1948
ALLOC FEL Feltham 5w/e 04/02/1950
WDN   w/e 07/07/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/05/1951 Eastleigh Works In shops : 30066, (300)68, 30082/331/56/74/477/90/7, 30501/30/77/84/783/90/7/829/920/33/54, 34002/6/7/30/49/79/99/103, 35019, also 2101 with large numerals on tanks as pre-war, and 2138, renumbered 32138 on one side only. Being cut up: (30)305/414. Still waiting to be cut up: (30)116. Ex shops: 30061/197/470/570/89/781, 34055, 35010. SLS/195107

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1920 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 497
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Feltham (FEL)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (9E)    
12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30497    
04/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Feltham (FEL)    
07/07/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 30497    
03/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Kettering    

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