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[[File:TawValley_20150406.jpg |thumb|200px300px|right| 34027 Taw Valley]]
==34027 Taw Valley in service==
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.
Taw Valley was built in 1946 at the SR’s Brighton Works. It was originally allocated to Ramsgate where it entered service as SR number [[UIC classification | 21C127]]. The locomotive was re-numbered 34027 by BR 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 ‘Atlantic 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 Following transfer to Salisbury in 1963, Taw Valley was withdrawn from service by BR in August 1964 and towed to [[Barry scrap yardScrapyard]].<br>
==34027 Taw Valley in preservation==
Following a length overhaul, Taw Valley re-entered service on 16 May 2015, hauling an incoming "British Pullman" railtour consisting of 12 coaches and a Class 67 diesel from Bewdley to Bridgnorth,<ref>I. Walker, "Steam Locomotive Notes", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p. 28</ref> and an SVR service from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster.
==SourcesSee also==[[Steam Locomotives]] <br>[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]] ==References==
Service history from fleetsteam.co.uk
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