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 GWRGreat Western Railway emerged relatively unaffected, whilst SRSouthern Railway numbers were generally incremented by 30,000, LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway by 40,000 and LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 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 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:
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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 LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 2968. Being restored as LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 13268.
- 43106: Photographed in 2010 carrying number 43126.
- 46443: Also ran as LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 6443. Currently liveried as 46443.
- 47383: Also ran as LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 7383 and as No 1 'Thomas' in blue livery. Currently liveried as 47383.
- 48773: Also ran as LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 8233, cosmetically restored as WD307, currently liveried as 48773.
- 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.
Visitors with changed identities at the SVRSevern Valley Railway
- 4936 Kinlet Hall: Ran as sister 4930 Hagley Hall.
- 47327: Butterley’s LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Jinty appeared as ‘Thomas’ for two weekends in Spring 2012.
Diesel
- Ruston and Hornsby Shunter 319290: Also ran as fictitiously numbered D2957 prior to a repaint in May 2017.
- 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 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Blue livery with her pre-TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. number D431
- 50035 Ark Royal: Also ran as fictitious 50135 in 'Loadhaul' livery
- 50044 Exeter: Also ran in BRBritish Rail or British Railways Blue livery with her pre-TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. number D444
- 50049 Defiance: Also ran as 50149 in Railfreight Distribution two tone grey livery and in BRBritish Rail or British Railways Blue livery with her pre-TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. 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 SVRSevern Valley Railway, 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
See also
- Carriage and Wagon numbering
- Steam Locomotives
- Diesel Locomotives
- List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway
