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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 2423 m/e 09/1911
British Railways 32423 m/e Not applied

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1911 THE NEEDLES

Locomotive Specifics
Designer D. Marsh
Class Atlantics
Company History SR
Wheels 4-4-2
Builder Brighton Works
To Service During 09/1911
Withdrawal During 05/1949
Service Life 37 yrs, 7 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1949

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1911
NHN   Newhaven on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
BTN   Brighton 8w/e 08/01/1949
     Withdrawn m/e 05/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BTN Brighton 8w/e 08/01/1949
WDN   4w/e 01/06/1949

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1945 Ashford Works Although 2423 was recently painted green and lined, other 'Atlantics' have left Ashford painted black, e.g., No. 2037. SLS/194602
30/04/1947 Victoria Station S.E. & C. 4-4-O's of various classes, including Nos. 1515, 1545, and 1760 have been noted piloting 'H2' No. 2423 on Victoria-Newhaven boat trains which have not been loaded above the recent 4-4-2 capacity, but it was probably on account of the service slacks due to landslides and track repairs following the severe weather. SLS/194706
15/01/1948 Waterloo Station 'H.2' No. 2423 NHN was put on an unusual job on 15/1. She hauled an electric 4-corridor unit from Waterloo to Portsmouth and back, upon which the C.E.E.'s Department were making various tests. 2423 put up quite a good performance, especially on the return trip SLS/194803

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1911 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 2423, name: THE NEEDLES
Built at Brighton Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newhaven (NHN)    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 32423 but not taken up    
08/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Brighton (BTN)    
05/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 2423    
06/1949 Scrapped Scrapped    

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