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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1490 m/e 08/1902
British Railways 31490 m/e 05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Wainwright
Class Coppernobs
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 08/1902
Withdrawal During 09/1951
Service Life 49 yrs , 1 mth

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1951

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1902
TON   Tonbridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
TON   Tonbridge 3w/e 28/05/1949
75B   Redhill 4w/e 08/12/1950
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 05/02/1951
     Withdrawn m/e 09/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
TOSTORE TON Tonbridge 9w/e 01/06/1948
ALLOC TON Tonbridge 3w/e 28/05/1949
TOSTORE 74D Tonbridge m/e 31/08/1950
WDN   w/e 25/08/1951

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1947 Ashford Works Locos. entering works during April included: 1036, 1086, 1256, 1267, 1276, 1400, 1490, 1503, 1512, 1587, 1902, 1908, 2374, 2402, 2435, 2448, 2457, 2460, 2473, 2573, 2580, 2589, 21C123, 21C125, 21C130, 21C132, W.D. 77296 and 78666. W.D. 70853 and 77103 have been turned out painted black with standard S.R. numerals on buffer, cab sides and back of tender. SLS/194706

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1902 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1490
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tonbridge (TON)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31490    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (TON)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (75B)    
1951 Scrapped Scrapped    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
09/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 31490    

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