List of Isle of Wight Steam Railway locomotives and rolling stock facts for kids

This is a comprehensive list of rolling stock of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway at Havenstreet, Isle of Wight.

Steam locomotives

Havenstreet currently boasts a surplus of ex-Wight railway network stalwarts & industrial tank engine designs. More are being restored all the time, covering for other locomotives as they themselves are taken out of service. In the near future, additional classes from the mainland may be brought in for when the railway expands its operations.

Number & Name	Description	History & Current Status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
Operational
No. W11 Newport	LB&SCR A1 Class 0-6-0T	Built at Brighton Works and originally No. 40 Brighton, Newport is one of the most famous members of the class, having been chosen to take part in the Paris Exhibition of 1878. Her performance earned her a gold medal, and over two decades at Battersea were followed by a move to Wight in 1902. Ownership passed to the Southern in 1923 and she was renamed and numbered in 1930, returning to the mainland in 1947, where she was purchased by Billy Butlin in 1963 for display at his Pwllheli camp. Ownership passed to the WLS in 1976, and she was restored to running order by 1989. In 2002 she was withdrawn from service for overhaul and replacement of her boiler. This work was completed in March 2014 and on 12 March 2014, Newport passed her boiler examination and steam test. She re-entered service on Saturday 24 May 2014.	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1878
No. W24 Calbourne	LSWR O2 Class 0-4-4T	W24 was built with remaining 59 engines in the class at Nine Elms Locomotive Works, first working at Fratton and Exeter before falling into the hands of the Southern Railway, who moved her to the Island in 1925, along with 22 other 02s to replace the older locomotives employed by the railways on the Isle of Wight. When electrification came in 1967, she was retained for preservation with the IOWSR, the first of the current fleet to do so. After 25 years her restoration ended in 1992, and a second overhaul saw her in operation from 2010 until 2019. It was then withdrawn from service, undergoing another overhaul until it returned to service in 2021.	SR Malachite Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1891
No. WD198 Royal Engineer	Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST	Though she was built within the final batch of WD-ordered "Austerities", WD198 did not start her career until 1956, which included working with WD92 at Bicester. Following a period in store, she was overhauled and named Royal Engineer, and became the last of her kind in service with the Army upon withdrawal in 1991. She became part of the NAM collection and moved to the Isle of Wight, where she was overhauled and fitted with air brakes. She had a major boiler overhaul from 2015 to 2017. She is now back in service after three years. Boiler ticket expires in 2027.	WD Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1953
No. 41298	LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T	No. 41298 was built at Crewe with all but 10 engines of the same design and was first allocated to shunt stock at Bricklayers Arms, London. Leaving the site in 1953, her next work was in South West England around Devon and Barnstaple. 1967 saw her purchased for preservation at the Longmoor Military Railway, before moving to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre in 1970 after it closed down. The decision to move the Ivatt Trust's collection to the Isle of Wight was settled and 41298 (which arrived in late 2008), is now the first of the owner's locomotives in the overhaul queue. The engine was steamed, and undertook her first moves in preservation on 20 August 2014. The locomotive hauled its first passenger train in preservation in September 2015, and made its official return to service at the start of the 2016 running season.	BR Lined Black with the Late Crest.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway.	1951
No. 41313	LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T	No. 41313 spent the first few years of her BR-career in the south of England, replacing pre-grouping passenger tanks. Upon withdrawal from her final base at Eastleigh (71A) in 1965 she was sold to Woodham Brothers for scrap. She was purchased by the ILT in 1975, and was originally meant as a spares loco for 41298, though her condition was assessed as being good enough for restoration. The move to the Isle of Wight was made in 2006, two years before the remaining members of the Ivatt Trust's collection started arriving and she has since been in store awaiting full restoration. She moved to the East Somerset Railway for restoration in February 2015 and returned to service in June 2017.	BR Lined Black with the Late Crest.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1952
Undergoing overhaul, restoration or repairs
No. W8 Freshwater	LB&SCR A1 Class 0-6-0T	No. W8 was originally named Newington and numbered 46. She worked for both the LB&SCR and the LSWR, and moved to Wight in 1913, where she was later renamed and numbered to match the standard of naming the island's engines after towns. 1949 saw her career on the Isle end and she returned to the mainland for work on Hayling Island branches until 1963. In 1979 an agreement with the former owners saw her return to Wight for preservation and in two years she started hauling trains on the private rail network. After a boiler replacement costing £35,000, this locomotive's boiler ticket expired in November 2018 and has been dismantled for its ten-yearly overhaul.	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1876
