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SR 34053 Sir Keith Park

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[[File: {{Infobox steam loco|image = SR_34053_20120922.jpg |thumbcaption = 34053 at Highley in 2012|300pxconstruc = SR Brighton Works|rightwheels = 4-6-2|rating = 7P6F| status = In Service|locono = 34053 Sir Keith Park]]|othernos = SR 21C153|designed =Oliver Bulleid|locotype =34053 Sir Keith Park in '''SR Battle Of Britain Class'''|built = 1947|years1 = 1966|events1 = Withdrawn by BR|years2 = 1984|events2 = Left Barry|years3 = 2012|events3 = Entered serviceon SVR|years4 =|events4 =|years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = |length = 67ft 4¾"|weight = 86t}} The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes were designed by Oliver Bulleid, the CME of the Southern Railway (SR). Lighter in weight than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy class, they could be used on a wide 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 7P6F by British Railways.
Originally built with innovative features including air-smoothed casings and chain-driven valve gear, many of the locomotives including 34053 were rebuilt by British Railways in the late 1950s.
==34053 Sir Keith Park in service==
34053 was built in 1946 at the SR’s Brighton Works and entered service as SR no [[UIC classification | 21C153]]. It was originally allocated to Salisbury MPD but also worked from the Stewarts Lane depot, where it hauled prestige services such as the Golden Arrow on many occasions. In 1960 it was transferred to Bournemouth, where it often hauled the Pines Express on the Somerset & Dorset Railway.
== 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]
[[Category:Operational steam locomotives]]
[[Category:Locomotives at Bridgnorth]]

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