The LSWR O2 class is a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotive designed for the London and South Western Railway by William Adams. Sixty were constructed during...
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Adams LSWR O2 class 0-4-4T, which is based at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. It is the sole survivor of its class. One of 60 Adams O2 class 0-4-4Ts...
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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...
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duties DRG Class 02, a class of German, standard steam locomotive with a four-cylinder compound configuration LSWR O2 Class, a class of sixty nineteenth...
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The LSWR M7 class is a class of 0-4-4T passenger tank locomotive built between 1897 and 1911. The class was designed by Dugald Drummond for use on the...
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The LSWR 415 class is a 4-4-2T steam tank locomotive, with the trailing wheels forming the basis of its "Radial Tank" moniker. It was designed by William...
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1965 for possible use on the Isle of Wight, replacing life-expired LSWR O2 class engines, which were all over 70 years old by then. However, this plan...
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The LSWR G6 class was an 0-6-0T tank locomotive designed by William Adams for the London and South Western Railway. The late nineteenth century was a...
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Examples have included the LSWR O2 and M7 classes, the Midland Railway 2228 Class, and the Caledonian Railway 439 Class. The last British design of 0-4-4T...
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5700s operated the branch line to the Isle of Portland (replacing LSWR O2 class 0-4-4T locomotives). They were also seen pulling boat trains through...
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Exeter area. The LSWR purchased the branch outright on 1 January 1907, and upgraded the line to allow larger locomotives of the LSWR O2 class. Once these began...
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The LSWR 330 class or Saddlebacks was a class of goods 0-6-0ST steam locomotives designed for the London and South Western Railway. Twenty were constructed...
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Classification system Burduna language Compound of five tetrahedra LSWR O2 Class W24 Calbourne, a locomotive Mercedes-Benz W24, a German sedan W24 engine...
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primarily through replacing old locomotives and carriages. Twenty-three O2 class locomotives were transferred to the island from the former London and South...
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Carisbrooke were removed. As bridges were also strengthened to allow the LSWR O2 Class to haul the train throughout, the train was now much faster, completing...
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1960. LSWR T9 class No. 120 (BR 30120) is preserved at the Swanage Railway. LSWR T3 class No. 563 is preserved at the Swanage Railway. LSWR O2 class No....
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line used former LSWR O2 Class tank engines as the main form of motive power for many years but in the 1950s newer LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T engines took...
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locomotive fleet was improved, by retaining the A1X 'Terrier' class and bringing in some LSWR O2 class 0-4-4T engines that had been displaced by the electrification...
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William Adams (locomotive engineer) (section LSWR)
Locomotives of the LSWR. Part 2. London, England: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Bradley, D.L.(1985). LSWR Locomotives The Adams Classes. Didcot, England:...
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(LSWR). It was privatised in 1994. A small quarry was started to supply local railway requirements in 1874, concurrent with the opening of the LSWR's railway...
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Lymington branch line (section Absorbed by the LSWR)
South Western Railway bought out the local company in 1879, and in 1884 the LSWR opened a short extension of the line to Lymington Pier. The economy of Lymington...
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News - June 2014". Iwsteamrailway.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2015. "'O2' Class 0-4-4T No W24 'Calbourne'". iwsteamrailway.co.uk. Archived from the original...
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not entirely successful due to their limited power. From 1906, the LSWR’s own O2 class were employed; these were more powerful 0-4-4T locomotives, but they...
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of earlier classes LSWR H15 class – Further production LSWR N15 class – Further production LSWR S15 class – Further production LSWR M7 class – One superheated...
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contractor Thomas Brassey could be persuaded to build the line if the LBSCR and LSWR would subscribe their £20,000 and one of them would agree to work the line...
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0-4-0ST (works number 2937) of 1882, preserved at Chasewater Railway LSWR 415 class 4-4-2T No. 488 (works number 3209) of 1885, preserved at the Bluebell...
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0-4-0ST No. 5 built by Kitson & Co in 1898, GWR No. 1338. Taff Vale Railway O2 class 0-6-2T No. 85 built by Neilson, Reid & Co. in 1899, GWR No. 426. Port Talbot...
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However an agreement was made to construct a junction with the existing LSWR main line south of Winchester. Southampton Airport is a regional airport...
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Waterloo Junction station on 1 January 1869 as a replacement, that allowed LSWR passengers to change and access services to Cannon Street. A further extension...
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1813 Class 0-6-0ST 2756 ex-GWR 2721 Class 0-6-0ST Five locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923 817 - 818 ex-South Devon Railway Buffalo class 0-6-0ST...
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