No. W37 Invincible	Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST	No. W37 Invincible worked as a shunter at Woolwich Arsenal for 40 years along with several other 0-4-0STs. After an extensive period in storage, she was overhauled for a transfer to the RAE of Farnborough. Following the closure of the centre, the new owner placed her on loan to the railway from 1971 until his death in 1979, and ownership was passed to the WLS, who carry out her overhauls and repairs. She was featured in Christie's Iron Horse music video. Nearing the end of the 2009 season, she suffered a broken spring hanger and was withdrawn from service. Her overhaul started in 2017.	Lined Maroon	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1915
No. WD192 Waggoner	Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST	Originally WD192, she was part of the final batch of 14 engines ordered by the War Department, and worked on the Longmoor Military Railway, Hampshire, before moving to Histon in 1959, and later Bicester in 1959. From 1961 she spent several years in storage, but in 1968 was renumbered and named in recognition of her services. After a further 16 years in service, she was retired and displayed at the NAM in 1984 She was moved to the Isle of Wight in 2005. She returned to steam in 2006 and ownership was later passed on to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The locomotive put in a very reliable and high mileage performance during its ten-year boiler ticket, which expired in December 2015. The locomotive is undergoing a ten-yearly overhaul.	Lined Blue	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1953
No. W2 Yarmouth	LB&SCR E1 Class 0-6-0T	Yarmouth was first allocated to Brighton as LB&SCR No. 110 Burgundy. She was then based at numerous depots around the south of England, becoming Southern Railway No. B110 after the Grouping in 1923. After her retirement in 1925, she was sold to the Cannock and Rugeley Colliery Company where she was fitted with a new boiler and renumbered as No. 9. She was withdrawn from service again in 1963 when she was preserved at the Chasewater Railway until 1978 when she moved to the East Somerset Railway. After a long overhaul, she returned to steam in 1993, but firebox problems caused her to be withdrawn prematurely in 1997. After spending many years dismantled, she was cosmetically restored in 2011 and painted into inauthentic BR unlined black as No. 32110. In 2012, she was purchased by the Isle of Wight as part of a deal which saw LMS Class 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46447 move to the ESR in exchange for No. 32110. The loco arrived at Havenstreet in October 2012. In 2021 work began to take Yarmouth apart for restoration. The identity of No. W2 was previously worn by one of the E1's that worked on the line from 1932.	BR Unlined Black with the Early Crest.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1877
Stored or static
No. W38 Ajax	Barclay 0-6-0T	Ajax was built to order by the former Sulphide Corporation of London, where she stayed for many years before moving overseas to Iran for work at the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Several years later she was repatriated and worked at Llandarcy Refinery, until retirement in 1968. The owner moved her the Havenstreet for restoration, where she was in storage for over two decades before restoration began. The boiler passed its steam test in 2003 and within two years Ajax returned to work with air brakes fitted for passenger trains. Ajax was withdrawn from service at the beginning of 2015, following the completion of her boiler ticket. Currently, no plans for her future have been drawn up, and she is stored in the Train Story building.	Lined Black	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1918
Haydock	Robert Stephenson and Company 0-6-0T	Gifted from the National Trust Penrhyn Castle collection in early 2024.	Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1879	Steam locomotive Haydock at its former home.
Currently elsewhere
No. 46447	LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 2-6-0	No. 46447 was first allocated the Crewe North, not far from her birthplace of Crewe Works, though moved to Workington within months to replace many elderly LNWR locomotives in the local area. She was moved to various sheds in North Wales and Derbyshire, right up until 1966, when she was sold for scrap to Dai Woodham. She was rescued in 1972 as the 20th locomotive to leave Barry Scrapyard and moved to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. No. 46447 later moved to the Isle of Wight in 2008. In 2012, an agreement was made between the East Somerset Railway and the Isle of Wight Steam Railway which saw No. 46447 move to Cranmore in exchange for LB&SCR E1 No. 32110 Burgundy. She arrived at Cranmore in November 2012 and returned to service following restoration in October 2014. She will now run on the ESR for 10 years.	BR Lined Black with the Late Crest.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway.	1950
Juno	Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST	Juno (works No. 3850) was built for work at Hunslet's Ironstone Quarry Railways, but was officially declared redundant only 10 years later and was purchased the following year by the Ivatt Trust and moved to the company's base at Quainton Road. Arriving in the May 2009, she left the Island on loan to the National Railway Museum in late October 2010.	Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1958

