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Locomotive names of the United Kingdom beginning with R

March 7, 2010 - 07:35 — Slambo

Steam locomotives operated in the United Kingdom with names beginning with R.

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
Raby Castle LNER 2825     4-6-0  
Radley SR 930     4-4-0  
Raglan Castle GWR 5008     4-6-0  
Ragley Hall GWR 4962     4-6-0  
Raleigh LMS 5639     4-6-0  
Raleigh LNWR 1527 Crewe 2/1888 2-4-0 Became LMS 5006; wd 5/1925.
Raven SDR     0-4-0ST  
Ravenswood LNER 9362     4-4-0  
Raynham Hall LNER 2811     4-6-0  
Reading GWR     0-6-0  
Reading Abbey GWR 5084     4-6-0  
Red Gauntlet GWR     4-4-0  
Red Star GWR     2-2-2  
Redgauntlet GWR 2983     4-6-0  
Redgauntlet LNER 9897     4-4-0  
Redruth WCwR     0-6-0ST  
Regulus GWR     0-6-0  
Remembrance LBSCR 333     4-6-4T  
Remembrance SR 2333     4-6-0  
Remus GWR     0-6-0  
Remus SDR     0-6-0ST  
Rennie GWR     2-4-0  
Renown LMS 5713     4-6-0  
Repton SR 926     4-4-0  
Repulse LMS 5725     4-6-0  
Resolution LMS 5608     4-6-0  
Resolven Grange GWR 6869     4-6-0  
Restormel Castle GWR 5010     4-6-0  
Revenge LMS 5714     4-6-0  
Rhea GWR     0-6-0  
Rhondda GWR     0-6-0  
Rhuddlan Castle GWR 5039     4-6-0  
Rhyl LMS 5521     4-6-0  
Rignall Hall GWR 4963     4-6-0  
Ripon Hall GWR 5914     4-6-0  
Rising Star BR 70027 Crewe 10/1952 4-6-2 Wd 6/1967; scr 11/1967.
Rising Star GWR     2-2-2  
River Avon SR 790 Ashford   2-6-4T Named in January 1925.
River Cray SR A800 Ashford 12/1926 2-6-4T This locomotive derailed while pulling a loaded passenger train on August 21, 1927, approaching Sevenoaks; the locomotive survived with little damage but 13 people died and 43 others were severely injured in the trailing passenger cars.
River Esk R&ER Paxman 1923 2-8-2 15" gauge
River Fal GWR 3379     4-4-0  
River Frome SR A890 Ashford 12/1925 2-6-4T  
River Irt R&ER Heywood 1894 0-8-2 15" gauge
River Itchen SR 803 Ashford   2-6-4T  
River Mite R&ER Clarkson 1966 2-8-2 15" gauge
River Plym GWR 3376     4-4-0  
Rob Roy GWR     4-4-0  
Rob Roy GWR 2988     4-6-0  
Rob Roy LNER 9895     4-4-0  
Robert Blake SR 855     4-6-0  
Robert Burns BR 70006 Crewe 4/1951 4-6-2 Wd 5/1967; scr 11/1967.
Robert H. Selbie LNER 6155     0-6-4T Ex-LPTB
Robert the Devil LNER 4479     4-6-2  
Roberts GWR     2-4-0  
Roberts GWR     2-4-0T  
Robin Hood BR 70038 Crewe 3/1953 4-6-2 Wd 8/1967; scr 2/1968.
Robin Hood GWR     4-4-0  
Robin Hood S&WR     0-6-0T  
Rocket GWR     2-2-2  
Rocket SDR     4-4-0ST  
Roderick Dhu LNER 6400     4-4-0  
Rodney LMS 5643     4-6-0  
Rodwell Hall GWR 4964     4-6-0  
Rolleston Hall GWR 5973     4-6-0  
Romulus GWR     0-6-0  
Romulus SDR     0-6-0ST  
Rood Ashton Hall GWR 4965     4-6-0  
Rook SDR     0-4-0ST  
Rooke LMS 5660     4-6-0 Became BR 45660.
Rosa LVR     4-4-0ST  
Rosa SDR     0-6-0ST  
Rose GWR     2-4-0T  
Rotterdam Lloyd SR 21C14     4-6-2  
Rougemont GWR     4-2-2  
Rougemont Castle GWR 5007     4-6-0  
Roundhill Grange GWR 6854     4-6-0  
Rover (1st) GWR     4-2-2  
Rover (2nd) GWR     4-2-2  
Roxburghshire LNER 306     4-4-0  
Royal Army Service Corps LMS 6126     4-6-0  
Royal Fusilier LMS 6111     4-6-0  
Royal Inniskilling Fusilier LMS 6120     4-6-0  
Royal Irish Fusilier LMS 6123     4-6-0  
Royal Lancer LNER 4476     4-6-2  
Royal Mail SR 21C3     4-6-2  
Royal Naval Division LMS 5502     4-6-0  
Royal Scot LMS 6100     4-6-0  
Royal Scots Fusilier LMS 6103     4-6-0 Rebuilt 1943 with a taper boiler
Royal Scots Grey LMS 6101     4-6-0  
Royal Signals LMS 5504     4-6-0  
Royal Star BR 70028 Crewe 10/1952 4-6-2 Wd 9/1967; scr 2/1968.
Royal Star GWR     2-2-2  
Royal Tank Corps LMS 5507     4-6-0  
Royal Ulster Rifleman LMS 6122     4-6-0  
Royal Welch Fusilier LMS 6118     4-6-0  
Roydon Hall GWR 5994     4-6-0  
Ruby GWR     0-6-0  
Ruckley Grange GWR 6846     4-6-0  
Rudyard Kipling BR 70035 Crewe 12/1952 4-6-2 Wd 12/1967; scr 4/1968.
Rugby SR 920     4-4-0  
Rushton Hall GWR 5913     4-6-0  
Rutlandshire LNER 2754     4-4-0  
Ryde SR 3     4-4-0 Operated on the Isle of Wight
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