Unnamed ex-SR locomotives

Throughout 'The Midlander's specials set somewhere on the Southern Railway or in the Southern Region of British Railways (SR), there are a series of **locomotive that have never been given names during production** that appear in these specials.

## SR S15 1

> "Why are you always late?" - Westminster to SR S15 1, Westward Ho!
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## SR S15 1

### Designer

Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell

The **1st unnamed Southern Railway S15** is a goods locomotive that was operated by the Southern Railway, later the Southern Region of British Railways. According to Westminster, she was always arriving late and is one of the engines kicked out of Brighton sheds for the express locomotives' movie nights.

### Bio

This member of the most powerful freight locomotive class the SR possessed was one of the Maunsell-modified batch of the original Robert Urie S15 4-6-0 built at Eastleigh Works in 1927, hence the letter 'E' being placed on the front of her number. She quickly gained a reputation of being late on all forms of goods traffic on the Southern Railway, leading to heavy delays on the system. In the 1930s, the prefix 'E' was removed since ex-SE&CR locomotives now had the prefix '1' to replace the letter 'A' (Ashford) and ex-LB&SCR locomotive with '2' instead of 'B' (Brighton).

By the time of Nationalisation, this S15 had a quiet life and was withdrawn and scrapped in 1964. No one missed her since he was well-known for running late too many times.

### Livery

The first unnamed SR S15 is painted in SR Wartime Black.

## SR E4

### Designer

Robert John Billinton

> "You express locomotives and your blasted movie night." - SR E4, Westward Ho!
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The unnmaed SR E4 class is a small suburban tank engine operated by the Southern Railway. He was based at Brighton sheds and was kicked out by the express locomotives when it came to their "movie night".

### Bio

Little is known about the E4 but it's known he was built at Brighton Works for the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (LBSCR) in 1898. He was later given a new boiler by Lawson Billinton, his designer's younger brother, and worked into the Southern Railway (SR) era. He was based at Brighton sheds when WWII broke and his suburban trains were placed on hold due to military movements. In 1940, following Westminster's attack by a German fighter aircraft that day, he along with the other suburban and goods locomotives were kicked out by the express locomotives as part of their "movie night" but was allowed back in following the news of the express engine's movie being lost and because of shed manager's orders, much to his joy.

The E4 served up until he was withdrawn from service by BR in 1963 and was scrapped.

### Personality

It appears this engine hates being kicked out of his home shed. The rest of his personality is unknown.

### Trivia

In real life, SR No. 2479 was once named 'Bevendean' in LBSCR days.

## SR N

> "Evening, Westminster. We heard about what happened with that German fighter." -SR N to Westminster, Westward Ho!
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## SR N

### Designer

Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell

The **unnamed SR N class** was a medium goods locomotive operated by the Southern Railway. During World War Two, he was stationed at Brighton with many locomotives of either ex-LB&SCR origin or Maunsell designs, including Westminster. He is one of the renowned "Woolwichs" of 1924.

### Bio

The SR N class's history is mostly unknown since he hasn't made any appearances before and after his only appearance in the episode 'Westward Ho!'

### Personality

It appears that the SR N is a caring engine since he asked Westminster if he was all right following his encounter with a German fighter plane.

### Basis or real locomotive

The SR N is based on the real locomotive.

### Trivia

The SR N is never given a name since the character doesn't play any major role in any story. He was just added to fill in the gaps.

The SR N is seen wearing the normal Maunsell smoke deflectors which were fitted to the class in the 1930s.

The SR N's model is a standard Bachmann model

## SR L1

> "Can't. I'm allergic to shunting." -SR L1 to SR E2
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## SR L1

### Designer

Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell

The **Unnamed SR L1** is an express locomotive operated by the Southern Railway. During World War Two, he was stationed at Brighton with many locomotives of either ex-LB&SCR origin or Maunsell designs, including Westminster.

### Bio

The L1 was built in 1926 by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) of Glasgow, Scotland, and based on an older design built in Germany. By 1940, it appears he was allocated to Brighton sheds to reduce the workload off the local ex-LB&SCR locomotives. Following Westminster's incident with a German aircraft earlier that day, the L1 began shooing the "non-express" locomotives as part of the express locomotives' weekly "movie night" but like all the rest, was distraught upon hearing that the train that was carrying their movie was "blown to oblivion".

After 1940, his life is unknown but it's known that in 1963, he was scrapped two years after being withdrawn.

### Personality

The SR L1 acts pompous due to him being an express locomotive and appears to want to move on from dark discussions and appears to be lazy when it comes to "demanding" work.

### Livery

The SR L1 is painted in SR Wartime Black.