Diesel locomotives

Three diesel shunters are currently in the custody of the railway, all of which have run a majority of service trains, as opposed to the usual steam-hauled passenger services.

Operational

Number & Name	Description	History & Current Status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
No. 235 Mavis	Andrew Barclay 4wD Shunter	Built by the same company that produced Ajax, No. 235 was used in the Army for many years before being placed on static display in the NAM with the "Austerities". She came to the Isle of Wight under the same agreement that saw WD198 return to service for use there, and in 2008 became a member of the Wight Locomotive Society's extensive steam and diesel fleet and now works on maintenance trains year round.	Dark Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1945
No. D2059 Edward	British Rail Class 03 0-6-0DM	After ending her career with British Railways in 1988, D2059 was selected to become a back-up engine, taking over from a steam service in the case of an emergency. She was initially selected due to having the appropriate brake equipment required by all engines on the railway in order to pull passenger trains, though has mostly worked on freight trains as very few failures have occurred over the years.	BR Black with Late Crest.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1959
No. D2554 Nuclear Fred	British Rail Class 05 0-6-0DM	D2554 spent the first ten years of her career on the Western Region of British Railways, though she was transferred to the Southern Region and the Isle of Wight in 1966, as she was allocated to Ryde Depot for work on the island's newly instated electrification policy. She left the island network for the steam railway in 1984, though has only worked demonstration freights and service trains, as she is not fitted with air brakes. Nuclear Fred has not run since 2005, but in early 2011 work started to see what needed doing to return it to service. The fuel pump was known to be faulty so was sent away for reconditioning. The locomotive was started for the first time in October 2011 and work continues.	BR Green with Late Crest	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1956

Undergoing overhaul, restoration or repairs

Multiple Units

Undergoing overhaul, restoration or repairs

The Ryde Pier Petrol Tram was built in 1927 by Drewry. It was withdrawn in 1969 when the tramway closed. It is undergoing restoration work, with a possibility of running the tram on the IOWSR in the future.

Stored or Static

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  "Jess Harper" at Shanklin station.

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  Name plate of 483007 Jess Harper.

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  483007 at the IOWSR (Isle of Wight steam Railway) train story area.]

The British Rail Class 483 483007, named "Jess Harper," was transferred from the Island Line to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in 2021 for static display in the carriage shed at Havenstreet Station. The train was originally built in 1940 as London Underground 1938 Stock. A medium-term goal of the Steam Railway is to have 483007 operate on the line, either by having propulsion provided by one of the diesel shunters, or by being converted to battery power.

The Ryde Pier Electric Tram was built by Merres Pollard and Sons in 1911. It was withdrawn in 1927 and replaced by a petrol tram. In 1980, it was brought for a price of £2 by a private owner and was given to the Isle of Wight Council who cosmetic restored it. It went to the Cothy Bottom Heritage Center, Newport Quary and the Isle of Wight Bus Museum before being put away out of the public view. In 2018, ownership was transferred to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IOWSR).

Coaching stock

All of the railway's operational coaches have been built to a pre-grouping design. These have been restored by the skilled Havenstreet staff and are the envy of many Southern Region preserved railways.

IWR coaches

The stock collection includes a small set of original Isle of Wight Railway passenger stock.

Number & Name	Description	History & Current Status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
No. 5 - 8	4-wheeled 4-compartment Second	Awaiting restoration, grounded at Havenstreet.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1864
No. 10	4-wheeled 3-compartment Composite	Operational, restored in 2017 as part of the television series 'Great Rail restorations With Peter Snow'.	Varnished teak.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1864
No. 21	4-wheeled 3-compartment First	Undergoing restoration. Aims to be in service by 2023.	N/A.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1864
No. 35	4-wheeled 4-compartment Composite	Awaiting restoration, grounded at Havenstreet.	N/A.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1875	~
No. 38	4-wheeled 3-compartment Composite	Awaiting restoration, grounded at Havenstreet.	N/A.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1882	~
No. 39	4-wheeled 4-compartment Second	Awaiting restoration, grounded at Havenstreet.	N/A.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1882	~

LB&SCR coaches

The stock collection currently has six coaches of the former LB&SCR, the earliest built in 1896.

