Class 15 (Locobase 10152)

Data from "The Locomotives of the Midland & South-Western Junction Railway," The Locomotive Magazine, Vol V (June 1900), p. 90-91. Works number was 3682..

This was a single example on the MSWJ of what was a popular arrangement for mixed-traffic locomotives that would be operated stop-and-go.

Class B (Locobase 7374)

Data from Titre Exposition universelle internationale de 1878 a Paris. Rapports du jury internationale..Volume Groupe VI - Classe 64. Rapport sur le materiel des chemins de fer. p. 50 (cnum.cnam.fr/CGI/fpage.cgi?8XAE277-11.1/54/100/312/0/0 (accessed 1 September 2005) table and page 89, [] (accessed 7 Jan 2006), and "The Locomotives of the Midland & South-Western Junction Railway," The Locomotive Magazine, Vol V (April 1900), p. 56

The steamindex summary tells us that this single Fairlie was Avonside's works #1244 that was shown at the Paris Exposition and then sold to the SM & A railway. Unlike most other Fairlie designs, a single boiler lay over the running gear on a rigid frame.

A check of a website dealing with the successor railway (the MSWJ) -- [] (accessed 7 January 2006) -- describes the line as "The Midland & South Western Junction Railway ...a minor railway of just under 60 route miles". An associated table shows that during its time with the SM & A, its working boiler pressure was raised from 120 psi to 140 psi. It was withdrawn in 1892. A listing in [] ("MICK'S FIELD SOURCE GUIDE TO MAGAZINE ENTRIES FOR THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY" also accessed on 7 January 2006) says its boiler was later used as a stationary boiler at Cirencester.