S&DJR Fox, Walker 0-6-0ST
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The S&DJR Fox, Walker 0-6-0ST was a class of nine 0-6-0
ST locomotives built by Fox, Walker and Company for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
between 1874 and 1876. Numbered 1 to 9, all except number 8 passed in the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
stock in 1930, who allocated them numbers 1500–1508. Two (1503 and 1503) never received their LMS numbers, and all were withdrawn by the end of 1934. All were scrapped.
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
ST locomotives built by Fox, Walker and Company for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire...
between 1874 and 1876. Numbered 1 to 9, all except number 8 passed in the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...
stock in 1930, who allocated them numbers 1500–1508. Two (1503 and 1503) never received their LMS numbers, and all were withdrawn by the end of 1934. All were scrapped.