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SR West Country class
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image:SR West Country Class 21C123 'Blackmore Vale' at York Railfest.JPG thumb|Preserved Unrebuilt West Country Class 21C213 ''Blackmoor Vale''.
Image:SR West Coutry Class 34045 'Ottery St. Mary' at Crewe Works.jpg thumb|Preserved Rebuilt West Country Class 34027 ''Taw Valley'' masquerading as 34045 ''Ottery St. Mary''.
image:34072_257_Squadron.jpg thumb|34072 ''257 Squadron'', as preserved.
Image:34050_-_exeter_st_davids_-_1962.jpg thumb|Rebuilt 34050 ''Royal Observor Corps'' at Exeter St Davids, 1962.
Image:34056 - exeter st davids - 1962.jpg thumb|Rebuilt 34056 ''Croydon'' at Exeter St Davids, 1962.
Image:34108 - exeter st davids - 1962.jpg thumb|Rebuilt 34108 ''Wincanton'' at Exeter, 1962.
The
Southern Railway (UK) Southern Railway (SR) '''West Country''' and '''Battle of Britain Classes''', also known as '''Bulleid Light Pacifics''' are classes of
streamlined
4-6-2 steam locomotive, which were designed for express passenger work in South-East and South-West England. 110 were built.
The 'two' classes are mechanically identical, differing only in the 'themes' of the names they were given. They were designed by the Southern Railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer,
Oliver Bulleid as a lighter version of his
SR Merchant Navy Class. They incorporated many of the innovations found in that class, such as chain-driven valve gear driven via an oil-filled gearbox. 66 of the class were named after places in the
West Country served by the Southern Railway, and the rest took their names from RAF squadrons, airfields, commanders and aircraft from the
Battle of Britain.
The SR number followed the
UIC classification system where "2" and "1" refer to the number of unpowered leading and trailing axles respectively, and "C" refers to the number of driving axles - in this case three. However, since "21C" was the prefix already used by the Merchant Navy class, the suffix "1" was added - all these locomotives therefore carried numbers which started "21C1" followed by the two-number individual identifier.
The final forty engines were built after the railways were nationalised in
1948, and so never carried SR numbers.
Between
1957 and
1961, British Railways rebuilt sixty of the class as more conventional engines. The streamlined casing was removed and replaced with conventional boiler cladding, and the chain-driven valve gear replaced with Walschaert valve gear.
The locomotives were successful. Their light driving axle loading meant that they were often prone to wheelslip, requiring very subtle driving when starting a heavy train from rest, but once into their stride they were noted for excellent steam production and speedy running.
On the 30th of January 1965, No.34051 "
Winston Churchill" hauled the funeral train of its namesake from London's Waterloo station to his final resting place, close to
Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, where he was born.
No less than 20 of these useful locomotives escaped the cutting torch, and still exist in varying states of preservation between Complete (C), Under restoration (UR) or ex-scrapyard, awaiting future restoration (S).