Number & Name	Description	History & Current Status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
No. 2343	4-wheeled 5-compartment Third	Operational	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1896
No. 4115	4-wheeled 3-compartment Brake Third	Restored in July 2018.	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1896
No. 2403	Bogie 8-compartment Third	The work to fully restore this carriage and return it to traffic was completed at the end of July 2013.	Southern Railway Malachite Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1903
No. 2416	Bogie 9-compartment Third	Operational	Southern Railway Malachite Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1916
No. 4168	Bogie 5-compartment Brake Third	Operational	Southern Railway Malachite Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1922
No. 6349	Bogie 8-compartment Composite	Operational	Southern Railway Malachite Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1924

LC&DR coaches

The London, Chatham and Dover Railway's role in the south of England ensured an ample collection of stock for the owning groups.

Number & Name	Description	History & current status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
No. 6376	6-wheeled First (later converted)	Awaiting restoration, body only.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1886
No. 6378	4-wheeled 4-compartment Composite	Operational	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1886
No. 6369	4-wheeled Saloon Composite	Operational, part of push-pull set 484	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1887
N/A	Bogie 8-compartment Third	Awaiting Restoration, grounded at Havenstreet as a source of spares.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	N/A
No. 2515	4-wheeled 5-compartment Third	Operational	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1894
No. 2418	Bogie 7-compartment Third	Stored, grounded in two-halves at Havenstreet.	N/A.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1895
No. 2426	Bogie 7-compartment Third	Stored, grounded half body only.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1895
No. 4112	4-wheeled Saloon Brake Third	Operational, part of push-pull set 484	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1898
No. 4115	Bogie 5-compartment Brake Third	Undergoing restoration	N/A.	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1898
No. 4116	Bogie 5-compartment Brake Third	Stored, grounded at Havenstreet.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1898
No. 4134	4-wheeled 4-compartment Brake Third	Stored, grounded at Havenstreet	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1898

SE&CR coaches

An amalgamation of LC&DR and SER, the South Eastern and Chatham Railway also contributed to the Island Line's working stock.

Number & Name	Description	History & current status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
No. 4145	Bogie 4-compartment Brake Third	Awaiting overall to repair underframe. Birdcage lookout removed when moved to IoW.	BR Crimson	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1911
No. 4149	Bogie 4-compartment Brake Third	Operational. Birdcage lookout removed when moved to IoW.	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1911
No. 6375	Bogie Saloon Composite	Operational; returned to service in 2021.	Southern Railway Malachite Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1911

MSJ&AR coaches

Number & Name	Description	History & current status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
No. 6359	4-wheeled 4-compartment Composite	Grounded body, awaiting restoration.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1880

NLR coaches

Number & Name	Description	History & current status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
No. 6336	4-wheeled 4-compartment Composite	Operational.	Southern Railway Green	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1864

Coach under-frames

The Railway uses various under-frames from donor vehicles to place coach bodies on top.

