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Taw Valley was built in 1946 at the SR’s Brighton Works and named after a river in Devon. It was originally allocated to Ramsgate where it entered service as SR number [[UIC classification | 21C127]]. The SR West Country 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 Battle of Britain classes were designed worked commuter services from Brighton. Following transfer to Salisbury in 1963, Taw Valley was withdrawn from service by Oliver BulleidBR in August 1964 and towed to [[Barry Scrapyard]].<br> ==34027 Taw Valley in preservation==After being saved from Barry, Taw Valley’s restoration began elsewhere. The locomotive was moved to the CME SVR in August 1985 by her then owners, Bert Hitchen and Brian Cooke.  ===First boiler ticket===Restoration was completed in October 1987 when trial running began. The locomotive entered service in June 1998, with a formal re-naming ceremony taking place on 4 June. Following a loaded test run from Derby to Sheffield and back in May 1989, Taw Valley spent a good deal of time [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | on the main line]] as well as on the SVR. This included regular excursions on the North Wales Coast Express in 1989 and 1990, and the Welsh Marches Express in 1991. In summer 1991, SVR News announced that Taw Valley was ''unlikely to return to the SVR after its current commitments''<ref>SVR News 99</ref>. A brief return to the SVR took place between July and early September 1992<ref>SVR News 103</ref>, following which the locomotive again left the Southern Railway (SR). Mileage as reported in SVR News was as follows:{| class="wikitable"! Year !! Mileage |-| 1987 || style="text-align:right;" | 574|-| 1988 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,416|-| 1989 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,425|-| 1990 || style="text-align:right;" | 11,525|-| 1991 || style="text-align:right;" | 660|-| 1992 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,070|-|} Note: The 1991 and 1992 mileage figures appear not to include main line working. Lighter Mileage post-1992 was not published in weight than their sister locomotivesSVR News. ===Second boiler ticket===By 2000, Taw Valley was again working on the Merchant Navy classmain line, they could be used notably appearing around the country that year in maroon livery as ‘Hogwarts Express’ to publicise the Harry Potter books which were then being published.  The locomotive arrived back on a wide variety of routes including in the southSVR on 11 April 2001, having been put up for sale by Bert Hitchen and acquired by long-standing SVR member Phil Swallow. The boiler was re-west stayed within this ticket during the summer of England and the Kent coast1982<ref>SVR News 141</ref>.

They were Main line running continued until May 2005. This included a mixed-traffic designnumber of rail tours in which the locomotive ran as sister locomotive 34045 Ottery St Mary. The locomotive also appeared in the Autumn Steam Gala of 2005 as 34036 Westward Ho, being used for both passenger and freight trains, and were rated 7P6F by British Railwaysthe last gala appearance before going out of ticket.<ref>SVR News 152</ref>.

Originally built with innovative features including airMileage as reported in SVR News was as follows:{| class="wikitable"! Year !! Mileage |-| 2001 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,210|-| 2002 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,357|-| 2003 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,302|-smoothed casings and chain| 2004 || style="text-driven valve gearalign:right;" | 7, many of the locomotives including 34027 were rebuilt by British Railways in the late 1950s.532|-| 2005 || style="text-align:right;" | TBA|-|}

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 reMileage pre-numbered 34027 by BR following nationalisation. In 1947 Taw Valley moved to Exmouth Junction, working mainly in Devon 2001 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 post 2004 was withdrawn from service by BR not published in August 1964 and towed to [[Barry Scrapyard]]SVR News.<br>

==34027 Taw Valley in preservation=Main line appearances===After being saved As noted above, Taw Valley spend considerable periods of time on the main line during both her first and second boiler tickets. The table below has been compiled from Barryvarious sources including Six Bells Junction, restoration began elsewhere but was completed at the UK Steam and SVR, where the locomotive entered serviceNews. However it may not be complete.

