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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1266 m/e 05/1905
British Railways 31266 m/e 01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class H
Company History SR
Wheels 0-4-4T
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 05/1905
Withdrawal w/e Sat 01/10/1960
Service Life 55 yrs, 5 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1905
BAT   Stewarts Lane on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
74D   Tonbridge q/e 06/06/1958
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
75F   Tunbridge Wells West 6w/e 22/10/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 01/10/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 73A Stewarts Lane 4w/e 08/01/1953
ALLOC 74D Tonbridge 8w/e 06/06/1958
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 01/10/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
03/04/1947 Ashford Works During the period (1/3/47 to 3/4/47) the following locos. entered the works: 1064, 1113, 1266, 1273, 1311, 1405, 1477, 1486, 1540, 1589, 1599, 1614, 1633, 1671, 1721, 1737, 1753, 1777, 2168, 2390, 2486, 2519, 2536, 2364, W.D. 70811, 70853, 77103 and 78705. SLS/194705
03/01/1950 Ashford Works Locomotives in Works on 3/1 included Nos. 1266/67/93, 1309/24, 1553, 31610. 1623/72, 31729, 1783/93, 31806, 1807, 31831/63, 1864. Locomotives ex Works (late December-early January) painted black and fully lined, with the crest, were Nos. 31145, 31811/38, 32465. 32585. 'D.3' No. 32380 is expected to appear in lined black, as also have Nos. 32388/93 recently, so it would appear that complete extinction of this class is not at present contemplated. SLS/195002

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1905 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1266
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stewarts Lane (BAT)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 31266    
06/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (74D)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
22/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Tunbridge Wells West (75F)    
01/10/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 31266    
12/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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