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The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes were designed by Oliver Bulleid, the CME of the Southern Railway (SR). Lighter in weight than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy class, they could be used on a wide variety of routes including in the south-west of England and the Kent coast. | The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes were designed by Oliver Bulleid, the CME of the Southern Railway (SR). Lighter in weight than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy class, they could be used on a wide variety of routes including in the south-west of England and the Kent coast. | ||
Revision as of 17:21, 7 April 2015
34027 Taw Valley in service
The SRSouthern Railway West Country and Battle of Britain classes were designed by Oliver BulleidOliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway 1937-1948, the CMEChief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway (SRSouthern Railway). Lighter in weight than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy class, they could be used on a wide variety of routes including in the south-west of England and the Kent coast.
They were a mixed-traffic design, being used for both passenger and freight trains, and were rated 7P6F by British Railways.
Originally built with innovative features including air-smoothed casings and chainAs a unit of measurement, 22 yards or 1/80th of a mile-driven valve gear, many of the locomotives including 34027 were rebuilt by British Railways in the late 1950s.
Taw Valley was built in 1946 at the SRSouthern Railway’s Brighton Works. It was originally allocated to Ramsgate where it entered service as SRSouthern Railway number 21C127. The locomotive was re-numbered 34027 by BRBritish Rail or British Railways following nationalisation.
In 1947 Taw Valley moved to Exmouth Junction, working mainly in Devon and Cornwall. Here the locomotive would have hauled named trains such as the ‘AtlanticLocomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel configuration Coast Express’ and ‘Devon Belle’. In 1957, after being rebuilt, Taw Valley moved to the Southeast and worked commuter services from Brighton. Following transfer to Salisbury in 1963, Taw Valley was withdrawn from service by BRBritish Rail or British Railways in August 1964 and towed to BarryWoodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation. scrap yard.
34027 Taw Valley in preservation
After being saved from BarryWoodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation., restoration began elsewhere but was completed at the SVRSevern Valley Railway, where the locomotive entered service.
While in service, Taw Valley ran on the main line as well as on the SVRSevern Valley Railway. It sometimes ran numbered as sister locomotive 34045 Ottery St Mary, and also appeared as the ‘Hogwarts Express’ for a time.
The locomotive is in the final stages of a lengthy overhaul, and is expected to enter service in Spring 2015.
Sources
Service history from fleetsteam.co.uk
See also
Steam Locomotives
The Severn Valley Railway on the main line