While in service{| class="wikitable"!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !! SVR News|-|12 May 1989|| || Derby - Sheffield + return || Loaded test run || ||93-19|-|02 Jul 1989|| || Crewe - Llandudno - Holyhead + return || First run || ||93-19|-|04 Jul 1989||North Wales Coast Express || Crewe - Llandudno - Holyhead + return || Various North Wales Coast Expresses around this time || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/890704_1.htm SBJ] |||-|16 Aug 1989||North Wales Coast Express || Crewe - Llandudno - Holyhead + return || Returned to SVR for ASG 23 September || ||94-41|-|13 Aug 1989||North Wales Coast Express || Crewe - Llandudno - Holyhead + return || Returned to SVR for ASG 23 September || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/890813_1.htm SBJ] |||-|11 Nov 1989||Robin Hood || Derby - London Marylebone || Low water at Banbury, fire dropped, later relit and continued. || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/891111df.htm SBJ] ||94-13|-|02 Dec 1989||William Shakespeare || Marylebone - Stratford + return || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/891202df.htm SBJ] ||95-36|-|30 Dec 1989|| || Marylebone - Stratford + return || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/891230fs.htm SBJ] ||95-37|-|20 Jan 1990||Robin Hood || Marylebone - Nottingham + return || Due to return from Marylebone 31 March (95-8) || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/900120fs.htm SBJ] |||-|16 Jul 1990||North Wales Coast Expres || Crewe - Holyhead - Crewe || "Successful season.." 97-23, winter at Holyhead 98-15 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/900716nw.htm SBJ] |||-|01 Aug 1990||North Wales Coast Expres || || || ||98-9|-|08 Aug 1990||North Wales Coast Express || || || [http://locoperformance.tripod.com/edition20/r34027hol1990.htm Locoperf] |||-|26 Aug 1990||North Wales Coast Express || || || ||97-52|-|09 Feb 1991||Welsh Marches Express || Crewe - Hereford || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/910209fs.htm SBJ] |||-|23 Feb 1991||Welsh Marches Express || Crewe - Shrewsbury - Hereford || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/910223_1.htm SBJ] |||-|12 Sep 1991||Shepway Festival || Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone Train Roads (multiple) || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/910912ns.htm SBJ] |||-|13 Sep 1991||Shepway Festival || Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone Train Roads (multiple) || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/910913ns.htm SBJ] |||-|19 Oct 1991||Fen Line Steam Weekend || Kings Lynn - Ely - Cambridge + return || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/911019fs.htm SBJ] |||-|30 Nov 1991||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Shrewsbury - Chester - Crewe || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/911130fs.htm SBJ] |||-|14 Dec 1991||Cumbrian Mountain Express || Lostock Hall Jn - S&C - Carlisle || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/911214fs.htm SBJ] |||-|08 Feb 1992||Cumbrian Mountain Express || Carlisle - S&C - Farington Jn || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/920208fs.htm SBJ] |||-|06 Jun 1992||Ashford 150 Festival Specials || Ashford - Appledore - Rye - Hastings + return (multiple) || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/920606n2.htm SBJ] |||-|19 Feb 1994||South Western Swansong || London Waterloo - Yeovil Junction + return || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/940219_1.htm SBJ] |||-|23 Feb 1994||Yorkshireman || Banbury-Sheffield || || [http://locoperformance.tripod.com/edition20/r34027shf1994.htm Locoperf] || |-|04 Mar 2000||Shap Attack || Crewe - Shap - Carlisle || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/000304sa.htm SBJ] |||-|08 Apr 2000||Cumbrian Mountain Express || Carlisle - Shap - Crewe || || UKS |||-|08 Jul 2000||Hogwarts Express Promotion Train || Kings Cross-Didcot-Kidderminster-Crewe || || UKS |||-|09 Jul 2000||Hogwarts Express Promotion Train || Crewe-Manchester-Bradford-York || || UKS |||-|10 Jul 2000||Hogwarts Express Promotion Train || York-Newcastle-Edinburgh || || UKS |||-|11 Jul 2000||Hogwarts Express Promotion Train || Edinburgh-Calisle-Preston || || UKS |||-|07 Oct 2000||Southern Scot || Crewe - Glasgow Central || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/001007pt.htm SBJ] |||-|14 Oct 2000||Cumbrian Taw Valley ran -Tourer || Workington - Barrow - Crewe || As "Hogwarts Express" || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/001014pt.htm SBJ] |||-|22 Dec 2001||Christmas Chester Chuffer || Birmingham Int'l - Crewe - Chester - Shrewsbury - Bham Int'l || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/011222pr.htm SBJ] ||139-13|-|29 Dec 2001||Cannon of Kent || Finsbury Park - Orpington. Cannon St. - Margate - Finsbury Park || Stalled leaving London || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/011229pr.htm SBJ] ||139-13|-|12 Oct 2002||Parisian Steam Express || Victoria - Dover || As 34045 "Ottery St. Mary". || UKS |||-|13 Oct 2002||Parisian Steam Express || Dover - Victoria || As 34045 "Ottery St. Mary". || UKS |||-|26 Jul 2003|| || Victoria-Oxford-Worcester-Oxford-Victoria || || UKS |||-|27 Jul 2003||V.S.O.E. Bournemouth Belle || London Victoria - Salisbury. Bournemouth - Southampton || As 34045 "Ottery St. Mary". Stalled leaving London || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/030727vs.htm SBJ] |||-|22 Aug 2003||Surrey Hills Luncheon || Victoria-Guildford-Victoria || As 34045 "Ottery St. Mary". || UKS |||-|06 Dec 2003||Lincolnshire Poacher || Preston-Doncaster, Doncaster-Manchester Vic || || UKS |||-|01 Sep 2004||Sunny South Special || Kensington Olympia - Weymouth - Clapham Junction || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/040901sd.htm SBJ] |||-|05 Sep 2004||Cathedrals Express || Waterloo-Salisbury-Exeter and Yevil Jc-Waterloo || || UKS |||-|06 Nov 2004|| || Victoria - Salisbury + return(?) || As 34045 "Ottery St. Mary". || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/041106bp.htm SBJ] |||-|19 Nov 2004|| || Victoria - Woking - Guildford - Victoria || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/041119bp.htm SBJ] |||-|06 Dec 2004||Surrey Hills Xmas Luncheon || Victoria - Woking - Guildford - Victoria || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/041206bp.htm SBJ] |||-|10 Dec 2004|| || Victoria - Woking - Guildford - Victoria || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/041210bp.htm SBJ] |||-|02 Mar 2005|| || Victoria - Bath Spa + return || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/050302bp.htm SBJ] |||-|11 Mar 2005|| || Victoria - Woking - Guildford - Victoria || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/050311bp.htm SBJ] |||-|27 Mar 2005||Cathedrals Express || Victoria - Canterbury + return || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/050327sd.htm SBJ] |||-|02 Apr 2005|| || Victoria - Oxford + return || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/050402bp.htm SBJ] |||-|14 Apr 2005||Downsman || Victoria - Woking - Guildford - Victoria || As 34045 "Ottery St. Mary". || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/050414hr.htm SBJ] |||-|20 Apr 2005||Cathedrals Express || Victoria - Bristol + return || As 34045 "Ottery St. Mary". || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/050420sd.htm SBJ] |||-|11 May 2005||Cathedrals Express || Waterloo - Littlehampton, Portsmouth Harbour - Waterloo || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/050511sa.htm SBJ] |||-|colspan="6"|<small>For further information on sources and references, see [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR-based locomotives which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line | The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]] as well as on the SVR. It sometimes ran numbered as sister locomotive 34045 Ottery St Mary, and also appeared as the ‘Hogwarts Express’ for a time.</small>|-|}

Following a length ===Present boiler ticket===Taw Valley’s heavy overhaul had begun by the spring of 2006<ref>SVR News 153</ref>. This overhaul, was completed in time for Taw Valley to re-entered enter service on 16 May 2015, hauling an incoming "British Pullman" railtour rail tour 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. Taw Valley is the only SVR steam locomotive, apart from 600 Gordon, equipped to work with air braked rolling stock.

Service history from fleetsteam.co.uk<br>