Below are the names and numbers of the 23 LSWR O2 class locomotives that were transferred to the Isle of Wight. Another successful publicity campaign by the Southern Railway gave them names from 1925 onwards, representing places in the Island.

BR/SR No. SR NameAll details from: Burridge, Frank: Nameplates of the Big Four (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 1975) LSWR No. Builder Built To IoW Withdrawn Notes W14 Fishbourne 178 LSWR, Nine Elms 1889 1936 1967 W15 Cowes 195 LSWR, Nine Elms 1890 1936 1956 Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure W16 Ventnor 217 LSWR, Nine Elms 1892 1936 1967 W17 Seaview 208 LSWR, Nine Elms 1891 1930 1967 W18 Ningwood 220 LSWR, Nine Elms 1892 1930 1966 W19 Osborne 206 LSWR, Nine Elms 1891 1923 1955 Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure W20 Shanklin 211 LSWR, Nine Elms 1892 1923 1967 W21 Sandown 205 LSWR, Nine Elms 1891 1924 1966 W22 Brading 215 LSWR, Nine Elms 1892 1924 1967 W23 Totland 188 LSWR, Nine Elms 1890 1925 1955 Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure W24 Calbourne 209 LSWR, Nine Elms 1891 1925 1967 Preserved on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway W25 Godshill 190 LSWR, Nine Elms 1890 1925 1963 W26 Whitwell 210 LSWR, Nine Elms 1891 1925 1966 W27 Merstone 184 LSWR, Nine Elms 1890 1926 1967 W28 Ashey 186 LSWR, Nine Elms 1890 1926 1967 W29 Alverstone 202 LSWR, Nine Elms 1891 1926 1966 W30 Shorwell 219 LSWR, Nine Elms 1892 1926 1965 W31 Chale 180 LSWR, Nine Elms 1890 1927 1967 Subject of an unsuccessful preservation. W32 Bonchurch 226 LSWR, Nine Elms 1892 1928 1965 W33 Bembridge 218 LSWR, Nine Elms 1892 1936 1967 W34 Newport 201 LSWR, Nine Elms 1891 1947 1955 Surplus after Bembridge Branch closure W35 Freshwater 181 LSWR, Nine Elms 1890 1949 1967 W36 Carisbrooke 198 LSWR, Nine Elms 1891 1949 1965

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