List of SR West Country and Battle of Britain class locomotives explained

Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the Bulleid light pacifics, the West Country and Battle of Britain classes of locomotives that ran on the British Southern Railway network. They represented a publicity success for the Southern Railway, with the West Country class highlighting the names of places served by the Southern Railway, while the Battle of Britain locomotives constituted a roving memorial to the fighter pilots who fought during the Battle of Britain, and the actions of RAF Fighter Command as a whole. No. 34066 Spitfire and No. 34086 219 Squadron were at one point in time candidates for preservation, but No. 34023 Blackmoor Vale was chosen instead due to it being in better condition than No. 34066 and No. 34086.[1] [2]

Table of locomotive details

Key to notes:

Southern Railway batch

West Country and Battle of Britain class locomotives
BR No.SR No.Name[3] BuilderBuiltRebuiltWithdrawnCurrent Location of Preserved LocomotivesImageNotes
34001 21C101 Exeter
34002 21C102 Salisbury
34003 21C103 Plymouth
34004 21C104 Yeovil
34005 21C105 Barnstaple
34006 21C106 Bude
34007 21C107 Wadebridge Mid Hants RailwayC, Withdrawn (2016) undergoing an exam for overhaul . Oldest surviving light pacific.
34008 21C108 Padstow
34009 21C109 Lyme Regis
34010 21C110 Sidmouth Tyseley/Sellindge, Kent. (Southern Locomotives Ltd.)S,
Under restoration.
34011 21C111 Tavistock
34012 21C112 Launceston
34013 21C113 Okehampton
34014 21C114 Budleigh Salterton
34015 21C115 Exmouth
34016 21C116 Bodmin Carnforth C,
Undergoing Restoration to Mainline standards
34017 21C117 Ilfracombe
34018 21C118 Axminster
34019 21C119 Bideford
34020 21C120 Seaton
34021 21C121 Dartmoor
34022 21C122 Exmoor WC/NA
34023 21C123 Blackmoor Vale/
Blackmore Vale
Bluebell RailwayC, WC/NA
(as-built, Coat of Arms added in preservation), Static display awaiting overhaul (at Horsted Keynes)
34024 21C124 Tamar Valley WC/NA
34025 21C125 Rough Tor/
Whimple
WC/NA/
Renamed "Whimple" 1948[4]
34026 21C126 Yes Tor WC/NA
21C127 Taw Valley Severn Valley RailwayC, WC/NA (as-built, Coat of Arms added in preservation),
Operational (Loco is air braked but won't be going mainline).
34028 21C128 Eddystone Swanage Railway. (Southern Locomotives Ltd.)C,
WC/NA, Operational.
34029 21C129 Lundy WC/NA
34030 21C130 Watersmeet WC/NA
34031 21C131 Torrington
34032 21C132 Camelford WC/NA
34033 21C133 Chard WC/NA
34034 21C134 Honiton
34035 21C135 Shaftesbury WC/NA
34036 21C136 Westward Ho WC/NA
34037 21C137 Clovelly WC/NA
34038 21C138 Lynton WC/NA
34039 21C139 Boscastle Great Central RailwayC, WC/NA, Under overhaul
34040 21C140 Crewkerne
34041 21C141 Wilton WC/NA
34042 21C142 Dorchester
34043 21C143 Combe Martin WC/NA. Also featured in The Titfield Thunderbolt as the Bulleid Pacific in the opening scene.
34044 21C144 Woolacombe WC/NA
34045 21C145 Ottery St Mary WC/NA Scrapped at Woodham Bros, Barry, in 1964
21C146 Braunton Mainline Certified,
Home base at Southall
-34047 21C147 Callington WC/NA
34048 21C148 Crediton
34049 21C149 Anti-Aircraft Command
34050 21C150 Royal Observer Corps
Winston Churchill National Railway Museum C, Static exhibit at National Railway Museum Shildon after cosmetic overhaul at Mid Hants Railway.
34052 21C152 Lord Dowding
21C153 Sir Keith Park Tyseley/Herston Works, Swanage. (Southern Locomotives Ltd.)C,
Heavy Overhaul.
34054 21C154 Lord Beaverbrook
34055 21C155 Fighter Pilot
34056 21C156 Croydon
34057 21C157 Biggin Hill
34058 21C158 Sir Frederick Pile Sellindge, Kent. (Southern Locomotives Ltd.)S,
Under restoration.
34059 21C159 Sir Archibald Sinclair Bluebell RailwayC,
Operational.
34060 21C160 25 Squadron
34061 21C161 73 Squadron
34062 21C162 17 Squadron
34063 21C163 229 Squadron
34064 21C164 Fighter Command GOE
34065 21C165 Hurricane
34066 21C166 Spitfire Locomotive involved in the Lewisham disaster, 4 December 1957. Considered a candidate for preservation.
34067 21C167 Tangmere Mainline Certified,
Carnforth MPD
Operational on the Main Line.
34068 21C168 Kenley
34069 21C169 Hawkinge
34070 21C170 Manston Swanage Railway. (Southern Locomotives Ltd.)C,
Operational.

British Railways batch

Battle of Britain and West Country class locomotives
BR No.NameBuilderBuiltRebuiltWithdrawnLocation of Preserved LocomotivesImageNotes
34071 601 Squadron
34072 257 Squadron Spa Valley Railway, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. (Southern Locomotives Ltd.)C,
Operational
249 Squadron Carnforth MPD
34074 46 Squadron
34075 264 Squadron
34076 41 Squadron
34077 603 Squadron
34078 222 Squadron
34079 141 Squadron
34080 74 Squadron
34081 92 Squadron Nene Valley Railway C, Operational; returned to working order in 2017 after a seven year overhaul
34082 615 Squadron
34083 605 Squadron
34084 253 Squadron
34085 501 Squadron
34086 219 Squadron Considered a candidate for preservation.
34087 145 Squadron
34088 213 Squadron
34089 602 Squadron
34090 Sir Eustace Missenden, Southern Railway
34091 Weymouth
34092 Wells East Lancashire Railway. Renamed "City of Wells" 1950C, GOE,
Undergoing overhaul
34093 Saunton WC/NA
34094 Mortehoe WC/NA Scrapped at Woodham Bros, Barry, 1965
34095 Brentor WC/NA
34096 Trevone WC/NA
34097 Holsworthy WC/NA
34098 Templecombe WC/NA
34099 Lynmouth
34100 Appledore WC/NA
34101 Hartland North Yorkshire Moors RailwayC, WC/NA
Under overhaul
34102 Lapford WC/NA
34103 Calstock WC/NA
34104 Bere Alston WC/NA
34105 Swanage Mid Hants RailwayC, WC/NA
Under overhaul. Youngest surviving light pacific.
34106 Lydford March 1950September 1964WC/NA
34107 Blandford Forum April 1950September 1964
34108 Wincanton April 1950May 1961June 1967 WC/NA
34109 Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory May 1950March 1961September 1964
34110 66 Squadron January 1951November 1963BoB/NA

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Preserved locomotives

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brine . M. E. . The Bulleid Society . Devon Heritage . 31 July 2009.
  2. Web site: Green . Richard . Blackmoor Vale Preservation . Bulleid Society . Bluebell Railway . 12 October 2020.
  3. Burridge, Frank: Nameplates of the Big Four
  4. Web site: 4-6-2 LOCOMOTIVES . transportsofdelight . 30 October 2021.