The Southern Railway took a key role in expanding the 660 V DC third rail electrified network begun by the London & South Western Railway. As a result of this, and its smaller operating area, its steam locomotive stock was the smallest of the 'Big Four' companies. Yet its locomotives were unique and of great interest. For an explanation of numbering and classification, see British Locomotive and Multiple Unit Numbering and Classification. The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ... Jump to: navigation, search A number of different numbering and classification schemes has been used for locomotives and multiple units on Britains railways, and this page explains the principal systems that have been used. ...

Background

Post-Nationalisation

British Railways completed construction of the 'West Country' and 'Merchant Navy' locomotive designs, but did not build any further orders. It abandoned the 'Leader' class experiments, and Bulleid left the UK to carry forward his unusual locomotive designs in Ireland. Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...

Withdrawal

Withdrawal of ex-SR locomotives happened mainly towards the end of steam on the Southern Region (in 1967), the pre-Grouping designs having gone before then as electrification spread across the region.

Locomotives of SR Design

With the heavy emphasis on electrification for the London Suburban area and the Brighton main line there was little need for new steam locomtovie designs. The main steam tasks were boat trains (Dover, Folkestone and Newhaven), West of England and Kent services and freight.

The designers had some interesting constraints.

Due to the hangover from SE&CR days most of the lines in Kent were of fairly light construction and would not take the weight of a modern express locomotive until well into the 1930s. Hence the extensive rebuilding (and new construction) of 4-4-0 designs at a time when other lines were busily building pacifics or heavy 4-6-0s.

The ex-SER lines also had the problem of the narrow Bo-Peep tunnel on the Hastings line, requiring locomotive and rolling stock rather narrower than permitted elsewhere. This problem persisted into BR days until eventually the tunnel was single tracked, giving clearance for normal stock. Jump to: navigation, search A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... Hastings is a town and local government district in South East England, in the county of East Sussex. ... Jump to: navigation, search On a single track railway, traffic in both directions share the same track. ...

Services for west of Southampton and Salisbury had a different set of problems as neither the Southern nor its constituents installed water troughs, thus leading to large tenders with large water capacity. Jump to: navigation, search Civic Centre, Southampton Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... Salisbury Cathedral from the Cathedral Yard High Street Market Great West Front of Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury (pronounced Solsbree or Sauls-bree) is a small cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. ... A British tender locomotive Steam locomotives often haul a tender, which is a special railroad car designed to hold the locomotives fuel and water. ...

New designs were:

Richard E. L. Maunsell (1923–1937)

• Class LN "Lord Nelson": 850–865
• Class V "Schools": 900–939
• Class Q: 530–549
• Classes U and U1: 1610–1639; 1710–1809; 1890–1910
• Class W 1911–1925
• Class Z 950–957

Maunsell also rebuilt, modified or continued the new construction of earlier classes Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell held the post of Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the the Southern Railway in the United Kingdom from the time of the 1923 Grouping until 1937. ... The Southern Railway Class LN or Lord Nelson Class is a class of steam locomotive. ... 30926 Repton, here masquerading as 30925 Cheltenham, is one of three Schools preserved. ... Jump to: navigation, search 30533 on shed at Norwood Junction, 29 May 1960. ... Jump to: navigation, search 31803 at Bournemouth during the BR era. ... The Southern Railway Class W were 3-cylinder 2-6-4 tank engines intended for short distance freight traffic. ... The Southern Railway Class Z was an 0-8-0 3-cylinder side tank engine intended for heavy shunting and was introduced in 1929. ...

• SECR Class B1
• LBSCR Class C2X
• SECR Class D1
• Class E1/R
• Class I1X
• Class L1
• LSWR Class M7
• LSWR Class H15
• SECR Classes N and N1: 1400–1414; 1810–1821; 1823–1875 for class N and 1822; 1876–1880 for Class N1
• LSWR Class N15
• Class N15X
• SECR Class O1
• LSWR Class S15
• LSWR Class T9
• LSWR 700 Class

The LSWR/SR H15 class were a miscellaneous group of 2-cylinder 4-6-0s with 60 (1. ... Preserved 30777 Sir Lamiel is part of the National Collection. ... The Southern Railway Class N15X 4-6-0 steam locomotives were dimensionally rather similar to the Class N15 King Arthur locomotives of the same wheel layout, but had a rather different history. ... Jump to: navigation, search Preserved No. ...

