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The SR 'West Country' and 'Battle of Britain' classes were designed by Oliver Bulleid, the CME of the Southern Railway (SR). Lighter than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy class, they could be used on a wider 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 classified 7P6F by British Railways.

34053 left Barry in 1984. Evidence of her time spent there can still be seen today in the form of the words "Sold Mr Woodham" which are visible on the lower left slide bar. After various owners and lengthy periods in store, restoration was finally completed by [[Southern Locomotives Limited]] (SLL) in May 2012at a cost of £773,000. Having no need of the locomotive at Swanage, agreement was reached for 34053 to come to the SVR, with the agreement carrying a break clause every two years. The locomotive arrived at Bridgnorth on 10 May and after some 'fine tuning', during running-in pulled its first passenger train in 47 years on 31 July by assisting a struggling [[GWR 5700 Class 3650]]. It entered service in on 24 August.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2419 SVR Forum]</ref>  On 31 August 20122013 a recommissioning ceremony was held at [[Kidderminster]] attended by three aircrew who served during the Battle of Britain and the New Zealand High Commissioner, Sir Lockwood Smith. The return to [[Kidderminster]] saw the New Zealand High Commissioner on the footplate. The ceremony welcome pack can be viewed [http://www.southern-locomotives.co.uk/News/SKP_Welcome%20Pack.pdf here].  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>[httphttps://www.svrlive.com/34053-sir-keith-park SVRLive 23 August 2017]</ref> SKP ran her last SVR services on 2 January 2018 before winter maintenance works and her move to Swanageon 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> SKP moved to the Spa Val;ley Railway in the summer of 2020.

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