LIST OF SR WEST COUNTRY CLASS LOCOMOTIVES

Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the 'Bulleid light pacifics', the SR West Country Class and Battle of Britain Class locomotives that ran on the British Southern Railway network. They represented a publicity success for the Southern Railway in highlighting the names of resorts served by the Southern Railway. The Battle of Britain Class also constituted a roving memorial to the fighter pilots who fought during the Battle of Britain, and subsequently the actions of RAF Fighter Command as a whole.

Contents

Table of locomotive details

Location links

Footnotes

References

External links

Preserved locomotives

Table of locomotive details

Key to notes:

★ BoB/NA – Battle of Britain loco that carried no coat of arms

★ C – Complete

★ GOE – carried Giesl oblong ejector, fitted 1962

★ S – ex-Scrapyard, and awaiting future restoration

★ UR – Under Restoration

★ WC/NA – West Country loco that carried no coat of arms

BR No.	SR No.	Name[1]	Builder	When built	Withdrawn	Rebuilt	Preserved/location?	Notes
34001	21C101	''Exeter''	Brighton
34002	21C102	''Salisbury''	Brighton
34003	21C103	''Plymouth''	Brighton
34004	21C104	''Yeovil''	Brighton
34005	21C105	''Barnstaple''	Brighton
34006	21C106	''Bude''	Brighton
34007	21C107	''Wadebridge''	Brighton				Mid Hants from April 2007 (In service)	C
34008	21C108	''Padstow''	Brighton
34009	21C109	''Lyme Regis''	Brighton
34010	21C110	''Sidmouth''	Brighton				Herston Works, Swanage (Southern Locomotives Ltd.)	UR, S
34011	21C111	''Tavistock''	Brighton
34012	21C112	''Launceston''	Brighton					WC/NA
34013	21C113	''Okehampton''	Brighton
34014	21C114	''Budleigh Salterton''	Brighton
34015	21C115	''Exmouth''	Brighton
34016	21C116	''Bodmin''	Brighton				Mid Hants Railway (In service)	C
34017	21C117	''Ilfracombe''	Brighton
34018	21C118	''Axminster''	Brighton
34019	21C119	''Bideford''	Brighton
34020	21C120	''Seaton''	Brighton
34021	21C121	''Dartmoor''	Brighton
34022	21C122	''Exmoor''	Brighton
34023	21C123	''Blackmoor Vale/ Blackmore Vale''	Brighton				Bluebell Railway (In service)	C, WC/NA (as-built, Coat of Arms added in preservation)
34024	21C124	''Tamar Valley''	Brighton					WC/NA
34025	21C125	''Whimple''	Brighton					WC/NA
34026	21C126	''Yes Tor''	Brighton					WC/NA
34027	21C127	''Taw Valley''	Brighton				Severn Valley Railway (under overhaul)	C, WC/NA (as-built, Coat of Arms added in preservation)
34028	21C128	''Eddystone''	Brighton				Bluebell Railway (In service)	C, WC/NA
34029	21C129	''Lundy''	Brighton
34030	21C130	''Watersmeet''	Brighton
34031	21C131	''Torrington''	Brighton
34032	21C132	''Camelford''	Brighton					WC/NA
34033	21C133	''Chard''	Brighton					WC/NA
34034	21C134	''Honiton''	Brighton					WC/NA
34035	21C135	''Shaftesbury''	Brighton					WC/NA
34036	21C136	''Westward Ho''	Brighton					WC/NA
34037	21C137	''Clovelly''	Brighton					WC/NA
34038	21C138	''Lynton''	Brighton
34039	21C139	''Boscastle''	Brighton				Great Central Railway (stored pending overhaul)	C, WC/NA
34040	21C140	''Crewkerne''	Brighton
34041	21C141	''Wilton''	Brighton					WC/NA
34042	21C142	''Dorchester''	Brighton
34043	21C143	''Combe Martin''	Brighton					WC/NA
34044	21C144	''Woolacombe''	Brighton					WC/NA
34045	21C145	''Ottery St Mary''	Brighton					WC/NA
34046	21C146	''Braunton''	Brighton				West Somerset Railway (nearing completion)	UR, WC/NA
34047	21C147	''Callington''	Brighton					WC/NA
34048	21C148	''Crediton''	Brighton
34049	21C149	''Anti-Aircraft Command''	Brighton
34050	21C150	''Royal Observer Corps''	Brighton
34051	21C151	''Winston Churchill''	Brighton				National Railway Museum	C
34052	21C152	''Lord Dowding''	Brighton
34053	21C153	''Sir Keith Park''	Brighton				Sellindge (Southern Locomotives Ltd.)	UR
34054	21C154	''Lord Beaverbrook''	Brighton
34055	21C155	''Fighter Pilot''	Brighton
34056	21C156	''Croydon''	Brighton
34057	21C157	''Biggin Hill''	Brighton
34058	21C158	''Sir Frederick Pile''	Brighton				Avon Valley Railway	UR
34059	21C159	''Sir Archibald Sinclair''	Brighton				Bluebell Railway	UR
34060	21C160	''25 Squadron''	Brighton
34061	21C161	''73 Squadron''	Brighton
34062	21C162	''17 Squadron''	Brighton
34063	21C163	''229 Squadron''	Brighton
34064	21C164	''Fighter Command''	Brighton					GOE
34065	21C165	''Hurricane''	Brighton
34066	21C166	''Spitfire''	Brighton
34067	21C167	''Tangmere''	Brighton				Mainline running, home base Bury	C
34068	21C168	''Kenley''	Brighton
34069	21C169	''Hawkinge''	Brighton
34070	21C170	''Manston''	Brighton				Swanage Railway Herston Works	UR
34071	-	''601 Squadron''	Brighton
34072	-	''257 Squadron''	Brighton				Swanage Railway Herston Works (under overhaul)	C
34073	-	''249 Squadron''	Brighton				Currently at Bury, for sale	S
34074	-	''46 Squadron''	Brighton
34075	-	''264 Squadron''	Brighton
34076	-	''41 Squadron''	Brighton
34077	-	''603 Squadron''	Brighton
34078	-	''222 Squadron''	Brighton
34079	-	''141 Squadron''	Brighton
34080	-	''74 Squadron''	Brighton
34081	-	''92 Squadron''	Brighton				North Norfolk Railway	C
34082	-	''615 Squadron''	Brighton
34083	-	''605 Squadron''	Brighton
34084	-	''253 Squadron''	Brighton
34085	-	''501 Squadron''	Eastleigh
34086	-	''219 Squadron''	Brighton
34087	-	''145 Squadron''	Eastleigh			December 1960
34088	-	''213 Squadron''	Brighton			April 1960
34089	-	''602 Squadron''	Eastleigh			November 1960
34090	-	''Sir Eustace Missenden, Southern Railway''	Brighton			August 1960
34091	-	''Weymouth''	Brighton
34092	-	''City of Wells''	Brighton				Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (under overhaul)	C
34093	-	''Saunton''	Brighton					WC/NA
34094	-	''Morthoe''	Brighton					WC/NA
34095	-	''Brentor''	Brighton			January 1961		WC/NA
34096	-	''Trevone''	Brighton			April 1961		WC/NA
34097	-	''Holsworthy''	Brighton			March 1961		WC/NA
34098	-	''Templecombe''	Brighton			February 1961		WC/NA
34099	-	''Lynmouth''	Brighton
34100	-	''Appledore''	Brighton					WC/NA
34101	-	''Hartland''	Eastleigh			September 1960	North Yorkshire Moors Railway (under overhaul)	C, WC/NA
34102	-	''Lapford''	Eastleigh					WC/NA
34103	-	''Calstock''	Brighton					WC/NA
34104	-	''Bere Alston''	Eastleigh			May 1961		WC/NA
34105	-	''Swanage''	Brighton				Mid Hants Railway (stored pending overhaul & resolution of legal dispute)	C, WC/NA
34106	-	''Lydford''	Brighton					WC/NA
34107	-	''Blandford Forum''	Brighton
34108	-	''Wincanton''	Brighton			May 1961		WC/NA
34109	-	''Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory''	Brighton			March 1961
34110	-	''66 Squadron''	Brighton					BoB/NA

