Locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway explained

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.

Early era

Group	Wheel arrangement	Manufacturer	Year	Quantity	S&D Nos.	Year(s) withdrawn	Comments
Early era
			1861	7	1–7	1874–1925	align=left
			1861	1	8	1928	align=left
			1863	2	9–10	1878	align=left	Sold to Midland Railway.
			1863	1	11	1870	align=left	Sold to the Admiralty.
			1864	4	12–15	1878	align=left	Sold to London and South Western Railway (3) and MR (1).
			1842	1	16	c. 1874	align=left	Second hand locomotive acquired from director George Reed in 1865.
			1865	2	17–18	1897	align=left	Ordered by the South Eastern Railway, but refused due to late delivery.
			1866	2 (+4)	19-20 (+21–24)	1913–14	align=left	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.
			1874	6	19–24	1928	align=left
			1874	5	1–5	1928–1934	align=left	LMS 1500–1504.
			1876	4	6–9	1928–1934	align=left	LMS 1505–1507.

Johnson era

Group	Wheel arrangement	Manufacturer	Year	Quantity	S&D Nos.	Year(s) withdrawn	Comments
Johnson era
			1852	1	5	1895	align=left	Acquired 1882; renumbered 45A in 1891.
			1885	1	25A	1929	align=left
			1895	2	45A, 26A	1929–30	align=left
			1877	9	10–14, 29–32	1930–32	align=left	LMS 1200–1207.
			1883	4	52–55	1930–46	align=left	LMS 1230–1232.
			1884	1	54	1931	Ex MR 1305, acquired 1921; to LMS 1305
			1878	6	33–38	1914–22	align=left	Nicknamed "Scotties".
			1879	6	39–44	1914–32	align=left	Renumbered 67–69 in 1928. LMS 2886–2888.
			1881	4	25–28	1914–28	align=left
			1883	6	46–51	1925–32	align=left	Renumbered 70/71/51 in 1928. LMS 2885/89/90.
			1890	6	56–61	1928–32	align=left	Renumbered 33–38 in 1922. LMS 2880–2884.
			1896	5	62–66	1947–61	align=left	Nicknamed "Bulldogs". LMS 3194, 3198, 3201, 3204, 3211.
			1902	5	72–76	1952–62	align=left	Delivered in Midland Red lettered "S&DJR". Nicknamed "Bulldogs". LMS 3216, 3218, 3228, 3248, 3260.
			1891	4	15–18	1928–1931	align=left	LMS 301–302.
			1896–97	4	67, 68, 14, 45	1920–1932	align=left	LMS 300, 303.
			1903	3	69–71	1914–21	align=left	Renewed (see below).
			1908	2	77–78	1931–38	align=left	LMS 320–321.

Fowler era

Group	Wheel arrangement	Manufacturer	Year	Quantity	S&D Nos.	Year(s) withdrawn	Comments
Fowler era
			1914	2	70–71	1953–56	align=left	Renumbered 39–40; LMS 322–323.
			1921	3	67–69	1951–56	align=left	Renumbered 41–43; LMS 324–326.
			1914	6	80–85	1959–1962	align=left	LMS 9670–9675, later 13800–13805.
			1925	5	86–90	1963–64	align=left	LMS 9676–9680, later 13806–13810.
			1922	5	57–61	1962–1965	align=left	Nicknamed "Armstrongs" LMS 4557–4561.
			1928	3	44–46	1959–1961	align=left	ex-LMS 575, 576, 580; to LMS 633–635.
			1929	7	19–25	1959–67	align=left	LMS 7150–7156, later 7310–7316.
			1929	2	101–102	1959–61	align=left	LMS 7190–7191.

LMS era

See main article: Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

References

• Book: Atthill, Robin . 1985 . The Somerset and Dorset Railway . Newton Abbot . David and Charles . 0-7153-8692-1.
  • • Book: Atthill, Robin . Nock . O.S . O. S. Nock . Chapter 9 . 1985 . The Somerset and Dorset Railway . 154–164 . Newton Abbot . David and Charles . 0-7153-8692-1.