List of Engines and their names
(Surviving locos marked with an asterisk*)
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''BR No.''' || '''SR No.''' || '''Name''' || '''Builder''' || '''Built''' || '''Withdrawn''' || '''Notes'''
|-
| 34001 || 21C101 || ''
Exeter'' || || || ||
|-
| 34002 || 21C102 || ''
Salisbury'' || || || ||
|-
| 34003 || 21C103 || ''
Plymouth'' || || || ||
|-
| 34004 || 21C104 || ''
Yeovil'' || || || ||
|-
| 34005 || 21C105 || ''
Barnstaple'' || || || ||
|-
| 34006 || 21C106 || ''
Bude'' || || || ||
|-
| 34007* || 21C107 || ''
Wadebridge'' || || || ||UR
|-
| 34008 || 21C108 || ''
Padstow'' || || || ||
|-
| 34009 || 21C109 || ''
Lyme Regis'' || || || ||
|-
| 34010* || 21C110 || ''
Sidmouth'' || || || ||S
|-
| 34011 || 21C111 || ''
Tavistock'' || || || ||
|-
| 34012 || 21C112 || ''
Launceston, Cornwall Launceston'' || || || ||
|-
| 34013 || 21C113 || ''
Okehampton'' || || || ||
|-
| 34014 || 21C114 || ''
Budleigh Salterton'' || || || ||
|-
| 34015 || 21C115 || ''
Exmouth, Devon Exmouth'' || || || ||
|-
| 34016* || 21C116 || ''
Bodmin'' || || || ||UR
|-
| 34017 || 21C117 || ''
Ilfracombe'' || || || ||
|-
| 34018 || 21C118 || ''
Axminster'' || || || ||
|-
| 34019 || 21C119 || ''
Bideford'' || || || ||
|-
| 34020 || 21C120 || ''
Seaton, Devon Seaton'' || || || ||
|-
| 34021 || 21C121 || ''
Dartmoor'' || || || ||
|-
| 34022 || 21C122 || ''
Exmoor'' || || || ||
|-
| 34023* || 21C123 || ''
Blackmore Vale'' || || || ||C
|-
| 34024 || 21C124 || ''
Tamar Valley'' || || || ||
|-
| 34025 || 21C125 || ''
Whimple'' || || || ||
|-
| 34026 || 21C126 || ''
Yes Tor'' || || || ||
|-
| 34027* || 21C127 || ''
Taw Valley'' || || || ||C
|-
| 34028* || 21C128 || ''
Eddystone'' || || || ||UR
|-
| 34029 || 21C129 || ''
Lundy'' || || || ||
|-
| 34030 || 21C130 || ''
Watersmeet'' || || || ||
|-
| 34031 || 21C131 || ''
Great Torrington Torrington'' || || || ||
|-
| 34032 || 21C132 || ''
Camelford'' || || || ||
|-
| 34033 || 21C133 || ''
Chard, Somerset Chard'' || || || ||
|-
| 34034 || 21C134 || ''
Honiton'' || || || ||
|-
| 34035 || 21C135 || ''
Shaftesbury'' || || || ||
|-
| 34036 || 21C136 || ''
Westward Ho! Westward Ho'' || || || ||
|-
| 34037 || 21C137 || ''
Clovelly'' || || || ||
|-
| 34038 || 21C138 || ''
Lynton'' || || || ||
|-
| 34039* || 21C139 || ''
Boscastle'' || || || ||UR
|-
| 34040 || 21C140 || ''
Crewkerne'' || || || ||
|-
| 34041 || 21C141 || ''
Wilton, Wiltshire Wilton'' || || || ||
|-
| 34042 || 21C142 || ''
Dorchester'' || || || ||
|-
| 34043 || 21C143 || ''
Combe Martin'' || || || ||
|-
| 34044 || 21C144 || ''
Woolacombe'' || || || ||
|-
| 34045 || 21C145 || ''
Ottery St Mary'' || || || ||
|-
| 34046* || 21C146 || ''
Braunton'' || || || ||UR
|-
| 34047 || 21C147 || ''
Callington'' || || || ||
|-
| 34048 || 21C148 || ''
Crediton'' || || || ||
|-
| 34049 || 21C149 || ''
Anti-Aircraft Command'' || || || ||
|-
| 34050 || 21C150 || ''
Royal Observer Corps'' || || || ||
|-
| 34051* || 21C151 || ''
Winston Churchill'' || || || ||C
|-
| 34052 || 21C152 || ''
Hugh Dowding Lord Dowding'' || || || ||
|-
| 34053* || 21C153 || ''
Keith Park Sir Keith Park'' || || || ||UR
|-
| 34054 || 21C154 || ''
Lord Beaverbrook'' || || || ||
|-
| 34055 || 21C155 || ''
Fighter Pilot'' || || || ||
|-
| 34056 || 21C156 || ''
Croydon Airport Croydon'' || || || ||
|-
| 34057 || 21C157 || ''
RAF Biggin Hill Biggin Hill'' || || || ||
|-
| 34058* || 21C158 || ''
Sir Frederick Pile'' || || || ||UR
|-
| 34059* || 21C159 || ''
Sir Archibald Sinclair'' || || || ||UR
|-
| 34060 || 21C160 || ''
No. 25 Squadron RAF 25 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34061 || 21C161 || ''
