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Preserved Locomotives of the Southern Railway

There is a total of 86 preserved Southern Steam Locomotives, plus one pseudo Southern 'USA' tank,
compiled by Syd Carroll.


Please note. The date to the left of the class denotes when the first of the class was built, hence its position in the list.
1830 Invicta Built by Stephenson 1830 1 built

Never carried a number in its career. Located at Poor Priest Hospital, Canterbury, which is now called the Canterbury Heritage Centre. The first steam locomotive to haul fare paying passengers on a public railway in Great Britain. World's first locomotive to be preserved.
1863 0298 Class Beattie Well Tank 2-4-0WT 85 built
LSWR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
0298 E0298 - 3298 30587 1874, rebuilt 1884, 1921, 1933 Bodmin & Wenford Railway
0314 E0314 - 3314 30585 1875, rebuilt 1889, 1921, 1931 Bucks Railway Centre
1872 A1 & A1X Class Terriers 0-6-0T 50 built
LBSCR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Name Built Location
72 (1) B636 - 2636 32636 Fenchurch 1872, rebuilt 1913 Bluebell Railway
70   32670 Poplar (2) 1872 Kent & East Sussex Rly
54 - 654 1751 - 680S DS680 Waddon (3) 1875 Canadian Museum
55 - 655 B655 - 2655 32655 Stepney 1875, rebuilt 1912 Bluebell Railway
62 - 662 B662 - 2662 32662 Martello 1875, rebuilt 1912 Bressingham
46 - 646 W2 - W8 32646 Freshwater (4) 1876 Isle of Wight Rly
50 - 650 B650 - W9 - 2650 32650 Whitechapel (5) 1876, rebuilt 1920 Kent & East Sussex Rly
40 W11 - 2640 32640 Newport (6) 1878, rebuilt 1918 Isle of Wight Rly
78 - 678 B678 - W4 - W14 32678 Knowle (7) 1880, rebuilt 1911 Kent & East Sussex Rly
82 - 682 380S   Boxhill 1880, rebuilt 1911 Natl Rly Museum, York
Notes:  
(1) Sold in 1898 to the Newhaven Harbour Co, taken into Southern Railway stock in 1927.
(2) Now Nº3 Bodiam
(3) Was sold to the SECR and became their Nº75
(4) Was sold to the LSWR and became Nº734. It has also been named Newington. Named Freshwater and Nº2 on the Yarmouth & Newport Railway - IOW
(5) Became 515S and was named Fishbourne when on the Isle of Wight. It is now named Sutton and Nº10
(6) Was also named Brighton
(7) Was named Bembridge when on the Isle of Wight
1874 E1 Class 0-6-0T 80 built
LBSCR Nº Southern Nº Built Location
110 B110 Brighton 1877 East Somerset Railway
1882 0415 Class 4-4-2T 85 built
LSWR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
488 3488 30583 Nielson 1885 Bluebell Railway
Note: Sold by the LSWR to the Ministry of Munitions in 1917, it was then sold to the East Kent Light Railway in 1923 and became their No 5. The SR bought it in 1946 for use on the Lyme Regis branch, numbering it 3488.
1882 T3 Class 4-4-0 20 built
LSWR Nº Southern Nº Built Location
563 E563 - 563 Nine Elms 1892 Locomotion, Shildon
1882 B1 Class 0-4-2 49 built
LBSCR Nº Southern Nº Built Location
214 - 618 B618 Brighton 1882 Natl Rly Museum, York
1889 O2 Class 0-4-4T 60 built
LSWR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Name         Built Location
209 E209 - W24 W24 Calbourne  Nine Elms 1891 Isle of Wight Rly
1889 T9 Class 4-4-0 66 built
LSWR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
120 E120 - 120 30120 Nine Elms 1899 Bluebell Railway
1891 B4 Class 0-4-2T 25 built
LSWR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Name         Built Location
96 E96 30096 Normandy   Nine Elms 1893 Bluebell Railway
102 E102 30102 Granville     Nine Elms 1893 Bressingham
All of the above are featured in the video
'The A-Z of Preserved Locomotives of the Southern Railway, Part 1'
1897 M7 Class 0-4-4T 105 built
LSWR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
245 E245 - 245 30245 Nine Elms 1897 Natl Rly Museum, York
53 E53 - 53 30053 Nine Elms 1905 Swanage Railway
1897 E4 Class 0-6-2T 120 built
LBSCR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Name Built Location
473 B473 - 2473 32473 Birch Grove Brighton 1898 Bluebell Railway
