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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 842 m/e 08/1936
British Railways 30842 m/e 08/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class S15
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 08/1936 to Hither Green (HIT)
Withdrawal w/e Sun 05/09/1965
Service Life 29 yrs, 1 mth , 5 dys

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

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
HIT   Hither Green (New) m/e 08/1936
FEL   Feltham m/e 10/1939
EXJ   Exmouth Junction m/e 05/1948
EXJ   Exmouth Junction 9w/e 01/06/1948
70B   Feltham on 08/09/1963
70D   Eastleigh 4w/e 18/01/1965
70B   Feltham 4w/e 18/01/1965
70D   Eastleigh 4w/e 05/07/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 05/09/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC EXJ Exmouth Junction 9w/e 01/06/1948
ALLOC 91S To Southern Region 5w/e 31/08/1963
ALLOC 70B Feltham 4w/e 16/09/1963
TOSTORE 70B Feltham 4w/e 18/01/1965
ALLOC 70D Eastleigh 4w/e 05/07/1965
WDN   w/e 05/09/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1949 Eastleigh Works Locomotives ex Works in late September included: Nos. 35018/25 painted blue, Nos. 30449, 30741, 34061 painted dark green, Nos. 30323, 30730/32, 30905, 32077/86 painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 30458 Ironside, 30840/42, 32085, 90772 are unlined black. In addition to the above, Nos. 35009/17 are painted blue and Nos. 34091-92 are very dark green. SLS/194911
12/05/1963 Eastleigh Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: D3223, D3721, D6522/34/64, E5005/9, 11229 (to be renumbered D2259), DS680, 30828/42, 31621/39, 31859/62, 34001/10/22/4/5/53/76/95, 34104/7/9, 35003, 41224, 76008/18, 80013, 80138/43. Works Yard: D3044, D3462, D6523, 30545, 31411, 31834, 32104/9, 32635/61, 33004/26, 34096, 80032. Scrap Yard: 30039, 30517/33, 30937, 31891. Test House: 33020. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1936 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 842
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
10/1939 Allocation Reallocated to Feltham (FEL)    
05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
08/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 30842    
08/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Feltham (70B)    
18/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (70D)    
18/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Feltham (70B)    
05/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (70D)    
05/09/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 30842    
11/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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