Southern Locomotives Ltd

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Southern Locomotives Ltd is a not for profit organisation that restores, maintains and runs steam locomotives. It is based at Herston, Swanage, Dorset.

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Locomotives

NumberClassBuiltRebuiltWithdrawnStatusCurrent LocationPhotographNotes
34010 Sidmouth SR West Country class 4-6-2Sept 1945Feb 1959Mar 1965Under RestorationSellindge, Kent Hook Ocean Liner express geograph-2967269-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg Being restored from scrapyard condition.
34028 Eddystone SR West Country class 4-6-2Apr 1946Aug 1957May 1964OperationalSwanage Railway West Country class 34028 Eddystone at Hastings, Ashford 150.jpg Returned to service in May 2021 after a 10-year overhaul. Boiler Ticket Expires: 2031. Being prepared for mainline railtour operation at Herston Works as of March 2025
34053 Sir Keith Park SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2Jan 1947Nov 1958Oct 1965OperationalHerston Works, Swanage Railway 34053 Sir Keith Park at Bridgnorth.jpg Moved from its previous base at the Severn Valley Railway to the Swanage Railway in January 2018. Under overhaul at Herston Works, Swanage Railway as of December 2022, Operation at the Spa Valley Railway as of September 2024. Temporarily renamed to 303 Squadron.
34058 Sir Frederick Pile SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2Apr 1947Nov 1960Oct 1964Under restorationSellindge, Kent SR WC 4-6-2 34058 Sir Frederick Pile, Bitton, AVR, April 2006 P4030035 (9922504613).jpg Transferred from Mid Hants Railway late 2023
34070 Manston SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2Nov 1947-Aug 1964OperationalSwanage Railway Southern Railway Battle of Britain Class '34070' "Manston" - September 2023.jpg Overhauled after repairs to front end following low speed collision with 80104 on Swanage Railway in 2017.
Completed in 2022
34072 "257 Squadron" SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2Apr 1948-Jun 1964OperationalSpa Valley Railway 34072 257 Squadron 2019.jpg Recently returned to service following the completion of its recent overhaul. Boiler Ticket Expires: 2027. Announced 5th December 2022 that it would stay based at Spa Valley Railway, after being brought in for the Polar Express. Transferred to the Mid Hants Railway in July 2024. Returned to Swanage Railway as of March 2025.
35025 Brocklebank Line SR Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 Jan 1948Dec 1956Aug 1964Under restorationSellindge, Kent BR(SR) Jarvis rebuild of SR Bulleid "Merchant Navy" (or "MN") Class 4-6-2 No.35025.jpg Southern Locomotives became the custodian of this Locomotive in 2020 to safeguard it for the future [1]
80104 BR Standard 4 2-6-4TMar 1955N/AJul 1965Under OverhaulTyseley/Swanage BR Standard Class 4 80104 (9687923192).jpg Boiler ticket expired May 2021. Under overhaul at Tyseley as of March 2025
WD5050
Norman
Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST 1943N/A-Under OverhaulSellindge, KentRobert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd.
Works nbr. 7086. Under overhaul at Sellindge as of March 2025

Locomotives sold by Southern Locomotives Ltd

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  1. "Southern Locomotives Ltd | Latest News". www.southern-locomotives.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2020.