Locoshed pages for Manston |
|
Bullied Light Pacific 34070 Manston in regular service
Southern Locomotive Ltd's unrebuilt Bulleid Pacific locomotive Manston running under its own power for the first time since 1964 at Swanage on 11th September 2008.
Our Manston pages are broken down as follows:
Manston introduction
Manston on the Swanage Railway
Please select from the above links to view more information. Unrebuilt Battle of Britain class Bulleid light pacific 34070 Manston was built at Brighton locomotive works, emerging in November 1947. The Bullied Pacifics were affectionately known as "Spam Cans" due to their streamlined boiler casing. They were built to pull express passenger trains between London, Southampton, Bournemouth and Weymouth as well as the London, Salisbury and Exeter line. Manston was the last Bullied Pacific to be built using Oliver Bullied's unusual numbering system. 21C70 was the last locomotive to be built by the Southern Railway before nationalisation in 1948. The engine was allocated to Ramsgate to work mainline services into London. On 31 May 1948, Manston made railway history when it hauled the very first Thanet Pullman between Ramsgate and London Victoria. The locomotive was renumbered 34070 under the British Railways scheme and transferred to Stewarts Lane motive power depot in London to work Southern region's Eastern Section to Folkestone and Dover. It also hauled trains on the Central Section to Brighton. In 1955, Manston was transferred to Dover where it started to haul Continental boat trains including the Night Ferry. In 1961, it was returned to Stewarts Lane following electrification of the Kent Coast lines. It ended its service life at Exmouth Junction shed in Devon. There it worked lines in Devon and Cornwall as well as the main line between Exeter and Salisbury. Manston was withdrawn from British Railways service in August 1964 and sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry for dismantling.
Key Facts
|
Accessibility