Southern Locomotives Ltd

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

## Locomotives

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Number  | Class  | Built  | Rebuilt  | Withdrawn  | Status  | Current Location  | Photograph  | Notes

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34010 Sidmouth  | SR West Country class 4-6-2  | Sept 1945  | Feb 1959  | Mar 1965  | Under Restoration  | Sellindge, Kent  |  | Being restored from scrapyard condition.
34028 Eddystone  | SR West Country class 4-6-2  | Apr 1946  | Aug 1957  | May 1964  | Operational  | Swanage Railway  |  | 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 4-6-2  | Jan 1947  | Nov 1958  | Oct 1965  | Operational  | Herston Works, Swanage Railway |  | 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 4-6-2  | Apr 1947  | Nov 1960  | Oct 1964  | Under restoration  | Sellindge, Kent  |  | Transferred from Mid Hants Railway late 2023
34070 Manston  | SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2  | Nov 1947  | \-  | Aug 1964  | Operational  | Swanage Railway  |  | 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 4-6-2  | Apr 1948  | \-  | Jun 1964  | Operational  | Spa Valley Railway  |  | 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 1948  | Dec 1956  | Aug 1964  | Under restoration  | Sellindge, Kent  |  | Southern Locomotives became the custodian of this Locomotive in 2020 to safeguard it for the future[1]
80104  | BR Standard 4 2-6-4T  | Mar 1955  | N/A  | Jul 1965  | Under Overhaul  | Tyseley/Swanage  |  | Boiler ticket expired May 2021. Under overhaul at Tyseley as of March 2025
WD5050
Norman  | Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST | 1943  | N/A  | \-  | Under Overhaul  | Sellindge, Kent  |  | Robert 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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* 31178 SECR P class; sold to the Bluebell Railway
* 35022 Holland-America Line, SR Merchant Navy class; sold to Jeremy Hosking as spares for 35027
* 35027 Port Line, SR Merchant Navy class; sold to Jeremy Hosking for overhaul to mainline condition
* 80078 BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank; sold to a private buyer in October 2012

## References

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### Notes

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

## External links

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* Southern Locomotives Ltd

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