The locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway can be broken down into four eras:
* The period of independence up to 1874;
* The period of joint ownership when
Samuel Waite Johnson
Samuel Waite Johnson (14 October 1831 – 14 January 1912) was an English railway engineer, and was Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway from 1873 to 1903. He was born in Bramley, Yorkshire and educated at Leeds Grammar ...
was
Locomotive Superintendent
Chief mechanical engineer and locomotive superintendent are titles applied by British, Australian, and New Zealand railway companies to the person ultimately responsible to the board of the company for the building and maintaining of the locomotive ...
for the
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...
(1875–1906);
* The period when
Henry Fowler was Locomotive Superintendent of the Midland Railway, and later Chief Mechanical Engineer if its successor, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (1907–1929);
* The period after 1930 when the locomotives had been absorbed into the stock of the LMS (1930–1966).
The railway had a locomotive, carriage and wagon works at Highbridge, Somerset, but this closed in 1930. Note that the locomotive history of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway is complicated by the many reboilerings, rebuildings, and renumberings, not all of which are captured in the table.
Early era
Johnson era
Fowler era
LMS era
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Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway locomotives,
Locomotives by railway, Somerset and Dorset
British railway-related lists, Somerset and Dorset
Locomotives of pre-grouping British railway companies, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway