Eastern Railroad Discussion > Southern Railway loco numbering

Date: 07/10/19 06:35
Southern Railway loco numbering
Author: Hartington

Can somebody please explain why some (but not all?) Southern Railway locomotives had a letter suffix e.g. 1234A?

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Date: 07/10/19 06:50
Re: Southern Railway loco numbering
Author: ctillnc

Most questions like this can be answered by using Trainorder's search feature.

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,3935038,3935865#msg-3935865

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Date: 07/10/19 07:21
Re: Southern Railway loco numbering
Author: toledopatch

The letters were "check digits" to make sure entries were correct. They were not actually part of the loco number, though.

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Date: 07/10/19 07:47
Re: Southern Railway loco numbering
Author: Hartington

I wondered if it was some form of check digit. Thank you.

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