steam engine
The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as Light Pacifics or informally as Spam Cans, are air-smoothed 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid. Incorporating a number of new developments in British steam locomotive technology, they were amongst the first British designs to use welding in the construction process, and to use steel fireboxes, which meant that components could be more easily constructed under wartime austerity and post-war economy. 20 of these locomotives were saved from the scrapyard, and to date (2018) sixteen of them have run in the preservation era. 34067 Tangmere was returned to steam in 2003 and is regularly used on the UK mainline hauling special charter trains.
Size: 2974px × 4469px
Location: eastbourne station
Photo credit: © patrick nairne / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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