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 GWRGreat Western Railway 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 BRBritish Rail or British Railways following nationalisation. Locomotives that were owned by a main line company and were sold for use in industry are listed under their last main line number. Locomotives that ran under a different number while at the SVRSevern Valley Railway were:
Current locomotives
48773: Also ran as LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 8233, currently liveried as 48773.
- LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 Class 5 45000: Ran as LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 5000.
- 45690 Leander: Ran as LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 5690.
- 61994 The Great Marquess: Ran as LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 3442 while resident, but as 61994 when revisiting for the Spring 2010 gala.
