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Below are the names and numbers of the 40 SR V "Schools" class locomotives designed by Richard Maunsell. Another successful publicity campaign by the Southern Railway when named from 1930 onwards, they represented the public schools of England, initially due to their proximity to the railway that served them, but not all from the SR area. The class naming process consisted of pupils attending these schools visiting "their" engine during the naming ceremonies.
Number | Name[1] | Builder | Built | Withdrawn | Notes | Image | |
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SR | BR | ||||||
900 | 30900 | Eton | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1962 | ||
901 | 30901 | Winchester | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1962 | ||
902 | 30902 | Wellington | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1962 | ||
903 | 30903 | Charterhouse | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1962 | ||
904 | 30904 | Lancing | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1961 | ||
905 | 30905 | Tonbridge | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1961 | Fitted with high sided self trimming tender (ex 30932) from August 1958 to withdrawal. | |
906 | 30906 | Sherborne | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1962 | Nameplate preserved in the day room of Wallace House | |
907 | 30907 | Dulwich | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1961 | ||
908 | 30908 | Westminster | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1961 | ||
909 | 30909 | St Pauls | Eastleigh | 1930 | 1962 | ||
910 | 30910 | Merchant Taylors | Eastleigh | 1932 | 1961 | No apostrophe. One nameplate preserved above entrance to Sixth Form Common Room, and another outside the DT building | |
911 | 30911 | Dover | Eastleigh | 1932 | 1962 | One nameplate preserved at the college. | |
912 | 30912 | Downside | Eastleigh | 1932 | 1962 | ||
913 | 30913 | Christ's Hospital | Eastleigh | 1932 | 1962 | ||
914 | 30914 | Eastbourne | Eastleigh | 1932 | 1961 | ||
915 | 30915 | Brighton | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1962 | ||
916 | 30916 | Whitgift | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1962 | ||
917 | 30917 | Ardingly | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1962 | Nameplate preserved at the Staff Room of the college. | |
918 | 30918 | Hurstpierpoint | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1961 | ||
919 | 30919 | Harrow | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1961 | ||
920 | 30920 | Rugby | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1961 | ||
921 | 30921 | Shrewsbury | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1962 | Nameplate preserved in the Admissions Offices/Registry of the school. | |
922 | 30922 | Marlborough | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1961 | Nameplates preserved respectively in Norwood Hall dining room and in the Science Block. | |
923 | 30923 | Bradfield | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1962 | Engine 923 was originally named Uppingham, but was renamed following objections from the school. | |
924 | 30924 | Haileybury | Eastleigh | 1933 | 1962 | Nameplate preserved in the Library of the school. | |
925 | 30925 | Cheltenham | Eastleigh | 1934 | 1962 | Preserved as part of the National Collection at the National Railway Museum, York. Currently operational. | |
926 | 30926 | Repton | Eastleigh | 1934 | 1962 | Currently preserved on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway having been repatriated from North America. Currently operational. | |
927 | 30927 | Clifton | Eastleigh | 1934 | 1962 | ||
928 | 30928 | Stowe | Eastleigh | 1934 | 1962 | Preserved on the Bluebell Railway. Purchased by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu direct from British Railways service in 1962. Currently undergoing overhaul. | |
929 | 30929 | Malvern | Eastleigh | 1934 | 1962 | ||
930 | 30930 | Radley | Eastleigh | 1934 | 1962 | ||
931 | 30931 | King's - Wimbledon | Eastleigh | 1934 | 1961 | Name as it appears on a surviving nameplate includes both the apostrophe and the dash | |
932 | 30932 | Blundell's | Eastleigh | 1935 | 1961 | Fitted with high sided self trimming tender from June 1938 to August 1958 when a tender exchange took place with 30905. The nameplate did include an apostrophe as the product photograph of the model introduced by Hornby in 2009 shows.[2] The locomotive featured in the opening shots of the 1945 film Waterloo Road.[citation needed] | |
933 | 30933 | Kings Canterbury | Eastleigh | 1935 | 1961 | ||
934 | 30934 | St Lawrence | Eastleigh | 1935 | 1962 | ||
935 | 30935 | Sevenoaks | Eastleigh | 1935 | 1962 | Given a streamlined shroud and numbered 999 but, as far as is known, never left the works in this form | |
936 | 30936 | Cranleigh | Eastleigh | 1935 | 1962 | ||
937 | 30937 | Epsom | Eastleigh | 1935 | 1962 | ||
938 | 30938 | St Olaves | Eastleigh | 1935 | 1961 | ||
939 | 30939 | Leatherhead | Eastleigh | 1935 | 1961 | ||
When the locomotives were withdrawn from service, BR presented their nameplates to the appropriate schools:
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