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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1628 m/e 04/1929
British Railways 31628 m/e 11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class U Boats
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 04/1929
Withdrawal w/e Sun 14/06/1964
Service Life 35 yrs, 2 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1929
RDG   Reading (S.R.) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
EXJ   Exmouth Junction 3w/e 28/05/1949
GFD   Guildford 5w/e 04/02/1950
     Withdrawn w/e 14/06/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC EXJ Exmouth Junction 3w/e 28/05/1949
ALLOC GFD Guildford 5w/e 04/02/1950
WDN   w/e 14/06/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1929 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1628
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Reading (S.R.) (RDG)    
11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31628    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
04/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Guildford (GFD)    
14/06/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 31628    
12/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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