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On 31 August 2013 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>[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> SKP 34027 moved to the Spa Val;ley 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' overhaul which will incorporate the replacement of its current boiler by that of its classmate 34010 ''Sidmouth'', with an intended return to service on the summer 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 coincidence, Sidmouth's boiler spent some years at [[Bridgnorth MPD]] where it was used as a 'template' during the overhaul of 2020[[34027|Taw Valley]].<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Sidmouth_Boiler_20150503.jpg|Boiler from 34010 Sidmouth at Bridgnorth (2015)</gallery>
== See also ==
*[[Former Residents]] <br>*[[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events]]
==References==
== Links ==
*[http://www.southern-locomotives.co.uk/ Southern Locomotives Limited website]<br>*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_West_Country_and_Battle_of_Britain_classes SR West Country and Battle of Britain class locomotives on Wikipedia]
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