Tilling's Steam Locomotives of the Southern Region of British Railways as of 1 Jan 1948

In April 1948 W. G. Tilling published a 102-page cloth-covered booklet titled "The Locomotives of the Southern Region of British Railways" which coincided with the nationalization of the national railway network in Britain on 1 Jan 1948. His booklet summarized the circumstances, briefly described each locomotive type under the name of their designer, then offered up a comprehensive list of each of the 1,838 engines as a spotter's aid.

The back of the book had three fold-out "Tables of Dimensions" with columns summarizing various technical details of each class of steam locomotive such as 'Diameter of Driving Wheels' and 'Grate Area'. Several columns have been transcribed in the table below: #39;Class#39;, #39;Type#39;, #39;Designer#39;, #39;Tractive Effort#39;, and #39;No. of Engines 1/1/48#39;, as they appeared in the original. Since the gathering of this information was coincident with the event, the information constitutes a valuable source of reference for the enthusiast.

I have added two columns for my own convenience: #39;First Built#39; and #39;Company#39; (that is, the Company under whose auspices the first locomotive of that class was built). The information for these columns was taken from information found on the SREmG website. Any errors or discrepancies in these two columns are entirely mine (T T Spencer, 22 Sep 2014).

Steam Locomotives of the Southern Region of British Railways as of 1 Jan 2014	Class	Type	Tender	First Built	Designer	Company	Tractive Effort (lb)	No. on 1/1/48
1	MN	4-6-2	tender	1941	O. V. Bulleid	SR	37,500	20
2	WC	4-6-2	tender	1945	O. V. Bulleid	SR	31,000	48
2	BB	4-6-2	tender	1945	O. V. Bulleid	SR	31,000	22
3	LN	4-6-0	tender	1926	R. Maunsell	SR	33,500	16
4	N15	4-6-0	tender	1918	R. W. Urie	LSWR	23,900	74
5	H15	4-6-0	tender	1914	R. W. Urie	LSWR	26,200	26
6	S15	4-6-0	tender	1920	R. W. Urie	LSWR	28,200	45
7	T14	4-6-0	tender	1911	D. Drummond	LSWR	22,030	9
8	V	4-4-0	tender	1930	R. Maunsell	SR	25,130	40
9	D15	4-4-0	tender	1912	D. Drummond	LSWR	20,100	10
10	L12	4-4-0	tender	1904	D. Drummond	LSWR	17,670	20
11	S11	4-4-0	tender	1903	D. Drummond	LSWR	19,400	10
12	T9	4-4-0	tender	1899	D. Drummond	LSWR	17,670	66
13	L11	4-4-0	tender	1907	D. Drummond	LSWR	19,760	40
14	K10	4-4-0	tender	1901	D. Drummond	LSWR	19,760	31
15	A12	0-4-2	tender	1887	W. Adams	LSWR	15,900	4
16	Q	0-6-0	tender	1938	R. Maunsell	SR	26,157	20
17	Q1	0-6-0	tender	1942	O. V. Bulleid	SR	30,000	40
18	700	0-6-0	tender	1897	D. Drummond	LSWR	23,500	30
19	0395	0-6-0	tender	1881	W. Adams	LSWR	15,500	18
20	G16	4-8-0	tank	1921	R. W. Urie	LSWR	34,000	4
21	H16	4-6-2	tank	1921	R. W. Urie	LSWR	28,200	5
22	M7	0-4-4	tank	1897	D. Drummond	LSWR	19,750	104
23	T1	0-4-4	tank	1888	W. Adams	LSWR	17,100	14
24	O2	0-4-4	tank	1889	W. Adams	LSWR	17,245	48
25	G6	0-6-0	tank	1894	W. Adams	LSWR	17,230	34
26	USA	0-6-0	tank	1942	U.S.A.T.C.	SR	21,630	14
27	C14	0-4-0	tank	1914	D. Drummond	LSWR	9,700	2
28	B4	0-4-0	tank	1891	W. Adams	LSWR	14,660	20
29	K14(B4)	0-4-0	tank	1905	D. Drummond	LSWR	14,660	5
30	756	0-6-0	tank	1907	Hawthorn, Leslie*	PDSWJR	13,550	1
31	757	0-6-2	tank	1907	Hawthorn, Leslie*	PDSWJR	18,500	2
32	Z	0-8-0	tank	1929	R. Maunsell	SR	29,736	8
33	949	0-8-0	tank	1904	Hawthorn, Leslie*	KESR	16,384	1
34	3298	2-4-0	tank	1863	J. Beattie	LSWR	11,053	3
35	3458	0-4-0	tank	1890	Hawthorn, Leslie*	SDC	7,730	1
36	0522	4-4-2	tank	1885	W. Adams	LSWR	14,919	3
37	B1	4-4-0	tender	1898	J. Stirling	SER	14,500	16
