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This loco had been re-numbered/named 'Templecombe' to commemorate the 50 years that the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway has been closed. Templecombe had been allocated to the S&D to work the heavily graded Bournemouth to Bath line. Which in a number of places was single line the line and also passed through the town of Templecombe. Hav .. More |
BR BB
Steam locomotive
| Build: | SR, BR 1945−1951 (110) |
| Refurbished: | SR 1955 - 1961 (60) |
| Gauge: | 1435 mm |
| Whyte notation:: | 4-6-2 |
| UIC axles: | 2'C1' h3 |
| Length: | 20.54 m |
| Weight: | 93 t |
| Tractive effort: | 123 kN |
| Source: | en.wikipedia.org |
Career
 | BR West Country | British Railways Board | 4 |
| SR Battle of Britain | Southern Railway | 5 |
| SVR West Country | Severn Valley Railway | 1 |
