VIII 



THE LOCOMOTIVE IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT 



THE greatest change, since the Southern 

 took over the Island Railways is found in 

 the locomotive stud. 



An attempt at standardization has been 

 made, which could never have been effected 

 whilst three companies served the island. 

 No fewer than sixteen 0-4-4 Adams tanks 

 are now in service, some of them apparently 

 rebuilt with Drummond boilers, since most 

 of them have the two pop valves upon the 

 dome a feature long familiar upon the old 

 South- Western. These are numbered from 

 17-32 but there are many blanks in the 

 preceding numbers. 



When the Southern took over, they filled 

 i and 2 vacant in the Central list by num- 

 bering the o-6-o saddle tank and the 

 Brighton " terrier " taken over from the 



