List of South Devon Railway locomotives

Locomotive classes used by the broad gauge South Devon Railway, later amalgamated with the Great Western Railway.[note 1]

Class code[note 2] Wheel arrangement Builder Driving wheels Cylinders  Introduced Withdrawn Number built Names
Comet[2] D41 4-4-0ST 5 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1851 1884 12 Comet, Lance, Rocket, Meteor, Priam, Aurora, Damon, Ostrich, Falcon, Orion, Ixion, Osiris,
Antelope[3] D42 4-4-0ST Slaughter, Grüning & Co. 5 ft 6 in 16½ in × 24 in 1859 1892 15 Hawk, Eagle, Elk, Lynx, Gazelle, Mazeppa, Giraffe, Lion, Antelope, Wolf, Tiger, Hector, Cato, Dart, Pollux, Castor
Zebra[4] D43 4-4-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 5 ft 8 in 17 in × 24 in 1866 1892 6 Sedley, Gorgon, Titan, Pluto, Zebra, Sol
Stag[5] D44 4-4-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 5 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1872 1892 4 Leopard, Stag, Lance, Osiris
Heron[6] D46 4-4-0ST South Devon Railway 5 ft 3 in 17 in × 24 in 1872 1892 2
Heron, Magpie
King[7] D47 2-4-0T Avonside Engine Co. 3 ft 9 in × 16 in 1871 1878 1 King
Prince[8] D48 2-4-0ST South Devon Railway 4 ft 12 in × 17 in 1871 1892 1[note 3] Prince, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury
Penwith[9] D49 2-4-0ST Stothert & Slaughter 5 ft 15 in × 22 in 1872 1888 1 Penwith
Tiny[10] D50 0-4-0vbT Sara and Co. 3 ft 9 in × 12 in 1872 1888[note 4] 1
Tiny
Weasel[11] D51 0-4-0WT Avonside Engine Co. 3 ft 11 in × 16 in 1873 1893 3 Owl, Goat, Weasel
Raven[12] D52 0-4-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 3 ft 14 in × 18 in 1874 1892 5 Raven, Rook, Lark, Crow, Jay
Tornado[13] D61 0-6-0ST Vulcan Foundry 4 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1854 1885 4 Volcano, Tornado, Sampson, Goliath
Ada[14] D62 0-6-0ST Slaughter, Grüning & Co. 4 ft 6 in 16½ in × 24 in 1860 1887 5 [note 5] Dido, Hero, Rosa
Romulus[15] D63 0-6-0ST Slaughter, Grüning & Co. 4 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1860 1892 8[note 6]
Hebe, Ajax, Brutus, Argo, Atlas, Juno, Romulus, Remus
Taurus[16] D64 0-6-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 3 ft 12½ in × 16 in 1869 1892 1 Taurus
Camel[17] D65 0-6-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 4 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1872 1892 10 Buffalo, Elephant, Camel, Hercules, Dragon, Achilles, Dromedary, Emperor, Python, Vulcan
Redruth[18] D66 0-6-0ST 4 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1871 1887 1 Redruth
GWR Sir Watkin class[19] A63 0-6-0ST GWR 4 ft 6 in 17 in × 24 in 1872 1892 1[note 7] Saunders
GWR 'Banking' class[20] A61 0-6-0ST GWR 5 ft 17 in × 24 in 1872 1889 1[note 8] Stromboli[note 9]

References

  1. ↑ This article uses the class groups and names from Sheppard (2008), as the most recent and most authoritative study.[1]
  2. ↑ Broad Gauge Society class code
  3. ↑ Prince was completed by the SDR, but the others were still under construction when the SDR amalgamated with the GWR
  4. ↑ Tiny is one of the few surviving broad gauge locomotives
  5. ↑ Two other locomotives built for the Llynvi Valley Railway
  6. ↑ The classification of some of these locomotives is questioned, as to whether they were the 4'6" wheeled Ada class, or the 4'9" wheeled Romulus class. See Dido class
  7. ↑ This was a class of six, built by the GWR as side tanks. Three were sold in 1872 to the South Devon and the Cornwall Railways (Bulkeley & Fowler). They returned to the GWR on amalgamation in 1876. All six were rebuilt as saddle tanks after 1883[19]
  8. ↑ A class of five, built by the GWR in 1852. Juno was sold to the South Devon in 1872[20]
  9. ↑ Previously named Juno, but renamed to avoid confusion with the Romulus class locomotive
  1. ↑ Sheppard, Geof (2008). Broad Gauge Locomotives. Noodle Books / Broad Gauge Society. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-906-419-09-7.
  2. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 65, Comet
  3. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 65, Antelope
  4. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 67, Zebra
  5. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 67, Stag
  6. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 67, Heron
  7. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 68, King
  8. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 68, Prince
  9. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 68, Penwith
  10. ↑ Sheppard 2008, pp. 68–69, Tiny
  11. ↑ Sheppard 2008, Weasel
  12. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 69, Raven
  13. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 71, Tornado
  14. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 71, Ada
  15. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 71, Romulus
  16. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 72, Taurus
  17. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 72, Camel
  18. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 72, Redruth
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Sheppard 2008, p. 38, Sir Watkin class
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Sheppard 2008, p. 37, Banking class