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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 1871 m/e 07/1925
British Railways 31871 m/e 07/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Maunsell
Class Mongolipers
Company History SR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Ashford Works
To Service During 07/1925
Withdrawal During 11/1963
Service Life 38 yrs, 4 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1925
EXJ   Exmouth Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
PLY   Plymouth Friary 9w/e 01/06/1948
EXJ   Exmouth Junction 8w/e 08/01/1949
PLY   Plymouth Friary 6w/e 12/12/1949
75A   Brighton m/e 30/11/1950
75A   Brighton 4w/e 08/12/1950
71D   Fratton 4w/e 05/02/1951
73B   Bricklayers Arms 4w/e 06/10/1951
73B   Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 08/10/1951
75B   Redhill 6w/e 14/06/1959
     Withdrawn m/e 11/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PLY Plymouth Friary 9w/e 01/06/1948
ALLOC EXJ Exmouth Junction 8w/e 08/01/1949
ALLOC PLY Plymouth Friary 6w/e 12/12/1949
ALLOC 75A Brighton m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 71D Fratton 8w/e 05/02/1951
ALLOC 73B Bricklayers Arms 5w/e 08/10/1951
ALLOC 75B Redhill P 14/06/1959
WDN   w/e 01/12/1963

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 1871
Built at Ashford Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
01/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Plymouth Friary (PLY)    
07/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 31871    
08/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (EXJ)    
12/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Plymouth Friary (PLY)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (75A)    
05/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Fratton (71D)    
06/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
08/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bricklayers Arms (73B)    
14/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Redhill (75B)    
11/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 31871    
01/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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