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In 1892 the Southampton Dock Company, together with its fleet of
locomotives, was absorbed into the LSWR. Sourced from a variety of
manufacturers this fleet totalled eight in number, consisting entirely of
0-4-0ST types, (three of which were sold off in 1896) and joined three others
that the LSWR had previously bought from the Docks Company for working
Southampton Town Quay and Pier. Of these locomotives those not sold or
withdrawn by 1901 were transferred to the Running List for statistical
reasons.
Two of these locomotives, N°457 Clausentum and N°458 Ironside, were built by Hawthorn Leslie in 1890 though they did not receive their numbers until 1901. Originally built with 3' 0" driving wheels, at some stage these were replaced with wheels of 3' 2" diameter. They were both transferred to the Running Department in March 1901 and sent to work the Town Quay and Pier, being replaced in the docks by B4 Class locos N°89 Trouville and N°90 Caen. These two locomotives were subsequently renumbered as 0457 and 0458 and denoted as the "0458 Class", with N°0457 later becoming 734 and remaining in service until September 1945, when it was withdrawn, whilst N°0458 became N°3458 and survived into British Railways' ownership where, as N°30458, it spent its last years shedded at Guildford. |
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Introduced: Wheels: Total Weight: Water Capacity: Cylinders (2): Boiler Pressure: Tractive Effort: Coal Capacity: |
November 1890 (LSWR 1897) 3 ft 0 ins / 3 ft 2 ins 21 tons 2 cwt ? gals 12 in x 20 in 120 lb sq in 8,160 lb / 7,730 lb ? tons |
Built | Name | To LSWR | 1st LSWR N° | 2nd LSWR N° | LSWR/SR N° # | SR N° | BR N° | Withdrawn |
1890 | Clausentum | 1892 | 457 (1901) | 0457 (Jul 1913) | 734 (1920) | 734 | - | Sep 1945 |
1890 | Ironside | 1892 | 458 (1901) | 0458 (Sep 1913) | 0458 | 3458 (Nov 1931) | 30458 | Aug 1954 |
# Between 1923 and 1928 SR numbers were the LSWR numbers with the added prefix 'E', though it is doubted whether these locos carried it. |
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