W24 ''Calbourne'' is an example of the Adams

LSWR O2 class 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 ...

0-4-4T Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-4 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles. This type was only used ...

, which is based at 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 of countryside from to station, passing through the small village of Havenstreet, where the line has a station, headquarters and a depot ...

. It is the sole survivor of its class.

History

One of 60 Adams O2 class 0-4-4T, it was built by the LSWR in 1891 at Nine Elms locomotive works and numbered LSWR 209. 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 with Westinghouse air brake equipment to allow it to haul island passenger carriages, and had an extension fitted to its coal bunker to increase its range of operation. ''Calbourne'' remained on the island under British Railway ownership, and was retained after steam services ended, with W31 ''Chale'', as a works engine for the Ryde to Shanklin line electrification, until withdrawal in March 1967 when electrification of the line was complete. ''Calbourne'' was acquired by the Wight Locomotive Society in 1967 as the flagship locomotive of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, where it can still be seen today. ''Calbourne'' is the only surviving O2 locomotive, the remainder having been scrapped.

Preservation

In 1967 the Wight Locomotive Society acquired ''Calbourne'' from British Railways and it spent its early years in Southern Railway Malachite Green with Sunshine lettering. After an overhaul in 1992 it was repainted in Southern Railway Maunsell lined Olive Green with an unmodified coal bunker. ''Calbourne'' was withdrawn in 2002 for overhaul re-emerging in 2010 in BR Standard Mixed-Traffic Black livery with red and white lining and the larger bunker re-fitted.

Livery

LSWR

* LSWR passenger Yellow Ochre/Brown livery with the initials 'LSW' on the water tank sides.

Southern Railway

* Maunsell lined Olive Green. * Wartime plain black with Sunshine lettering * Malachite Green with Sunshine lettering.

British Railways

* BR Standard Mixed-Traffic Black livery with red and white lining.

Preservation

* Unlined BR Black * Malachite Green with Sunshine lettering. * Maunsell lined Olive Green. * BR Standard Mixed-Traffic Black livery with red and white lining(current livery). * LSWR passenger Yellow Ochre/Brown livery with the initials 'LSW' on the water tank sides.

Gallery

Image:W24Calbourne1.JPG, ''W24 Calbourne'' at Havenstreet station (

) in August 2010. Also visible are British Railways Class 03 No D2059 and WD92 Waggoner. Image:W24Calborne2.JPG, ''W24 Calbourne'' at Haventreet Station August 2010. Image:W24 (30738776996).jpg, ''W24 Calbourne'' at Havenstreet Station in October 2000, in SR livery with original bunker

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk, Isle of Wight Steam Railway official website 0-4-4T locomotives Individual locomotives of Great Britain O02 W24 O02 Railway locomotives introduced in 1891 Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain

History

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Southern Railway

British Railways

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