Origin	Number & Name	Description	History & current status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
LNWR	No. 3061	Bogie Third corridor	Stored, Under frame only. Has body of LCDR 4-wheeled 4-compartment Brake Third No.4134 temporarily placed on it.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1907
LSWR	No. 752	Bogie Ironclad Third corridor	Stored, Under frame and body separate. Underframe has body of SECR Bogie 4-compartment Brake Third No. 4149 temporarily placed on it.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1924
LSWR	No. 353	Bogie Third corridor	Operational, underframe only. Converted to rail carrier.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1935
SR	No. 1019	Bogie Maunsell Third corridor	Stored, underframe only. No body present on frames.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1933
SR	No. 1750	4-wheeled Covered Carriage Truck	Operational, underframe and body separate. Underframe has body of NLR 4-wheeled 4-compartment Composite No. 6336 permanently placed on it, and has been modified to accommodate this. Body is stored at Havenstreet.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1938
SR	No. 4589	Bogie General Utility Van	Under restoration, underframe only. Under-frame will have body of LCDR Bogie 5-compartment Brake Third No. 4115 permanently placed on it, under-frame has been shortened by 5 feet to accommodate this.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1938
SR	No. 1783	4-wheeled Parcels and Miscellaneous Van	Operational, underframe and body separate. Underframe has body of LCDR 4-wheeled 4-compartment Composite No. 6378 permanently placed on it, and has been modified to accommodate this. Body is stored at Havenstreet.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1942
SR	No. 1720	4-wheeled Parcels and Miscellaneous Van	Operational, underframe only. Underframe has body of LCDR 4-wheeled Saloon Brake Third No. 4112 permanently placed on it, and has been modified to accommodate this.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1943
SR	No.1533	4-wheeled Parcels and Miscellaneous Van	Operational, underframe only. Underframe has body of LCDR 4-wheeled Saloon Composite No. 6369 permanently placed on it, and has been modified to accommodate this. Body is stored away from the railway.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1947
SR	No. 4605	Bogie General Utility Van	Operational, underframe only. Underframe has body of LBSCR Bogie 8-compartment Third No. 2403 permanently placed on it, and has been modified to accommodate this.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1949
SR	No. 1669	4-wheeled Parcels and Miscellaneous Van	Operational, underframe only. Underframe has body of LBSCR 4-wheeled 3-compartment Brake Third No. 4115 permanently placed on it, and has been modified to accommodate this.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1950
SR	No. 1617	4-wheeled Parcels and Miscellaneous Van	Operational, underframe and body separate. Underframe has body of LBSCR 4-wheeled 5-compartment Third No. 2343 permanently placed on it, and has been modified to accommodate this. Body is stored at Havenstreet.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1950
SR	No. 1497	4-wheeled Parcels and Miscellaneous Van	Operational, Under frame and body separate. Under-frame has body of LCDR 4-wheeled 5-compartment Third No.2515 permanently placed on it, under-frame has been modified to accommodate this.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1951
BR	No. 740232	Pipe Wagon / 4w 5-plank Open	Stored, underframe only and in store off-site carrying a carriage body.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1949
BR	No. 741382	Pipe Wagon / 4w 5-plank Open	Stored, underframe only and in store off-site carrying a carriage body.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1955
BR	No. 741157	Pipe Wagon / 4w 5-plank Open	Stored, underframe only and in store off-site carrying a carriage body.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1955
BR	No. 741934	Pipe Wagon / 4w 5-plank Open	Stored, underframe only and in store off-site carrying a carriage body.	N/A	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	1961

Southern Railway Vans

The Railway has complete SR Vans stored ready to be used as donor vehicles, or are currently operational on the railway.

Goods wagons

Brake vans

Origin	Number	Type	Notes	Photograph
LSWR	56046	4w Brake Van	Operational.
SR	55724	4w Brake Van	Operational.
SR	55710	4w Brake Van	Awaiting restoration.
SR	993853	Shark 4w Brake Van	Operational.

Covered goods vans

Origin	Number	Type	Notes	Photograph
-	-	4w Non-Vent Van	Awaiting restoration, body only.
IoWR	59	4w Non-Vent Van	Awaiting restoration, body only.
IoWR	86	4w Non-Vent Van	Awaiting restoration, body only.
IoWR	87	4w Non-Vent Van	Awaiting restoration, body only.
LBSCR	46923	4w Non-Vent Van	Operational.
LBSCR	46924	4w Cattle Van	Operational, converted in 1935 to a Passenger Luggage Van
BR	3705B	Type A Container	Under restoration.

Open goods wagons

Flat wagons, bolster wagons and Rail and Sleeper wagons

Tank wagons

Origin	Number	Type	Notes	Photograph
PO	1343	4w Class B Oil Tank	Awaiting restoration.

Ballast wagons

Cranes and other special use wagons

Origin	Number	Type	Notes	Photograph
-	-	4w Manual Crane	Stored, on display in the car park at Havenstreet railway station.
MR	429	6w Manual Crane	Under restoration.
LSWR	429 SM	4w Match Truck	Under restoration, used for MR 6w Manual Crane 429