### Basis or real locomotive

The SR L1 is based off the real locomotive. It was one of 15 built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) of Glasgow in 1926 for express duties. They were based off the German-built SE&CR Wainwright L class 4-4-0 from 1914 and were used on the South Eastern Mainline until replaced by the older N15 'King Arthur' 4-6-0 and the newer V 'Schools' class after 1930. Withdrawals occurred between 1959 and 1962, which none have been preserved.

### Trivia

It's possible that the L1 brought the "movie night" to Brighton.

The SR L1's model is a refurbished, repainted and updated Tri-ang model.

The SR L1's attitude could refer to former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson. This refers to his "Oh no. Anyway," quote used to move away from dark and boring conversations and making an excuse to get out of work (L1: shunting and "demanding" work. Jeremy Clarkson: manual labour).

The SR L1 strongly resembles a LMS Fowler 2P 4-4-0.

## SR Q1

### Designer

Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid

The **Unnamed SR Q1** is a wartime locomotive built for the Southern Railway (SR) during WWII. He was the locomotive that brought Murphy to the Moorland Steam Railway (MSR) in 1964.

### Bio

This engine's history is unknown since he hasn't made any appearances before and after he brought Murphy to Northampsmith in 1964.

### Personality

The SR Q1's personality is mostly unknown but appears to be a questioning locomotive about other railway designs and their practices.

### Livery

The SR Q1 is painted in BR Unlined Black with Late Crests.

### Basis or real locomotive

The SR Q1 is based on the real locomotive. It was one of 40 Q1s built at Ashford and Brighton Works for the Southern Railway to austerity (wartime) regulations and to replace the older SE&CR locomotives. They were based on the successful Maunsell Q class of 1938, built to Victorian design practices despite the modern design practice of the late-1930s, but stripped down to wartime austerity standards. Because of their "almost naked" and odd appearance, they were nicknamed:

* "Ugly Ducklings"
* "Coffee Pots"
* "Charlies"
* "Biscuit Tins"
* "Biscuit Barrels"
* "Clockworks"
* "Frankensteins"

Withdrawals for the class began in 1963 and the last one was retired in 1966 with one being preserved as part of the National Collection.

BR No. 33010 was built in 1942 as SR No. C10 and was withdrawn in 1964.

### Trivia

The SR Q1 is nicknamed by Murphy as a "biscuit tin" because of his appearance. This is an actual nickname used to reference the class's odd shape.

The SR Q1's BR number is the same number used on the Thomas & Friends character 'Neville'. This could be that both are the same engine where he never got a name.

## SR C14

### Designer

Duglad Drummond

The SR C14 is a small tank engine that was owned by the Southern Railway. He, along with Martello and two other locomotives, was sent to Sodor to cover and relief work off the local North Western Railway's fleet.

### Bio

The SR C14's history is mostly unknown before the 'Spitfire' but what can be confirmed is that he was originally built at Nine Elms in 1906 as a 2-2-0T to haul the LSWR's inspection saloon. In 1940, he was one of five locomotives sent by the Southern Railway (SR) to Sodor in order to relieve the workload off the NWR's own motive power and was allocated to pilot duties at Knapford yards.

This engine was returned to the SR sometime between 1941 and 1943 and was scrapped by BR in 1957.

### Personality

The SR C14 appears to be a rather abusive locomotive, could help when he wants to but is very cautious of his design's capabilities. The rest of his personality is unknown.

### Livery

The SR C14 is painted in SR Wartime Black.

### Basis or real locomotives

The SR C14 is based on the real locomotive. It was one of ten C14s built at LSWR Nine Elms from 1906 to 1907 for inspection saloon duties. The design was the last 2-2-0 "Planet" type locomotive built in the UK outside of replicas of much older locomotives with a 0-4-0T being constructed in 1910 as the "S14" class. Four of the ten C14s were rebuilt into 0-4-0Ts and withdrawals began in December 1916 when No. 740 was sold to the War Department, with three passed into BR ownership but with the final withdrawal in 1959 and all have been scrapped.

SR No. 471 was in 1906 as LSWR No. 741 and was rebuilt to a 0-4-0T in 1922. It was withdrawn by BR as No. 30588 in 1957.

### Trivia

The SR C14 appears to be larger than the design's actual size. This was because his model, a Tri-ang Hornby 0-4-0T from the 1970s, was used and was upscaled to fit the motor under the body and the chassis increased for said motor.

* His model also features the motion and parts from other old Tri-ang and Hornby models that were reused as scrap dressings for either the diesel depot or Cashmores sets built in the past.

The SR C14 is the only SR locomotive in 'Spitfire' to never be named.