4-6-2 light pacific West Country Class 34027 ‘Taw Valley’ with the 1325 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster service is seen on the Severn Valley Railway between Victoria Bridge and Arley on Sunday 22-05-2016.
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4-6-2 light pacific West Country Class 34027 ‘Taw Valley’ with the 1325 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster service is seen on the Severn Valley Railway between Victoria Bridge and Arley on Sunday 22-05-2016.
Just to make people aware from the outset, that I have Photoshopped Class 57 57311 from behind the steam loco.
34046 "Braunton" bursting out of Parsons Tunnel, hauling the 1Z72 Woking-Kingswear English Riviera Express.
Saturday 3rd May 2025 saw the first of the years public railtours to visit Devon. The English Riviera Express (1Z82 0634 Poole to Kingswear (for Dartmouth)) worked by SR Bulleid 'West Country Class' 4-6-2 No: 34046 'BRAUNTON' joined by 57311 and 47810 due to the risk of lineside fire.
I watched her go by at Waterside, Paignton on the Dartmouth Steam Railway where I also got to capture the 12:25 Paignton to Kingswear and 12:55 Kingswear to Paignton services worked by 75014 'Braveheart'.
Saturday 3rd May 2025 saw the first of the years public railtours to visit Devon. The English Riviera Express (1Z82 0634 Poole to Kingswear (for Dartmouth)) worked by SR Bulleid 'West Country Class' 4-6-2 No: 34046 'BRAUNTON' joined by 57311 and 47810 due to the risk of lineside fire.
I watched her go by at Waterside, Paignton on the Dartmouth Steam Railway where I also got to capture the 12:25 Paignton to Kingswear and 12:55 Kingswear to Paignton services worked by 75014 'Braveheart'.
SR 4-6-2 "West Country" Class No. 34028 ‘Eddystone’ crosses Corfe Viaduct with the delayed 1600 Norden to Swanage service on Thursday 05-05-2022.
Driving wheel of Bulleid PAcific at the Mi-Hants Raileay
34027 "Taw Valley" is being prepared in Haworth Yard prior to taking up its day's duties on its (so far) one and only visit to the Worth Valley. 5/4/92.
The photographer is unknown. A digitally restored image from an original negative in my collection.
15.3.2025.
SR Bulleid 'West Country' Class 4-6-2 No 34092 'City of Wells' pilots LMS Stanier Class 5MT 4-6-0 No 44871 away from Ramsbottom with the 13.15 Heywood - Rawtenstall passenger service.
ELR - Legends of Steam.
15.3.2025.
SR Bulleid 'West Country' Class 4-6-2 No 34092 'City of Wells' moves off shed and passes Bury South signal box as it approaches the station ready for the 11.00 departure for Rawtenstall.
ELR - Legends of Steam.
Rebuilt Bulleid light pacific No. 34039 'BOSCASTLE' is seen under restoration in Loughborough Shed, on January 25th 2025.
She was built at Brighton as 21C139, entering service on September 16th 1946. Her first allocation was Stewarts Lane (BAT).
She underwent conversion from her original 'spam can' condition at Eastleigh works, between November 1958, and January 1959.
Subsequent allocations as follows:-
Brighton (BTN) October 1948
Recoded 75A January 1950
Stratford (30A) April 1951
Brighton (75A) June 1952
Bournemouth (71B) February 1959
Eastleigh (71A) September 1962
Recoded 70D September 1963
She was withdrawn in May 1965, and sold to Woodham Brothers, Barry, for scrap. She arrived there in September 1965.
She was purchased for preservation, and moved to the Great Central Railway, Loughborough, where she arrived on January 22nd 1973.
She moved under her own power for the first time in preservation on November 7th 1992.
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SR West Country Class 4-6-2 No. 34007 WADEBRIDGE at Kidderminster during an unseasonably cold snap on 24th March 2013.
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34046 'Braunton' at Haywards Heath Station whilst on a mainline excursion from Three Bridges to Bath back in December 2024.
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35028 'Clan Line' on the mainline shortly after departing Haywards Heath Station, on a run from Three Bridges to Bath in December 2024.
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