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SR 34053 Sir Keith Park

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34053 was stripped at Herston and moved to TYS where its boiler will be swapped with 34010's (overhauled at the NNR), SKP's will then be overhauled to run with Sidmouth

In August 2017 the SVR announced it had mutually agreed with [[Southern Locomotives Limited|SLL]] that the option to renew would not be actioned at the end of 2017, with 34053 moving to the Swanage Railway for the rest of the locomotive's certificate.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/34053-sir-keith-park SVRLive 23 August 2017]</ref> SKP ran her last SVR services on 2 January before winter maintenance works and her move to Swanage on 10 January 2018.<ref>SVR News 200</ref> 34053 recorded a total of 41,405 miles in preservation on the SVR. The reported total may include mileage on hire to other railways while resident here<ref>SVR News 210, SVR-based Steam Locomotive Mileage 2017-2019, Duncan Ballard.</ref>

~~34027~~ 34053 moved to the Spa Valley Railway in September 2020, remaining in service there until the end of the locomotive's boiler ticket in 2022. ~~SLL intended to carry out a 'fast track'~~ Its overhaul ~~which~~ will incorporate ~~the replacement~~ a swap of its current boiler by that of its classmate 34010 ''Sidmouth''~~, with an intended return to service on the Spa Valley Railway in 2023.~~<ref>[https://southern-locomotives.co.uk/News/news.html SLL Website News, May 2022 ''34053 Sir Keith Park''] (retrieved 17 August 2022)</ref> By , by coincidence, Sidmouth's boiler spent some years at [[Bridgnorth MPD]] where it was used as a 'template' during the overhaul of [[34027|Taw Valley]].

Sidmouth_Boiler_20150503.jpg|Boiler from 34010 Sidmouth at Bridgnorth (2015)

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