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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1509 m/e 09/1908
British Railways 31509 m/e 01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class D1
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 09/1908
Withdrawal w/e Sat 07/05/1960
Service Life 51 yrs, 8 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1908
FAV   Faversham on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
FAV   Faversham 3w/e 28/05/1949
74D   Tonbridge 4w/e 25/02/1950
73E   Faversham 4w/e 11/04/1951
73E   Faversham 4w/e 13/04/1951
73D   Gillingham (Kent) w/e 06/12/1951
73A   Stewarts Lane 4w/e 26/05/1953
73D   Gillingham (Kent) 8w/e 20/07/1953
73E   Faversham 6w/e 21/06/1955
70A   Nine Elms 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 07/05/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FAV Faversham 3w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC 74D Tonbridge 4w/e 25/02/1950
ALLOC 73E Faversham 4w/e 13/04/1951
ALLOC 73D Gillingham (Kent) w/e 06/12/1951
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane 9w/e 26/05/1953
ALLOC 73D Gillingham (Kent) 2w/e 10/06/1953
TOSTORE 73D Gillingham (Kent) 6w/e 08/02/1954
REINS 73D Gillingham (Kent) 8w/e 13/05/1954
TOSTORE 73D Gillingham (Kent) 9w/e 31/10/1954
REINS 73D Gillingham (Kent) 4w/e 11/12/1954
TOSTORE 73D Gillingham (Kent) 8w/e 08/02/1955
ALLOC 73E Faversham 4w/e 04/06/1955
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 07/05/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
05/03/1951 Ashford Works (In shops) In shops: s1178, 1245, 1252, 31320, 31401/5, 31509, 31616, 31753/75/85, 31820/6/48, s1825, s1871, 32169, 2487, 32502/4/43, 33005/23/8, 78597. In yard : 1107, 1157, 31502/19/21/32, 1714/30, 31745, 31925, 32402, 2447, 32525, 32523/94, 33039, 90226. For scrap : 1443, 1547, 32301, 32584. Recently ex shops: lined black 31305, 31611, 31766/97, 31822, 32492, 32583.
No. 32553 ('C2x') has left Ashford after general overhaul, with two domes. There are still a number of boilers so fitted which are inter-changed from time to time, though the second dome has served no purpose since the top-feed arrangement with which it was associated by the L. B.& S.C.R. was discontinued in 1930 under Southern auspices. The ranks of the famous 'I.3' tanks are being rapidly depleted since the advent of the new Class 4 MT Tanks.
SLS/195104
12/05/1951 Ashford Works In shops: 31225/70/91/335/542/620/34/81/8/763, 31814/34/67/9,5/6, 33008/19, 90142. To be cut up: 31697, (3)1093, (3)1379, 31494, 31509, 31731, 31595, 31743, 31710. New: Diesels 15229/30. SLS/195107

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1908 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1509
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Faversham (FAV)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 31509    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Faversham (FAV)    
25/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Tonbridge (74D)    
11/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Faversham (73E)    
13/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Faversham (73E)    
06/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
26/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
20/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Gillingham (Kent) (73D)    
21/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Faversham (73E)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
05/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    
07/05/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 31509    

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