List of Isle of Wight-based O2 Class locomotives

Below are the names and numbers of the 23 LSWR O2 Class locomotives that were transferred to the Isle of Wight. Another successful publicity campaign by the Southern Railway gave them names from 1925 onwards, representing places in the Island.

BR/SR No.SR Name[1]LSWR No.BuilderBuiltTo IoW[2]Withdrawn[3]Notes
W14Fishbourne178LSWR, Nine Elms188919361967
W15Cowes195LSWR, Nine Elms189019361956Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure
W16Ventnor217LSWR, Nine Elms189219361967
W17Seaview208LSWR, Nine Elms189119301967
W18Ningwood220LSWR, Nine Elms189219301966
W19Osborne206LSWR, Nine Elms189119231955Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure
W20Shanklin211LSWR, Nine Elms189219231967
W21Sandown205LSWR, Nine Elms189119241966
W22Brading215LSWR, Nine Elms189219241967
W23Totland188LSWR, Nine Elms189019251955Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure
W24Calbourne209LSWR, Nine Elms189119251967Preserved on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway
W25Godshill190LSWR, Nine Elms189019251963
W26Whitwell210LSWR, Nine Elms189119251966
W27Merstone184LSWR, Nine Elms189019261967
W28Ashey186LSWR, Nine Elms189019261967
W29Alverstone202LSWR, Nine Elms189119261966
W30Shorwell219LSWR, Nine Elms189219261965
W31Chale180LSWR, Nine Elms189019271967Subject of an unsuccessful preservation.[4]
W32Bonchurch226LSWR, Nine Elms189219281965
W33Bembridge218LSWR, Nine Elms189219361967
W34Newport201LSWR, Nine Elms189119471955Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure
W35Freshwater181LSWR, Nine Elms189019491967
W36Carisbrooke198LSWR, Nine Elms189119491965

References

  1. All details from: Burridge, Frank: Nameplates of the Big Four (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 1975) ISBN 0-902888-43-9
  2. Allen, Peter C.; MacLeod, A. B. (1986) [1967]. Rails in the Isle of Wight. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 107. ISBN 0-7153-8701-4.
  3. Pomeroy, Colin A. Isle of Wight Railways: A "Then and Now" Pictorial Survey. ISBN 0-947971-62-9.
  4. Clegg, Malcolm (2020). British Steam Locomotives Before Preservation: A Study of Before and Afterlife. Pen and Sword Transport. p. 43. ISBN 978-1526760494. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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