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Locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

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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 W. Johnson was Locomotive Superintendent for the Midland Railway (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 renumberering; not all of which is captured in the table.

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    Locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Wikipedia
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