Locomotive numbering
Locomotives frequently carried more than one number during their working life. Renumbering usually came about through company mergers, in particular the Grouping of 1923, and Nationalisation in 1947, from which only the GWR emerged relatively unaffected, whilst SR numbers were generally incremented by 30,000, LMS by 40,000 and LNER by 60,000. Companies also renumbered for other operational reasons, as happened to GWR 1450.[1]
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 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 SVR were:
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Steam
- 686: Also ran as Manchester Ship Canal No 14 'St. John' and as No 1 'Thomas' in blue livery. Currently liveried as 686 in ICI red livery.
- 5764: Also ran as L95 in LT livery.
- 7812 Erlestoke Manor: Also ran as sister 7802 Bradley Manor for a short time in 2012 for the visit of Olympian Bradley (now Sir Bradley) Wiggins.
- 34027 Taw Valley: Also ran as sisters 34045 'Ottery St Mary' and 34036 'Westward Ho!', and in maroon livery as ‘Hogwarts Express’.
- 42968: Also ran as LMS 2968.
- 46443: Also ran as LMS 6443. Currently liveried as 46443.
- 47383: Also ran as LMS 7383 and as No 1 'Thomas' in blue livery. Currently liveried as 47383.
- 48773: Also ran as LMS 8233, currently liveried as 48773.
- GWR Hall 4936 'Kinlet Hall': Ran as sister 4930 Hagley Hall.
- 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.
Diesel
- BR Class 27 27059: Also ran as D5410 in green livery.
- BR Class 42 D821 Greyhound: In 1996 ran as "Colin Massingham - Preservation Pioneer". Also carried "Despatch" plates as D812
- 50031 Hood: Also ran in BR Blue livery with her pre-TOPS number D431
- 50035 Ark Royal: Also ran as fictitious 50135 in 'Loadhaul' livery
- 50044 Exeter: Also ran in BR Blue livery with her pre-TOPS number D444
- 50049 Defiance: Also ran as 50149 in Railfreight Distribution two tone grey livery and in BR Blue livery with her pre-TOPS number D449
- D1015 Western Champion: Also ran with numbers and plates from scrapped sister D1058 Western Nobleman
The following is not normally resident on the SVR, but from time to time visit the railway for diesel galas and for attention by the owning groups' engineering staff.
- 50007 Hercules: Also ran as 50007 as 'Edward Elgar' in green livery when visiting for galas.
In addition locomotives have run under other identities for film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway