GALLERY
A collection of photos of No. 21C123/34023, Blackmoor Vale taken through its life.
For further pictures of No. 21C23 in preservation the following photographer's photo sites are recommended.
Jon Bowers 
Derek Hayward
Southern and British Railways 1946 - 1967
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| 21C123 at Stewarts Lane, Saturday 13th April 1946. Photo © Pursey Short |
21C123 at Stewarts Lane, Saturday 13th April 1946. Photo © Pursey Short |
34023 at Woking on the 10:45 Waterloo to Seaton and Lyme Regis, 18th August 1962. Photo © Don Benn |
34023 passes Surbiton with the 2:54 pm Waterloo to Salisbury on a very warm Bank Holiday Friday, 15th May 1964 Photo © Don Benn |
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| 34023 arrives at Yeovil Junction with the 1:50pm to Waterloo, 10:48am ex Torrington, Atlantic Coast Express, 27th June 1964. Photo © Don Benn |
34023 at Weymouth with the 18.30 to Waterloo, 27th March 1965. Photo © Roger Merry- Price |
34023 arrives at Basingstoke with the 6pm Waterloo to Salisbury, 29th April 1966. Photo © Don Benn |
34023, in utterly appaling condition, stands at Basingstoke with the 6pm Waterloo to Salisbury, 29th April 1966. Photo © Don Benn |
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| 34023 at Eastleigh works undergoing a light casual overhaul, 9th August 1966. Photo © Southern Images |
34023 hauling the Dorset and Hants Railtour, 16th October 1966. Photo © Keith Harwood |
34023 at Nine Elms. Photo © Keith Harwood |
34023 at Nine Elms. Photo © Keith Harwood |
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| 34023 coaling at Bournemouth. Photo © Mike Esau |
34023 and 35023 climb Upwey Bank, 19th November 1966. Photo © Tim Stephens |
34023 and 35023 climb Upwey Bank, 19th November 1966. Photo © Tim Stephens |
34023 passing Weybridge at 18:28 with a Southampton train, 13th May 1967. Photo © Tim Stephens |
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| 34023 passes through Woking cutting 10.35 Waterloo to Bournemouth, 3rd June 1967. Photo © Tim Stephens |
34023 passes through Farnborough with 10.35 Waterloo to Bournemouth, 3rd June 1967. Photo © John Barrance |
34023 passes Vauxhall station, 3rd June 1967. Photo © John Sands |
34023 drifts towards Vauxhall station with the up Bournemouth Belle, 16th June 1967. Photo © Geoff Catlin |
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| 34023 hauling the up Bournemouth Belle through Vauxhall Station, 16th June 1967. Photo © Geoff Catlin |
34023 running 'light engine', tender first, just north of Vauxhall Station en-route to Nine Elms, 16th June 1967. Photo © Geoff Catlin |
34023 at Radipole, climbing out of Weymouth, mid-June 1967 Photo © Alan Costello |
34023 at Weymouth mpd, 1967. Photo © Bulleid Society |
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| 34023 at Nine Elms, July 1967. Photo © Bulleid Society |
34023 at Weymouth mpd, date unknown. Photo © Mike Morant |
34023 at Hook, date unknown. Photo © Mike Morant |
34023 at Bournemouth, date unknown. Photo © John Fry Collection |
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| 34023 Wallers Ash tunnel on up train, date unknown. Photo © John Fry Collection |
34023 leaving Basingstoke for Oxford, date unknown. Photo © John Fry Collection |
34023 at Bournemouth, June 1967. Photo © Peter Backus |
34023 at Nine Elms, 1967. Photo © Mike Morant |
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Preservation
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| 34023 at Longmoor - Bullied Commemorative Railtour, 8th June 1968 Photo © Alan Costello |
34023 at Longmoor - Bullied Commemorative Railtour, 8th June 1968 Photo © Alan Costello |
21C123 at Sheffield Park,1973. Photo © Alan Costello |
21C123 undergoing restoration, 1974. Photo © Michael Taylor |
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| 21C123 undergioing restoration at Sheffield Park, 1975. Photo © Matthew Cousins |
21C123 on a test trip, 1975. Photo © Russell Pierce |
21C123 on a test trip at Horsted Keynes, 1975 Photo © Russell Pierce |
21C123 in Sheffield Park Works,1976. Photo © Russell Pierce |
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| 21C123 in Sheffield Park Works,1976. Photo © Russell Pierce |
21C123 at Sheffield Park, May 1976. Photo © Russell Pierce |
21C123 at Sheffield Park, May 1976. Photo © Russell Pierce |
21C123 at Sheffield Park, May 1976. Photo © Russell Pierce |
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| 21C123 in service near Rock Cutting, 1976. Photo © Russell Pierce |
21C123 prepared for a wedding train, 1976. Photo © Russell Pierce |
21C123 taking on water at Sheffield Park,1976. Photo © Mike Esau |
21C123 at Sheffield Park,1976. Photo © Mike Esau |
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| 21C123 at Horsted Keynes, 15th May 1976. Photo © Mike Esau |
21C123 double heading with SECR C Class, 15th May 1976. Photo © Mike Esau |
21C123 at Sheffield Park, 21st July 1976. Photo © Michael Taylor |
21C123 with the Jubilee Special, June 1977. Photo © Russell Pierce |
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| 21C123 on a service train, 1978. Photo © Russell Pierce |
21C123 heading towards Horsted Keynes. Photo © Russell Pierce |
21C123 at Shefield Park, 11th July 1982. Photo © Allan Costello |
21C123 bringing a train into Shefield Park, 11th July 1982. Photo © Allan Costello |
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| 21C123 taking water at Shefield Park, 11th July 1982. Photo © Allan Costello |
21C123's nameplate, 11th July 1982. Photo © Allan Costello |
34023 awaiting overhaul, 29th October 1986. Photo © Allan Costello |
21C123 on the Bluebell, 22nd September 2000. Photo © David Knight |
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| 21C123 on the Bluebell, 22nd September 2000. Photo © David Knight |
21C123 on the Bluebell, 22nd September 2000. Photo © David Knight |
Receiving some last minute attention in the shed, Sheffield Park, 12th May 2001. Photo © Andrew Wren |
Backing out from the sheds, Sheffield Park, 12th May 2001. Photo © Andrew Wren |
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| Approaching the platform, Sheffield Park, 12th May 2001. Photo © Andrew Wren |
21C123 and 34081 ‘92 Squadron’ ascend Freshfield Bank with the 11 coach train, 28th July 2001. Photo © Jon Bowers |
21C123 rounds the curve and enters Lindfield Wood with the 3.45pm, 27th July 2002. Photo © Jon Bowers |
21C123 heads the 11.00 from Sheffield Park downhill towards Tremains, 14th September 2002. Photo © Jon Bowers |
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| Tony Leaver at the regulator of 21C123, 18th May 2003. Photo © Jon Bowers |
21C123 hauling the 14.30 north of Horsted Keynes, 26th May 2003. Photo © Andrew Wren |
21C123 North of Horsted Keynes, 26th May 2003. Photo © Andrew Wren |
21C123 at Ketches Wood hauling the Golden Arrow Pullman, 18th October 2003. Photo © Roger Cruse |
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| 21C123, Sheffield Park. Photo © Peter Backus |
21C123, Sheffield Park. Photo © Peter Backus |
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