List of Lord Nelson class locomotives

Below is a list of SR Lord Nelson class locomotives. They were named after famous admirals, in recognition of the fact that the Southern Railway served the Royal Navy bases at Portsmouth and Plymouth.[1]

SR No. BR No. Name [2] Builder Built Withdrawn Notes
850 30850 Lord Nelson Eastleigh Works August 1926 August 1962 Preserved by the National Railway Museum. Currently stored on the Mid Hants Railway due to expiration of boiler ticket in 2015.
851 30851 Sir Francis Drake Eastleigh Works May 1928 December 1961
852 30852 Sir Walter Raleigh Eastleigh Works July 1928 February 1962
853 30853 Sir Richard Grenville Eastleigh Works September 1928 March 1962
854 30854 Howard of Effingham Eastleigh Works October 1928 September 1961
855 30855 Robert Blake Eastleigh Works October 1928 October 1961
856 30856 Lord St Vincent Eastleigh Works November 1928 September 1962
857 30857 Lord Howe Eastleigh Works December 1928 September 1962
858 30858 Lord Duncan Eastleigh Works January 1929 August 1961
859 30859 Lord Hood Eastleigh Works March 1929 December 1961
860 30860 Lord Hawke Eastleigh Works December 1929 August 1962
861 30861 Lord Anson Eastleigh Works September 1929 October 1962
862 30862 Lord Collingwood Eastleigh Works October 1929 October 1962
863 30863 Lord Rodney Eastleigh Works October 1929 February 1962
864 30864 Sir Martin Frobisher Eastleigh Works November 1929 January 1962
865 30865 Sir John Hawkins Eastleigh Works November 1929 May 1962

References

  1. ↑ Elliot, Sir John: On and Off the Rails (George Allen & Unwin: London, 1982) ISBN 0-04-385089-8
  2. ↑ Burridge, Frank: Nameplates of the Big Four (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 1975) ISBN 0-902888-43-9
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