South Western Railway № 2103

South Western Railway № 2103 was an experimental 2-6-0T tank engine built in 1902 for commuter work around Colyth and Hartley.

Designed by Woodrow Harding, № 2103 emerged from the Wheaton Locomotive Works of the SWR in March 1902 and was immediately allocated to Colyth St. Giles Locomotive Shed for commuter and stopping trains. As built, she wasn't overly successful as her small water tanks didn't allow for a full journey; as such № 2103 was rebuilt in 1905 with larger water tanks, the coal bunker was rebuilt around the same time. Even after a rebuild, № 2103's performance was still found to be less than desired; she was then fitted with push-pull equipment and was sent to work on the Ockley Branch Line where she worked with a three coach push-pull train.

After the railways were nationalised in 1919, № 2103 was immediately replaced on the Ockley Branch Line by a 2-4-2T (ENR №61 and was renumbered as Departmental № 22. № 22 was used on ballast trains around the south west of the country, though she was often used on platelayer's trains as she was fitted with air brakes prior to departmental use. in 1924, № 22 was moved to the Tarnmouth Locomotive Shed of the defunct South Etorea & North Sea Coast Railway and was used as a stationary boiler for the next five years before she was sold by the ENR to a local scrap merchant who cut her up where she stood. Her boiler and smokebox were retrofitted to a Kitson-built 2-4-2T then stabled at Tarnmouth.

In 2013, one of her builder's plates and one of her name plates were sold at auction in Cherringham; the two plates were sold as a pair and were purchased privately for ℳ︁3,000 marks. Their history between 1930 and 2013 is currently unknown.