Bulleid Light Pacifics on the S&D
Westward Ho, above: seemingly not a regular on the S&D.
I've seen lists of the Bulleid WC and BoB classes which ran on the S&D, but I can never find them when I want them. As much for my own reference purposes as anything else, as I look to renaming some of my examples of these locos, I thought I'd have a go at compiling a non-exhaustive list.
I went through all four volumes of Ivo Peters' photo albums on the S&D in the 50s and 60s and noted all the WC/BoB classes I could find, in both "unrebuilt" and rebuilt condition.
The majority are the unrebuilt locos, listed here in rough order of initial appearance in the volumes:
34109 Trafford Leigh Mallory
34040 Crewkerne
34041 Wilton
34042 Dorchester
34043 Combe Martin
34093 Saunton
34037 Clovelly
34044 Woolacomb
34095 Brentor
34107 Blandford Forum
34110 66 Squadron
34108 Wincanton
34102 Lapford
34103 Calstock
34067 Tangmere
34079 141 Squadron
34051 Winston Churchill * see comments
34105 Swanage * see comments
and just before closure:
34006 Bude
34057 Biggin Hill
The Rebuilt locos that I noted were:
34039 Boscastle
34028 Eddystone
34042 Dorchester
34046 Braunton
34029 Lundy
34045 Ottery St Mary * see comments
I made no distinction between locos which were regulars, and those which only showed once or twice, as any loco that ran over the S&D at any point is fair
game to me in modelling terms. If anyone has any further observations, such as engines that didn't appear in the Peters volumes, or which I may have missed,
I'd be happy to add them,
I have currently acquired two of Hornby's 34107, so I'm looking at carefully at renaming options based on the cab type and tender. My other unrebuilt loco
in BR condition is Tangmere, which does appear in the list, albeit as a rare visitor. I may look at renumbering it to a more typical example. As for my three
rebuilt members, I don't think any of them are suitable as they stand, so they'll join the queue as well.
The Bulleid Society has a very useful table showing build details and modification dates for the class:
https://www.bulleidsociety.org/OVS_Bulleid/OVSB_Light_Pacifics.html
I'd also recommend Graham Muspratt's very handy blog pages, for the ins-and-outs on deflector types, cabs and so on, and how to model them.
Edited by Barry Ten
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