Locomotives of the Southern Railway
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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.
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[edit] Background
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
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.
New designs were:
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Locomotives of Constituent Companies
[edit] London and South Western Railway
See also North Devon Railway
[edit] Joseph Hamilton Beattie (1850–1851)
- LSWR 0298 Class 2-4-0WT
[edit] William G. Beattie (1871–1878)
- LSWR 282 Class 0-6-0 "Ilfracombe Goods"
[edit] William Adams (1878–1895)
- LSWR 46 Class 4-4-0T
- LSWR 135 Class 4-4-0
- LSWR 380 Class 4-4-0
- LSWR 395 Class 0-6-0
- LSWR 415 Class 4-4-2T "Radial tank"
- LSWR 445 Class 4-4-0
- LSWR 460 Class 4-4-0
- LSWR Class A12 0-4-2
- LSWR B4 Class 0-4-0T
- LSWR Class F6 0-4-4T
- LSWR Class G6 0-6-0T
- LSWR O2 Class 0-4-4T "John Bull"
- LSWR Class O4 0-4-2
- LSWR Class T1 0-4-4T
- LSWR Class T3 4-4-0
- LSWR Class T6 4-4-0
- LSWR Class X2 4-4-0
- LSWR Class X6 4-4-0
[edit] Dugald Drummond (1895–1912)
- LSWR 700 Class 0-6-0 "Black Motor"
- LSWR Class C8 4-4-0
- LSWR Class C14 2-2-0T "Potato Can"
- LSWR Class D15 4-4-0
- LSWR Class E10 4-2-2-0
- LSWR Class E14 4-6-0
- LSWR Class F9 4-2-4T "The Bug"
- LSWR Class F13 4-6-0
- LSWR Class G14 4-6-0
- LSWR K10 Class 4-4-0 "Small Hopper"
- LSWR Class K14 0-4-0T
- LSWR L11 Class 4-4-0 "Large Hopper"
- LSWR L12 Class 4-4-0 "Bulldog"
- LSWR Class M7 0-4-4T "Motor tank"
- LSWR Class P14 P14 4-6-0
- LSWR Class S11 4-4-0
- LSWR Class T7 4-2-2-0
- LSWR Class T9 4-4-0 "Greyhound"
- LSWR Class T14 4-6-0 "Paddleboat"
[edit] Robert W. Urie (1912–1922)
- LSWR Class G16 G16 4-8-0T
- LSWR Class H15 4-6-0
- LSWR Class H16 4-6-2T
- LSWR Class N15 4-6-0
- LSWR Class S15 4-6-0
[edit] South Eastern and Chatham Railway
[edit] H. S. Wainwright (1899–1913)
- SECR B1 Class 4-4-0 introduced 1900 rebuild of SER B Class
- SECR C Class 0-6-0 introduced 1900
- SECR R1 Class 0-4-4T introduced 1900 rebuild of LCD R Class
- SECR D Class 4-4-0 introduced 1901
- SECR F1 Class 4-4-0 introduced 1903 rebuild of SER F Class
- SECR O1 Class 0-6-0 introduced 1903 rebuild of SER O Class
- SECR H Class 0-4-4T introduced 1904
- SECR E Class 4-4-0 introduced 1905
- SECR P Class 0-6-0T introduced 1909
- SECR R1 Class 0-6-0T introduced 1910 rebuild of SER R Class
- SECR J Class 0-6-4T introduced 1913
- SECR K Class 2-6-4T introduced 1913
- SECR L Class 4-4-0 introduced 1914
[edit] R.E.L.Maunsell (1913–1922)
- SECR N Class 2-6-0 introduced 1917
- SECR S Class 0-6-0ST introduced 1917 rebuild of C Class
- SECR E1 Class 4-4-0 introduced 1919 rebuild of E Class
- SECR D1 Class 4-4-0 introduced 1921 rebuild of D Class
- SECR N1 Class 2-6-0 introduced 1922 3-cylinder version of N Class
[edit] London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
[edit] William Stroudley (1870–1889)
- LB&SCR C1 Class 0-6-0 introduced 1871
- LB&SCR A1 Class 0-6-0T introduced 1872
- LB&SCR D1 Class 0-4-2T introduced 1873
- LB&SCR E1 Class 0-6-0T introduced 1874
- LB&SCR B1 Class 0-4-2 introduced 1882
[edit] R. J. Billinton (1890–1904)
- LB&SCR D3 Class 0-4-4T introduced 1892
- LB&SCR C2 Class 0-6-0 introduced 1893
- LB&SCR E3 Class 0-6-2T introduced 1894
- LB&SCR B2 Class 4-4-0 introduced 1895
- LB&SCR E4 Class 0-6-2T introduced 1897
- LB&SCR B4 Class 4-4-0 introduced 1899
- LB&SCR E5 Class 0-6-2T introduced 1902
- LB&SCR E6 Class 0-6-2T introduced 1904
[edit] D. Earle Marsh (1905–1911)
- LB&SCR H1 Class 4-4-2 introduced 1905
- LB&SCR I1 Class 4-4-2T introduced 1906
- LB&SCR C3 Class 0-6-0 introduced 1906
- LB&SCR I2 Class 4-4-2T introduced 1907
- LB&SCR I3 Class 4-4-2T introduced 1907
- LB&SCR I4 Class 4-4-2T introduced 1908
- LB&SCR C2X Class 0-6-0 introduced 1908 rebuild of C2
- LB&SCR E4X Class 0-6-2T introduced 1909 rebuild of E4
- LB&SCR J1 Class 4-6-2T introduced 1910
- LB&SCR A1X Class 0-6-0T introduced 1911 rebuild of A1
- LB&SCR E5X Class 0-6-2T introduced 1911 rebuild of E5
- LB&SCR E6X Class 0-6-2T introduced 1911 rebuild of E6
- LB&SCR H2 Class 4-4-2 introduced 1911
- LB&SCR J2 Class 4-6-2T introduced 1912
[edit] L. B. Billinton (1911–1922)
- LB&SCR E2 Class 0-6-0T introduced 1913
- LB&SCR K Class 2-6-0 introduced 1913
- LB&SCR L Class 4-6-4T introduced 1914
- LB&SCR B4X Class 4-4-0 introduced 1922 rebuild of B4
[edit] Unknown date
- LB&SCR B2X Class 4-4-0 introduced ? rebuild of B2
- LB&SCR I1X Class 4-4-2T introduced ? rebuild of I1
[edit] Diesel Locomotives
The Southern Railway also built three diesel prototypes numbered 10201 to 10203 upon which the English Electric Type Four was heavily based.
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Locomotives of the Southern Railway
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| Maunsell: | H15 - Lord Nelson - N15 (King Arthur) - N15X - Q - V (Schools) - U - U1 - W - Z |
| Bulleid: | Leader - Merchant Navy - Q1 - USA - West Country/Battle of Britain |
| Diesels: | 10201 to 10203 |
| Locomotives of: | BR (steam) • GWR • LMS • LNER |