Location links

★ Avon Valley Railway

★ Bluebell Railway

★ Great Central Railway (preserved)

★ Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

★ Mid-Hants Railway

★ National Railway Museum

★ North Norfolk Railway

★ North Yorkshire Moors Railway

★ Severn Valley Railway

★ Southern Locomotives Ltd

★ Swanage Railway

★ West Somerset Railway

Footnotes

1. Burridge, Frank: ''Nameplates of the Big Four'' (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 1975) ISBN 0-90288-843-9

References

★ Creer, S & Morrison, B: '' The Power of the Bulleid Pacifics'' (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 2001) ISBN 0-86093-082-3

★ Derry, Richard: '' The Book of the West Country and Battle of Britain Pacifics'' (Irwell Press, February 2002) ISBN 1903266238

External links

★ Bulleid Society: WC/BB locomotive summary – ''Table showing key dates, mileage, running numbers, etc for all class members''

Preserved locomotives

★ Wadebridge (34007) Locomotive Ltd. – ''owners of 34007''

★ Southern Locomotives Ltd. – ''owners of 34010, 34028, 34053, 34070 and 34072''

★ Bulleid Society – ''owners of 21C123 and 34059 (based at the Bluebell Railway)''

★ The Battle of Britain Locomotive Society – ''owners of 34081''

★ The 34058 Restoration Group

★ Great Central Railway – ''operators of 34039''

★ Mid-Hants Railway – ''part-owners and operators of 34016 and 34105''