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SR 34027 Taw Valley

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[[File:{{Infobox southern steam loco|image = TawValley_20150406.jpg |caption = 34027 at Bridgnorth in 2015|construc = SR Brighton Works|thumbwheels = 4-6-2|300pxrating = 7P6F|rightstatus = In Service| locono = 34027 Taw Valley]]|othernos = SR 21C127|designed = Oliver Bulleid|locotype = '''SR West Country Class'''|built = 1946|years1 = 1964|events1 = Withdrawn by BR|years2 = 1985|events2 = Arrived on SVR|years3 = 1998|events3 = Entered service on SVR|years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = |length = 67ft 4¾"|weight = 86t}} 
34027 Taw Valley is a SR West Country Class 4-2-6 'Pacific' designed by Oliver Bulleid, 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. They were a mixed-traffic design, being used for both passenger and freight trains, and were rated 7P6F by British Railways. Originally built with innovative features including air-smoothed casings and chain-driven valve gear, many of the locomotives including 34027 were rebuilt by British Railways in the late 1950s.
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== Links ==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_West_Country_and_Battle_of_Britain_classes SR West Country and Battle of Britain class locomotives on Wikipedia]
[[Category:Operational steam locomotives]]
[[Category:Locomotives at Bridgnorth]]

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