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She returned to steam in 2006 and ownership was later passed on to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The locomotive put in a very reliable and high mileage performance during its ten-year boiler ticket, which expired in December 2015. The locomotive is undergoing a ten-yearly overhaul. [4] In 2022, she completed her overhaul and was returned to ...
Below are the names and numbers of the 23 LSWR O2 class locomotives that were transferred to the Isle of Wight. Another successful publicity campaign by the Southern Railway gave them names from 1925 onwards, representing places in the Island.
It was based at Fratton before moving on to Exeter. It passed into Southern Railway ownership in 1923. The locomotive was transferred to the Isle of Wight on 26 April 1925 as the island's locomotive stock needed major modernisation, it was re-numbered W24 and given the name Calbourne, after a village on the island. The locomotive was fitted ...
The LSWR O2 class is a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotive designed for the London and South Western Railway by William Adams. Sixty were constructed during the late nineteenth century. They were also the last steam engines to work on the Isle of Wight, with the final two being withdrawn in 1967. One has been preserved and is operational.
Having arrived in June 1979, it returned to steam on 21 June 1981 after a rapid overhaul. Performing with ease the task that it was designed for so long ago, it has been a stalwart member of the locomotive fleet, and a brand new boiler commissioned in 1998 for W8 Freshwater, built at a cost of £35,000 by Israel Newton of Bradford, demonstrated the commitment of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway ...
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is a heritage railway on the Isle of Wight. The railway passes through 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (9 km) of countryside from Smallbrook Junction [1] to Wootton station, [2] passing through the small village of Havenstreet, where the line has a station, headquarters and a depot. At Smallbrook Junction, the steam railway ...
Returned to operation October 2014. On loan from the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. 46464 The Carmyllie Pilot [a] Crewe Works Jun 1950 Sept 1966 16 Years, 3 Months Strathspey Railway: Operational N/A After preservation, hauled the first scheduled passenger train on the Strathspey Railway on 22 July 1978. [7]
List of Isle of Wight Steam Railway locomotives and rolling stock; List of Isle of Wight-based O2 Class locomotives; LSWR O2 class; P. Portsmouth and Ryde Joint ...