List of Isle of Wight-based O2 Class locomotives

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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BR/SR No.SR Name [1] LSWR No.BuilderBuiltTo IoW [2] Withdrawn [3] Notes
W14 Fishbourne 178LSWR, Nine Elms188919361967
W15 Cowes 195LSWR, Nine Elms189019361956Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure
W16 Ventnor 217LSWR, Nine Elms189219361967
W17 Seaview 208LSWR, Nine Elms189119301967
W18 Ningwood 220LSWR, Nine Elms189219301966
W19 Osborne 206LSWR, Nine Elms189119231955Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure
W20 Shanklin 211LSWR, Nine Elms189219231967
W21 Sandown 205LSWR, Nine Elms189119241966
W22 Brading 215LSWR, Nine Elms189219241967
W23 Totland 188LSWR, Nine Elms189019251955Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure
W24 Calbourne 209LSWR, Nine Elms189119251967Preserved on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway
W25 Godshill 190LSWR, Nine Elms189019251963
W26 Whitwell 210LSWR, Nine Elms189119251966
W27 Merstone 184LSWR, Nine Elms189019261967
W28 Ashey 186LSWR, Nine Elms189019261967
W29 Alverstone 202LSWR, Nine Elms189119261966
W30 Shorwell 219LSWR, Nine Elms189219261965
W31 Chale 180LSWR, Nine Elms189019271967Subject of an unsuccessful preservation. [4]
W32 Bonchurch 226LSWR, Nine Elms189219281965
W33 Bembridge 218LSWR, Nine Elms189219361967
W34 Newport 201LSWR, Nine Elms189119471955Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure
W35 Freshwater 181LSWR, Nine Elms189019491967
W36 Carisbrooke 198LSWR, 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. (1991). Isle of Wight Railways: A "Then and Now" Pictorial Survey. Silver Link Pub. 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.