Locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

The locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway can be broken down into four eras:

The period of independence up to 1874;
The period of joint ownership when Samuel Waite Johnson was Locomotive Superintendent for the Midland Railway (1875–1906);
The period when Henry Fowler was Locomotive Superintendent of the Midland Railway, and later Chief Mechanical Engineer if its successor, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (1907–1929);
The period after 1930 when the locomotives had been absorbed into the stock of the LMS (1930–1966).

The railway had a locomotive, carriage and wagon works at Highbridge, Somerset, but this closed in 1930. Note that the locomotive history of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway is complicated by the many reboilerings, rebuildings, and renumberings, not all of which are captured in the table.

Group	Wheel arrangement	Manufacturer	Year	Quantity	S&D Nos.	Year(s) withdrawn	Comments
Early era
S&DR George England 2-4-0	2-4-0	George England and Co.	1861	7	1–7	1874–1925	^[1]
S&DR George England 2-4-0T	2-4-0T	George England & Co.	1861	1	8	1928	^[2]
S&DR George England 2-4-0	2-4-0	George England and Co.	1863	2	9–10	1878	Sold to Midland Railway.^[3]
S&DR George England 2-4-0T	2-4-0T	George England & Co.	1863	1	11	1870	Sold to the Admiralty.^[4]
S&DR George England 2-4-0	2-4-0	George England and Co.	1864	4	12–15	1878	Sold to London and South Western Railway (3) and MR (1).^[3]
	2-4-0T	Edward Bury	1842	1	16	c. 1874	Second hand locomotive acquired from director George Reed in 1865.^[5]^[4]
S&DR Cudworth 2-4-0	2-4-0	George England & Co.	1865	2	17–18	1897	Ordered by the South Eastern Railway, but refused due to late delivery.^[3]
S&DR Vulcan Foundry 2-4-0	2-4-0	Vulcan Foundry	1866	2 (+4)	19-20 (+21–24)	1913–14	Renumbered 15–16. Six had been ordered, but could only pay for two, other four sold to Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine as their class A 4.^[6]
S&DR John Fowler 0-6-0	0-6-0	John Fowler & Co.	1874	6	19–24	1928	^[7]
S&DJR Fox, Walker 0-6-0ST	0-6-0ST	Fox, Walker & Co.	1874	5	1–5	1928–1934	LMS 1500–1504.^[8]
S&DJR Fox, Walker 0-6-0ST	0-6-0ST	Fox, Walker & Co.	1876	4	6–9	1928–1934	LMS 1505–1507.^[8]

Johnson era

Group	Wheel arrangement	Manufacturer	Year	Quantity	S&D Nos.	Year(s) withdrawn	Comments
Johnson era
S&DJR 'Bobby Dazzler' tank locomotives	0-4-0ST	Slaughter, Grüning & Co.	1852	1	5	1895	Acquired 1882; renumbered 45A in 1891.^[9]
S&DJR 'Bobby Dazzler' tank locomotives	0-4-2ST	Highbridge Works	1885	1	25A	1929	^[9]
S&DJR 'Bobby Dazzler' tank locomotives	0-4-0ST	Highbridge Works	1895	2	45A, 26A	1929–30	^[9]
S&DJR Avonside 0-4-4T	0-4-4T	Avonside Engine Co.	1877	9	10–14, 29–32	1930–32	LMS 1200–1207.^[10]
S&DJR Vulcan Foundry 0-4-4T	0-4-4T	Vulcan Foundry	1883	3	52–53, 55	1930–46	LMS 1230–1232.^[10]
Midland Railway 1532 Class	0-4-4T	Derby Works	1884	1	54	1931	Ex MR 1305, acquired 1921; to LMS 1305^[11]
S&DJR 0-6-0	0-6-0	Neilson & Co.	1878	6	33–38	1914–22	Nicknamed "Scotties".^[12]
S&DJR 0-6-0	0-6-0	Vulcan Foundry	1879	6	39–44	1914–32	Renumbered 67–69 in 1928. LMS 2886–2888.^[12]
S&DJR 0-6-0	0-6-0	Vulcan Foundry	1881	4	25–28	1914–28	^[12]
S&DJR 0-6-0	0-6-0	Vulcan Foundry	1883	6	46–51	1925–32	Renumbered 70/71/51 in 1928. LMS 2885/89/90.^[12]
S&DJR 0-6-0	0-6-0	Vulcan Foundry	1890	6	56–61	1928–32	Renumbered 33–38 in 1922. LMS 2880–2884.^[12]
Midland Railway Johnson 0-6-0	0-6-0	Derby Works	1896	5	62–66	1947–61	Nicknamed "Bulldogs". LMS 3194, 3198, 3201, 3204, 3211.^[13]
Midland Railway Johnson 0-6-0	0-6-0	Neilson, Reid & Co.	1902	5	72–76	1952–62	Delivered in Midland Red lettered "S&DJR". Nicknamed "Bulldogs". LMS 3216, 3218, 3228, 3248, 3260.^[13]
S&DJR 4-4-0	4-4-0	Derby Works	1891	4	15–18	1928–1931	LMS 301–302.^[14]
S&DJR 4-4-0	4-4-0	Derby Works	1896–97	4	67, 68, 14, 45	1920–1932	LMS 300, 303.^[14]
S&DJR 4-4-0	4-4-0	Derby Works	1903	3	69–71	1914–21	Renewed (see below).^[14]
S&DJR 4-4-0	4-4-0	Derby Works	1908	2	77–78	1931–38	LMS 320–321.^[14]

Group	Wheel arrangement	Manufacturer	Year	Quantity	S&D Nos.	Year(s) withdrawn	Comments
Fowler era
Midland Railway 483 Class	4-4-0	Derby Works	1914	2	70–71	1953–56	Renumbered 39–40; LMS 322–323.^[14]
Midland Railway 483 Class	4-4-0	Derby Works	1921	3	67–69	1951–56	Renumbered 41–43; LMS 324–326.^[14]
S&DJR 7F 2-8-0	2-8-0	Derby Works	1914	6	80–85	1959–1962	LMS 9670–9675, later 13800–13805.^[15]
S&DJR 7F 2-8-0	2-8-0	Robert Stephenson & Co.	1925	5	86–90	1963–64	LMS 9676–9680, later 13806–13810.^[15]
Midland Railway 3835 Class	0-6-0	Armstrong Whitworth	1922	5	57–61	1962–1965	Nicknamed "Armstrongs" LMS 4557–4561.^[13]
LMS Class 2P 4-4-0	4-4-0	Derby Works	1928	3	44–46	1959–1961	ex-LMS 575, 576, 580; to LMS 633–635.^[12]
LMS Fowler Class 3F	0-6-0T	W. G. Bagnall	1929	7	19–25	1959–67	LMS 7150–7156, later 7310–7316.^[13]
S&DJR Sentinels	0-4-0VBT	Sentinel Waggon Works	1929	2	101–102	1959–61	LMS 7190–7191.^[9]

Locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

Johnson era

Fowler era

LMS era

References

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