BR Battle of Britain class 34073 249 Squadron

SR Battle of Britain class 34073 249 Squadron is one of 20 surviving Bulleid light pacifics.

Built-in May 1948 as a British Railways-built example of a Southern Railway design, and named after the RAF's 249 Squadron, it remained in service until June 1964,[1] after which it was ultimately sold the following year to Woodham Brothers Scrapyard.

[2] It awaited restoration at Ian Riley's workshop, Bury before moving into storage at Carnforth.

The locomotive was stored at Ropley on the Mid Hants Railway for a number of years, while awaiting a decision about its restoration.

Some time around May 2006 the locomotive left the Mid Hants in order to donate parts of its valve gear to sibling engine 34067 Tangmere (which had suffered a catastrophic failure while hauling a mainline excursion, causing its valve gear oil-bath to be punctured).