1900 C Class 0-6-0 109 built
SECR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
592 A592 - 1592 31592 - DS239 Longhedge 1902 Bluebell Railway
1901 D Class 4-4-0 51 built
SECR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
737 A737 - 1737 31737 Ashford 1901 Natl Rly Museum, York
1903 O1 Class 0-6-0 66 built
SECR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
65 A65 - 1065 31065 Ashford 1896 Rebuilt 1908 Bluebell Railway
1904 H Class 0-4-4T 66 built
SECR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
263 A263 - 1263 31263 Ashford 1905 Bluebell Railway
1909 P Class 0-6-0T 8 built
SECR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
753 A556 - 1556 31556 Ashford 1909 Kent & East Sussex Rly
27 A27 - 1027 31027 Ashford 1910 Bluebell Railway
178 A178 - 1178 31178 Ashford 1910 Bluebell Railway
323 A323 - 1323 31323 Ashford 1910 Bluebell Railway
  Named Bluebell     (Only on the Bluebell Railway)
1917 N Class 2-6-0 8 built
Southern Nº BR Nº Built Name Location
A874 1874 31874 Woolwich 1925 Brian Fisk (Only on Mid Hants Rly) Mid Hants Railway
1920 S15 Class 4-6-0 20 built (Urie)
LSWR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
499 E499 - 499 30499 Eastleigh 1920 Mid Hants Railway
506 E506 - 506 30506 Eastleigh 1920 Mid Hants Railway
1925 N15 Class 4-6-0 54 built
Southern Nº BR Nº Name Built Location
777 30777 Sir Lamiel North British 1925 Great Central Rly
1926 LN Class 4-6-0 16 built
Southern Nº BR Nº Name Built Location
E850 - 850 30850 Lord Nelson Eastleigh 1925 Eastleigh
1927 S15 Class 4-6-0 25 built (Maunsell)
Southern Nº BR Nº   Built Location
825 30825   Eastleigh 1927 Nth Yorks Moors Rly
828 30828   Eastleigh 1927 Mid Hants Railway
830 30830   Eastleigh 1927 Nth Yorks Moors Railway
841 30841   Eastleigh 1936 Nth Yorks Moors Rly
847 30847   Eastleigh 1936 Bluebell Railway
All of the above from class M7 are featured in the video
'The A-Z of Preserved Locomotives of the Southern Railway, Part 2'
1928 U Class 4-6-0 50 built
Southern Nº BR Nº   Built Location
A618 - 1618 31618   Brighton 1928 Bluebell Railway
A625 - 1625 31625   Ashford 1929 Mid Hants Railway
A638 - 1638 31638   Ashford 1931 Bluebell Railway
A806 - 1806 31806   Brighton 1928 (1) Mid Hants Railway
Note (1) Formerly K Class 2-6-4T A806 River Torridge
1930 V Class 4-4-0 (Schools Class) 40 built
Southern Nº BR Nº Name Built Location
925 30925 Cheltenham Eastleigh 1934 Natl Rly Museum, York
926 30926 Repton Eastleigh 1934 Nth York Moors Rly
928 30928 Stowe Eastleigh 1934 Bluebell Railway
1938 Q Class 0-6-0 20 built
Southern Nº BR Nº   Built Location
541 30541   Eastleigh 1939 Bluebell Railway
1941 Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 30 built
Southern Nº BR Nº Name Built Rebuilt Location
21C5 s21C5 - 35005 Canadian Pacific Eastleigh 1941 1959 Mid Hants Railway
  Canadian Pacific was the only MN to carry the 'S' prefix - between May and June 1948.
21C6 35006 Peninsular & Oriental Eastleigh 1942 1957 Gloucester Worcester Rly
21C9 35009 Shaw Savill Eastleigh 1942 1957 East Lancs Railway
21C10 35010 Blue Star Eastleigh 1942 1957 Colne Valley Railway
21C11 35011 General Steam Navigation Eastleigh 1944 1959 Binbrook Airfield
21C18 35018 British India Line Eastleigh 1945 1956 Portland
  35022 Holland America Line Eastleigh 1948 1956 Southall (boiler at Crewe)
  35025 Brocklebank Line Eastleigh 1948 1956 Great Central Rly
  35027 Port Line Eastleigh 1948 1957 Swanage Railway
  35028 Clan Line Eastleigh 1948 1959 Stewarts Lane
  35029 Ellerman Lines Eastleigh 1949 1959 Natl Rly Museum, York
1938 Q1 Class 0-6-0 40 built
Southern Nº BR Nº   Built Location
C1 33001   Brighton 1942 Natl Railway Museum, York
All of the above from class U are featured in the video
'The A-Z of Preserved Locomotives of the Southern Railway, Part 3'
1942 USA Class 0-6-0T                    438 built (15 bought by SR 1946, 1 for spares only)
Southern Nº BR Nº   Built Location
64 s64 - 30064   Vulcan IW 1943 Bluebell Railway
