Enjoyed the review, great locomotive, I like the streamlined version. but the rebuilt ones are growing on me. They were built for the main lines to the southwest of the Southern Railway (Later Southern Region of BR), famously the Bournemouth Belle. The Light Pacific (Battle of Britain and West Country Classes) locomotives were built to permit use on a wider variety of routes, including the south-west of England and the Kent coast. They were a mixed-traffic design, being equally adept at hauling passenger and freight trains, e.g. the post WW2 Devon Belle ....Drew
Enjoyed the review, great locomotive, I like the streamlined version. but the rebuilt ones are growing on me. They were built for the main lines to the southwest of the Southern Railway (Later Southern Region of BR), famously the Bournemouth Belle. The Light Pacific (Battle of Britain and West Country Classes) locomotives were built to permit use on a wider variety of routes, including the south-west of England and the Kent coast. They were a mixed-traffic design, being equally adept at hauling passenger and freight trains, e.g. the post WW2 Devon Belle ....Drew
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