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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1227 m/e 12/1900
British Railways 31227 m/e 08/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class C
Company History SR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 12/1900
Withdrawal w/e Sat 24/10/1959
Service Life 58 yrs, 10 mths , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1900
TON   Tonbridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
GFD   Guildford 4w/e 01/04/1948
73B   Bricklayers Arms 7w/e 22/04/1950
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 4w/e 12/05/1951
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 24/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GFD Guildford 4w/e 01/04/1948
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 7w/e 22/04/1950
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 24/10/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
14/05/1948 General Early in May the Beattie 0-6-OT No. 4 withdrawn from the K.E.S.R. was standing at Headcom and some of the local Company's old rolling stock was being broken up. 'Q.1' Class Nos. C31-35 have gone to Tonbridge, whilst C36-40 are at Stewarts Lane and Guildford have received 'C' Class Nos. 1086/90, 1221/25/27/93 an 1508. SLS/194806

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1900 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1227
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tonbridge (TON)    
01/04/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (GFD)    
22/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
08/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 31227    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
24/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 31227    
11/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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