65 30065 - DS237 Maunsell Vulcan IW 1943 Kent & East Sussex Rly
70 30070 - DS238 Wainwright Vulcan IW 1943 Kent & East Sussex Rly
72 30072   Vulcan IW 1943 Keighly & Worth Valley Rly
  30075 (1)   ??? 1960 East Somerset Railway
Note (1) This is a fictitious SR look alike engine. (It is actually Yugoslavian Railways 62 669)
1945 West Country/Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 110 built
Southern Nº BR Nº Name Built Rebuilt Location
21C107 s21C107 - 34007 Wadebridge Brighton 1945   Mid Hants Railway
21C110 s21C110 - 34010 Sidmouth Brighton 1945 Eastleigh 1959 Sellindge
21C116 s21C116 - 34016 Bodmin Brighton 1945 Eastleigh 1958 Mid Hants Railway
21C123 34023 Blackmore Vale (1) Brighton 1946   Bluebell Railway
21C127 34027 Taw Valley (2) Brighton 1946 Eastleigh 1958 Main line
21C128 34028 Eddystone Brighton 1946 Eastleigh 1959 Bluebell Railway
21C139 34039 Boscastle Brighton 1946 Eastleigh 1959 Great Central Rly
21C146 s21C146 - 34046 Braunton Brighton 1946 Eastleigh 1958 West Somerset Rly
21C151 34051 Winston Churchill Brighton 1946   Natl Rly Museum, York
21C153 34053 Sir Keith Park Brighton 1947 Eastleigh 1950 Sellindge (boiler at Crewe)
21C158 s21C158 - 34058 Sir Frederick Pile Brighton 1947 Eastleigh 1960 Avon Valley Rly
21C159 s21C159 - 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair Brighton 1947 Eastleigh 1960 Bluebell Railway
21C167 s21C167 - 34067 Tangmere (3) Brighton 1947   Main Line
21C170 s21C170 - 34070 Manston Brighton 1947   Swanage (boiler at Crewe)
  34072 257 Squadron Brighton 1948   Swanage Railway
  34073 249 Squadron Brighton 1948   Mid Hants Railway
  34081 92 Squadron Brighton 1948   North Norfolk Railway
  34092 City of Wells Brighton 1948   Keighly & Worth Valley Rly
  34101 Hartland Brighton 1950 Eastleigh 1960 North York Moors Rly
  34105 Swanage Brighton 1950   Mid Hants Railway
  Note (1) Was named Blackmoor Vale until 1951
  Note (2) Loco is main line certified, but home base is Severn Valley Railway
  Note (3) Loco is main line certified, but home base will probably be the Mid Hants Railway
In addition to the above a reproduction H2 4-4-2 is being built at the Bluebell Railway from various spare parts
BR Nº Name
32424 Beachy Head
All of the above from the USA class will be featured in the video
'The A-Z of Preserved Locomotives of the Southern Railway, Part 4'
Coal-less Southern Railway/Region locomotives:
1898 Electric class Bo 2 built
LSWR Nº Southern Nº BR Nº Built Location
Not known 75 S DS 75 Siemens, London, 1898 National Railway Museum York
Built for operation on the Waterloo & City Line.
1959 Electric class 71 Bo-Bo 24 built
BR Nº Built Location
E5001 - 71001 Doncaster 1959 National Railway Museum York
This locomotive famously hauled the Golden Arrow express for a while.
1949 Diesel Class 12 0-6-0 26 built
BR Nº Built Location
15224 Ashford 1949 Spa Valley Railway
Click here for a list of preserved EMUs
Please note: The above facts have been researched from many different sources which may or may not be reliable. If you know of a mistake will you please let me know so that it can be corrected. This particularly applies to the location of locomotives which can and do move frequently between heritage railways. Thank you.
 
In addition to the BR numbers listed, please note that some of the locomotives also had an 's' prefix added for a short time after nationalization in 1948, such as s21C107 above. Not all those so altered were recorded in the various lists available to me and in some cases the 's' was only on the engine for a very short time. If you know of any preserved SR locomotives (other than those WC/BoBs shown above) that DID have this adornment, please let Syd know.

'The A-Z of Preserved Locomotives of the Southern Railway' videos are available direct from Syd Carroll. Please email for prices.

This page was last updated 16 April 2007

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