No. 73 Squadron RAF 73 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34062 || 21C162 || ''
No. 17 Squadron RAF 17 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34063 || 21C163 || ''
No. 229 Squadron RAF 229 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34064 || 21C164 || ''
Fighter Command'' || || || ||
|-
| 34065 || 21C165 || ''
Hawker Hurricane Hurricane'' || || || ||
|-
| 34066 || 21C166 || ''
Supermarine Spitfire Spitfire'' || || || ||
|-
| 34067* || 21C167 || ''
RAF Tangmere Tangmere'' || || || ||C
|-
| 34068 || 21C168 || ''
RAF Kenley Kenley'' || || || ||
|-
| 34069 || 21C169 || ''
Hawkinge'' || || || ||
|-
| 34070* || 21C170 || ''
RAF Manston Manston'' || || || ||S
|-
| 34071 || - || ''
No. 601 Squadron RAF 601 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34072* || - || ''
No. 257 Squadron RAF 257 Squadron'' || || || ||C
|-
| 34073* || - || ''
No. 249 Squadron RAF 249 Squadron'' || || || ||S
|-
| 34074 || - || ''
No. 46 Squadron RAF 46 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34075 || - || ''
No. 264 Squadron RAF 264 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34076 || - || ''
No. 41 Squadron RAF 41 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34077 || - || ''
No. 603 Squadron RAF 603 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34078 || - || ''
No. 222 Squadron RAF 222 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34079 || - || ''
No. 141 Squadron RAF 141 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34080 || - || ''
No. 74 Squadron RAF 74 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34081* || - || ''
No. 92 Squadron RAF 92 Squadron'' || || || ||C
|-
| 34082 || - || ''
No. 615 Squadron RAF 615 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34083 || - || ''
No. 605 Squadron RAF 605 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34084 || - || ''
No. 253 Squadron RAF 253 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34085 || - || ''
No. 501 Squadron RAF 501 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34086 || - || ''
No. 219 Squadron RAF 219 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34087 || - || ''
No. 145 Squadron RAF 145 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34088 || - || ''
No. 213 Squadron RAF 213 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34089 || - || ''
No. 602 Squadron RAF 602 Squadron'' || || || ||
|-
| 34090 || - || ''
Sir Eustace Missenden, Southern Railway'' || || || ||
|-
| 34091 || - || ''
Weymouth'' || || || ||
|-
| 34092* || - || ''
City of Wells'' || || || ||C
|-
| 34093 || - || ''
Saunton'' || || || ||
|-
| 34094 || - || ''
Morthoe'' || || || ||
|-
| 34095 || - || ''
Brentor'' || || || ||
|-
| 34096 || - || ''
Trevone'' || || || ||
|-
| 34097 || - || ''
Holsworthy, Devon Holsworthy'' || || || ||
|-
| 34098 || - || ''
Templecombe'' || || || ||
|-
| 34099 || - || ''
Lynmouth'' || || || ||
|-
| 34100 || - || ''
Appledore'' || || || ||
|-
| 34101* || - || ''
Hartland, Devon Hartland'' || || || ||C
|-
| 34102 || - || ''
Lapford'' || || || ||
|-
| 34103 || - || ''
Calsock'' || || || ||
|-
| 34104 || - || ''
Bere Alston'' || || || ||
|-
| 34105* || - || ''
Swanage'' || || || ||C
|-
| 34106 || - || ''
Lydford'' || || || ||
|-
| 34107 || - || ''
Blandford Forum'' || || || ||
|-
| 34108 || - || ''
Wincanton'' || || || ||
|-
| 34109 || - || ''
Trafford Leigh-Mallory Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory'' || || || ||
|-
| 34110 || - || ''
No. 66 Squadron RAF 66 Squadron'' || || || ||
|}
External links
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