34034 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Honiton" (Ref: 010323)

Built in 1946 and pictured here c. 1952

34040 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Crewkerne" (Ref: 010324)

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34040 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Crewkerne" (Ref: 010325)

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34042 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Dorchester" (Ref: 010326)

Built in 1946 and pictured here at the time of its official naming in September 1948. Note the alternative livery with light stripes along the length of the loco and tender and British Railways written on the tender.

34046 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Braunton" (Ref: 010327)

Originally built in 1946 and pictured here after its rebuild in February 1959 which included the removal of the streamlined casing.

34048 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Crediton" (Ref: 010328)

The last West Country loco originally built in 1946 and pictured here after its rebuild in March 1959 which included the removal of the streamlined casing.

34050 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Royal Observer Corps" (Ref: 010329)

Originally built in 1946 and pictured here after its rebuild in August 1958 which included the removal of the streamlined casing.

Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No. 21C151 "Winston Churchill". (Ref: 010330)

As originally built in 1946.

34051 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Winston Churchill" (Ref: 010331)

Originally built in 1946 and seen here In BR livery

34051 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Winston Churchill" - Nameplate (Ref: 010332)

34051 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Winston Churchill" (Ref: 010333)

Pictured at Eastleigh in February 1967 where it had been stored after its withdrawal in September 1965 prior to its preservation. Note the number plate, nameplate and crest have been removed.

34051 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Winston Churchill" (Ref: 010334)

Looking in a sorry state from the rear at Eastleigh in 1967.

Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No. 21C155 "Fighter Pilot" - Naming. (Ref: 010335)

From left to right :- Group Captain Douglas Bader, DSO, DFC, Wing Commander W G Coulston DFC, and Air Chief Marshall Sir Keith Park GCB, at Brighton on September 19 1947

Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No. 21C157 "Biggin Hill" - Name Plate. (Ref: 010336)

Pictured on a snowy winter's day.

Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No. 21C158 "Sir Frederick Pile" Name Plate. (Ref: 010337)

Pictured c. April 1948 still bearing its Southern railway number but with "British Railways" adorning its tender.

34059 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Sir Archibald Sinclair" (Ref: 010338)

Photographed after its 1960 rebuild

34059 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Sir Archibald Sinclair" - Front End (Ref: 010339)

Photographed after its 1960 rebuild bearing the Reading shed plate 70E

Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No. 21C167 "Tangmere" - Naming. (Ref: 010340)

Photo shows left to right :- Wing Commander W G Clouston DFC, Col. Eric Gore Browne DSO OBE TD ADC, and Air Marshall Robert HMS Saunby KBE CB MC DFC AFC, at the naming ceremony of "Tangmere" at Brighton on September 19th 1947.

Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No. 21C168 "Kenley" Name Plate. (Ref: 010341)

34068 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Kenley" Nameplate Error (Ref: 010342)

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Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No. 21C168 "Kenley" (Ref: 010343)

As originally built in 1947

34069 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Hawkinge" Nameplate (Ref: 010344)

Built in 1947 and named in June 1948

34071 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "601 Squadron" (Ref: 010345)

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34075 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "264 Squadron" (Ref: 010346)

Built June 1948

34075 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "264 Squadron" - Front End (Ref: 010347)

Carrying the Shed Code 74B for Ramsgate.

34082 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "615 Squadron" Nameplate (Ref: 010348)

Built and officially named in autumn 1948.

34082 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "615 Squadron" (Ref: 010349)

Pictured in 1948 shortly after being built.

34087 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "145 Squadron" - Nameplate. (Ref: 010350)

Pictured in 1961 after the locomotive had been modified.

Sir Eustace Missenden, Chairman, Railway Executive 1948-51, greeting George Henry Leach G.M. (Ref: 010351)

Sir Eustace, on the left of the photograph, was General Manager of the Southern Railway from 1941 and Chairman of the Railway Executive upon nationalisation of the railways, a post he held until 1951. This photograph was taken at the naming ceremony of Battle of Britain class loco 34090, named in his honour at Waterloo on 15 February 1949.
He is shaking hands with George Henry Leach, Permanent Way Lengthman. Southern Railway who, with George Frederick Keen, Sub-Ganger, was awarded the George Medal for their heroic action in saving a blazing ammunition train of some fifty wagons at Tongham on the night of 22 August 1940. The train was one of a number that were normally kept on the move around the south of England, standing by in case the threatened German invasion happened. Whether by luck or judgment, a lone raider caught the train in a siding, setting the first two trucks of the train on fire by a shower of incendiary bombs. George Keen and George Leach organized the rescue operation, aided by firemen, soldiers, policemen, fellow railway men and local people and, over a two hour period during which the burning wagons were exploding and debris was shooting in all directions, they managed to uncouple the untouched trucks and manhandle them to safety. Had they not been successful the fire could have taken greater hold on the train and the resulting explosion and fires could have devastated the village and area for miles around. Both men acted quite regardless of their own safety and at very considerable personal risk.

British Railways 1949. Former Southern Railway Staff being presented to Sir Eustace Missenden - Chairman, Railway Executive 1948-51. (Ref: 010352)

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34090 Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "Sir Eustace Missenden". (Ref: 010353)

This photograph shows Sir Eustace, Chair of the Railway Executive, on the footplate of Battle of Britain class loco 34090 after naming in his honour at Waterloo on 15 February 1949.

Sir Eustace Missenden - Chairman, Railway Executive 1948-51 and Southern Region managers 1949. (Ref: 010354)

Naming ceremony of Battle of Britain class engine 34090 "Sir Eustace Missenden" at Waterloo on 15.2.49. Photograph shows left to right: Mr T E Grimes, Supt of Motive Power; Mr H L Smedley, Legal Adviser & Solicitor Railway Executive; W J England, ex-Supt of Operations; H E O Wheeler, ex-Supt of Operations; R G Davidson, ex-Chief Accountant; O W Cromwell, Chief Officer for Labour & Establishment; R M T Richards OBE, Deputy CRO, Sir Eustace Missenden OBE Chairman of the Railway Executive; O V Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer; John Elliot, Chief Regional Officer; S W Smart OBE, Supt of Operations; R P Biddle CBE, Docks & Marine Manager Southampton; C Graseman, Public Relations & Adv Officer.533/4/66.

34091 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Weymouth" (Ref: 010355)

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34091 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Weymouth" (Ref: 010356)

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34091 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Weymouth" (Ref: 010357)

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34091 West Country Class 4-6-2 "Weymouth" - Nameplate (Ref: 010358)

Pictured at the naming ceremony at Weymouth Station on 29th December 1949.