34101 Hartland, SR West Country Class

Running number (BR/operator)	34101
Name	Hartland
Locomotive class	SR West Country / Battle of Britain
Owner / preservation society	Private
Operating status	Heritage railway service / overhaul cycles
Current livery	BR Brunswick green
Withdrawn from BR	1966
Preservation date	1988
Year built	1950

A preserved SR West Country Class 4-6-2 Pacific, built at Brighton Works in 1950, an unrebuilt Bulleid Light Pacific. Withdrawn from British Railways service in 1966. Rescued from Woodham Brothers' scrapyard at Barry, South Wales in 1988.

Hartland is currently under long-term restoration, owned by Southern Locomotives Ltd.

Last recorded as stored / under restoration, owned by Southern Locomotives Ltd. Operating status: Under restoration.

Location, livery and operating status last confirmed pre-2024 and subject to change. Check with the owning organisation or heritage railway for current information.

Notable history

34101 Hartland was built at Brighton Works in 1950 as one of the later batch of West Country class locomotives, unrebuilt and retaining original Bulleid air-smoothed casing. Withdrawn from BR service in 1966 and rescued from Barry scrapyard in 1988. Currently under long-term restoration at the Sellinge site in Kent by Southern Locomotives Ltd, one of several Bulleid Pacifics in various stages of restoration or storage in the SLL collection.

Additional notes

Location, livery and status last confirmed pre-2024, subject to verification.