Preserved Modified Bulleid WC/BB 'West Country' and
'Battle of Britain' class 4-6-2

34027 Taw Valley is seen here between Egham and Virginia Water working a VSOE special sometime during 1999. photograph by Jonathan Hall

Although this photograph was taken against harsh light the side top detail of the modified tender behind Taw Valley can be seen. Pictured at London Bridge 1999. photograph by Jonathan Hall

Southern rolling stock in preservation is now not only to be found in the south of England! In fact the Great Central Railway and the North York Moors Railway have creditable collections of SR locos. Here Boscastle - one of the West Country class locos never to have carried a crest - departs Rothley station on the GCR.

East Meets West in the Midlands - LNER 04/1, a 1911 Robinson designed 2-8-0, No.63601 and re-built West Country 34039 Boscastle on shed at Loughborough.

34016 Bodmin has long been based on the Mid-Hants Railway. She is seen here departing Ropley towards Medstead & Four Marks sometime during the early 1980s. photograph by Colin Duff

With steam swirling in the frosty atmosphere Bodmin is working tender first out of Alton towards Medstead & Four Marks on a Santa Special on the 6th December 1987. photograph by Colin Duff

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