O. V. S. Bulleid (1937–1949)

• Class Q1: C1-C40
• Merchant Navy Class: 21C1-21C20 (+10 more built by British Railways)
• West Country/Battle of Britain Class: 21C101-21C170 (+40 more built by British Railways)
• Leader Class: appeared after nationalisation as British Railways 36001-36003

Bulleid was also responsible for the mechanical part of the three electric locomotives (CC1-CC3, later British Railways Class 70) built at Ashford Works in 1941 (CC1) and 1948 (CC2-CC3). The electrical part was the responsibility of the SR Chief Electrical Engineer, Raworth. Jump to: navigation, search Preserved number C1 33038 at Bricklayers Arms in London during BR era. ... The Southern Railway (SR) Merchant Navy Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Preserved Unrebuilt West Country Class 21C213 Blackmoor Vale. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Ashford railway works was in the town of Ashford in the county of Kent in England. ...

Locomotives of Constituent Companies

London and South Western Railway

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Joseph Beattie (1850–1851)

William G. Beattie (1871–1878)

• 0298 Class 2-4-0WT

One of the two preserved locomotives, 30587 The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) 0298 Class or Beattie Well Tank is a class of steam locomotive. ...

William Adams (1878–1895)

• 46 Class 4-4-0T
• 135 Class 4-4-0
• 380 Class 4-4-0
• 395 Class 0-6-0
• 415 Class 4-4-2T
• 445 Class 4-4-0
• 460 Class 4-4-0
• Class A12 0-4-2
• Class T1 0-4-4T
• Class O2 0-4-4T
• Class X2 4-4-0
• Class T3 4-4-0
• Class B4 0-4-0T
• Class O4 0-4-2
• Class F6 0-4-4T
• Class G6 0-6-0T
• Class T6 4-4-0
• Class X6 4-4-0

William Adams (1564–1620). ...

Dugald Drummond (1895–1912)

• 700 Class 0-6-0 "Black Motor"
• Class M7 0-4-4T
• Class T7 4-2-2-0
• Class C8 4-4-0
• Class F9 4-2-4T "The Bug"
• Class T9 4-4-0 "Greyhound"
• Class E10 4-2-2-0
• Class K10 4-4-0 "Small Hopper"
• Class L11 4-4-0 "Large Hopper"
• Class S11 4-4-0
• Class L12 4-4-0 "Bulldog"
• Class F13 4-6-0
• Class C14 2-2-0T
• Class E14 4-6-0
• Class G14 4-6-0
• Class K14 0-4-0T
• Class P14 4-6-0
• Class T14 4-6-0 "Paddleboat"
• Class D15 4-4-0

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Robert W. Urie (1912–1922)

• Class H15 4-6-0
• Class N15 4-6-0
• Class S15 4-6-0
• Class G16 4-8-0T
• Class H16 4-6-2T

The LSWR/SR H15 class were a miscellaneous group of 2-cylinder 4-6-0s with 60 (1. ... Preserved 30777 Sir Lamiel is part of the National Collection. ... Jump to: navigation, search Preserved No. ...

South Eastern and Chatham Railway

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H. S. Wainwright (1899–1913)

R.E.L.Maunsell (1913–1922)

Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell held the post of Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the the Southern Railway in the United Kingdom from the time of the 1923 Grouping until 1937. ...

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

The LB&SCRs coat of arms, displayed above the entrance to Gipsy Hill railway station. ...

William Stroudley (1870–1889)

• Class A1 and A1X "Terrier"

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R. J. Billinton (1890–1904)

D. Earle Marsh (1905–1911)

L. B. Billinton (1911–1922)