38	C	0-6-0	tender	1900	H. Wainright	SECR	19,519	106
39	D	4-4-0	tender	1901	H. Wainright	SECR	17,453	28
40	D1	4-4-0	tender	1921	R. Maunsell	SR	17,950	20
41	E	4-4-0	tender	1905	H. Wainright	SECR	18,411	13
42	Esuper	4-4-0	tender	1912	H. Wainright	SECR	19,050	2
43	E1	4-4-0	tender	1919	R. Maunsell	SR	18,411	11
44	F1	4-4-0	tender	1903	J. Stirling	SER	14,491	9
45	H	0-4-4	tank	1904	H. Wainright	SECR	17,358	64
46	J	0-6-4	tank	1913	H. Wainright	SECR	20,400	5
47	L	4-4-0	tender	1914	H. Wainright	SECR	18,910	22
48	L1	4-4-0	tender	1926	R. Maunsell	SR	18,910	15
49	N	2-6-0	tender	1917	R. Maunsell	SECR	26,040	80
50	N1	2-6-0	tender	1923	R. Maunsell	SR	27,700	6
51	O1	0-6-0	tender	1903	J. Stirling	SER	17,300	52
52	P	0-6-0	tank	1909	H. Wainright	SECR	7,834	8
53	R	0-4-4	tank	1891	W. Kirtley	LCDR	15,150	15
54	R1	0-4-4	tank	1900	H. Wainright	ex LCDR	15,150	13
55	R1	0-6-0	tank	1910	H. Wainright	ex SER	18,478	13
56	S	0-6-0	tank	1917	R. Maunsell	SR	19,519	1
57	T	0-6-0	tank	1879	W. Kirtley	LCDR	18,509	2
58	U	2-6-0	tender	1928	R. Maunsell	SR	23,866	50
59	U1	2-6-0	tender	1928	R. Maunsell	SR	23,387	21
60	W	2-6-4	tank	1931	R. Maunsell	SR	29,452	15
61	Crane	0-4-0	tank	1881	Neilson	SER	6,330	1
62	A1X	0-6-0	tank	1911	L. Billinton	LBSCR	7,600	11
63	B4	4-4-0	tender	1899	R. Billinton	LBSCR	17,700	7
64	B4X	4-4-0	tender	1922	L. Billinton	LBSCR	19,645	12
65	C2	0-6-0	tender	1892	R. Billinton	LBSCR	18,050	3
66	C2X	0-6-0	tender	1908	D. Marsh	LBSCR	19,200	45
67	C3	0-6-0	tender	1906	D. Marsh	LBSCR	19,200	8
68	D1	0-4-2	tank	1873	W. Stroudley	LBSCR	15,200	16
69	D3	0-4-4	tank	1892	R. Billinton	LBSCR	17,430	28
70	D3X	0-4-4	tank	1909	D. Marsh	LBSCR	17,430	1
71	E1	0-6-0	tank	1874	W. Stroudley	LBSCR	18,600	30
72	E1R	0-6-2	tank	1927	R. Maunsell	SR	18,600	10
73	E2	0-6-0	tank	1913	L. Billinton	LBSCR	21,300	10
74	E3	0-6-2	tank	1891	R. Billinton	LBSCR	21,300	16
75	E4	0-6-2	tank	1897	R. Billinton	LBSCR	19,180	70
76	E4X	0-6-2	tank	1909	D. Marsh	LBSCR	19,180	4
77	E5	0-6-2	tank	1902	R. Billinton	LBSCR	16,400	24
78	E5X	0-6-2	tank	1911	D. Marsh	LBSCR	17,400	4
79	E6	0-6-2	tank	1904	R. Billinton	LBSCR	21,200	10
80	E6X	0-6-2	tank	1911	D. Marsh	LBSCR	22,500	2
81	H1	4-4-2	tender	1905	D. Marsh	LBSCR	20,070	3
82	H2	4-4-2	tender	1911	D. Marsh	LBSCR	24,520	6
83	I1X	4-4-2	tank	1925	R. Maunsell	LBSCR	18,450	18
84	I3	4-4-2	tank	1907	D. Marsh	LBSCR	22,100	26
85	J	4-6-2	tank	1910	D. Marsh	LBSCR	20,800	2
86	K	2-6-0	tender	1913	L. Billinton	LBSCR	26,600	17
87	N15X	4-6-0	tender	1934	R. Maunsell	SR	23,300	7
Total:								1838

Company Abbreviation	Company
KESR	Kent and East Sussex Railway
LBSCR	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
LCDR	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
LSWR	London and South Western Railway
PDSWJR	Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway
SDC	Southampton Dock Company
SECR	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
SER	South Eastern Railway
SR	Southern Railway
U.S.A.T.C.	U. S. Army Transportation Corps

* the name/s of the actual designer/s of the engines bought from Hawthorn Leslie seem to be lost in the mists of time

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Tilling's Steam Locomotives of the Southern Region of British Railways as of 1 Jan 1948

Steam Locomotivesof the SouthernRegion of BritishRailways as of1 Jan 2014

Class

Type

Tender

FirstBuilt

Designer

Company

TractiveEffort (lb)

No. on1/1/48

Steam Locomotives
of the Southern
Region of British
Railways as of
1 Jan 2014

First
Built

Tractive
Effort (lb)

No. on
1/1/48