Locomotive numbering
Locomotives frequently carried more than one number during their working life. Renumbering came about through company mergers, in particular the Grouping of 1923 and Nationalisation in 1947 from which only the GWR emerged relatively unaffected. Companies also renumbered for other operational reasons, as happened to GWR 1450.
Many locomotives have also carried more than one number in preservation. For consistency all locomotives are listed according to the last number they carried, usually that used by BR following nationalisation. Locomotives that ran under a different number while at the SVR were:
Current locomotives
48773: Also ran as LMS 8233, currently liveried as 48773.
- LMS Stanier Class 5 45000: Ran as LMS 5000.
- 45690 Leander: Ran as LMS 5690.
- 61994 The Great Marquess: Ran as LNER 3442 while resident, but as 61994 when revisiting for the Spring 2010 gala.