Isle of Wight Central Railway - Locomotives

Locomotives

Number Name Builder Class Type Built Notes
1 Pioneer Slaughter Gruning Works 453 2-2-2WT 1861 Originally owned by C&NR from 9/1861. Withdrawn 1901.
1 Hawthorn Leslie Works 2663 Railmotor 1906 Sold out of service 1918.
2 Precursor Slaughter Gruning Works 454 2-2-2WT 1861 Withdrawn 1901.
2 Seaham Harbour 0-4-4T 1895 Originally owned by Marquis of Londonderry's Railway (later NER) until 7/1909. Sold out of service 1917.
3 Mill Hill Black Hawthorn Works 116 0-4-2ST 1870 Withdrawn 1918.
4 Cowes Beyer Peacock Works 1583 2-4-0T 1876 Originally owned by R&NR. Withdrawn 1925.
5 Osborne Beyer Peacock Works 1584 2-4-0T 1876 Withdrawn 1926.
6 Newport R.W. Hawthorn Works 1127 2-2-2WT 1861 Originally owned by Whitehaven Railway (later L&NWR) until 1874. Withdrawn 1890.
6 Black Hawthorn Works 999 4-4-0T 1890 Withdrawn 1925.
7 Whippingham Slaughter Gruning Works 443 4-4-0T 1861 Originally North London Railway 35A until 3/1880. Withdrawn 1906.
7 Beyer Peacock Works 2231 2-4-0T 1882 Originally M&SWJR Number 6 until 12/1906. Withdrawn 1925.
8 Beyer Peacock Works 3942 2-4-0T 1898 Withdrawn 1929.
9 Brighton LB&SCR A1 Class 0-6-0T 1872 Originally LB&SCR 75 "Blackwall" until 3/1899. Withdrawn 1927.
10 Brighton LB&SCR A1 Class 0-6-0T 1874 Originally LB&SCR 69 "Peckham" until 4/1900. Withdrawn 1936.
11 Brighton LB&SCR A1 Class 0-6-0T 1878 Originally No. 40 Brighton. To Wight in 1902. Renamed and renumbered in 1930. Returned to mainland 1947. Now preserved on Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
12 Brighton LB&SCR A1 Class 0-6-0T 1880 Originally LB&SCR 84 "Crowborough" until 11/1903. Withdrawn 1936.

Between 1898 and 1905, the railway purchased 4 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway class A1 "Terrier" locomotives to operate its trains. One of these had been sent by the LBSCR to the Paris Exhibition of 1878, where she won a gold medal. In 1901, this locomotive was bought by the IWCR and was numbered 11, then brought to the island on 8 January 1902. This locomotive is preserved at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

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