Southern Railway
4-6-2 'Battle of Britain' Class
No. 21C65 Hurricane and No. 34066 Spitfire
Designed by O.V.S. Bulleid

These locomotives were a continuation of the 'West Country' class but were named as a tribute to the personalities, aircraft, fighter stations and squadrons involved in the Battle of Britain, which was fought for the most part over the area served by the Southern Railway.

This highly detailed illustration has been produced with a lot of guidance from members of the Bulleid Society.

The print shows Hurricane in full Southern livery and Spitfire in late BR livery.

Print Details

Scale: 8mm/ft – 539mm over the buffers.

Paper size: 450mm x 690mm (17.75" x 27.5" approx).

Limited Edition Run: 500* – all prints signed and numbered.

Published: October 2004.

Price: UK & Europe £28,   Rest of the World £29.50
(Prices include post and packing)

Prints are rolled and sent in a postal tube.

* No more copies will be produced.

21C165 Hurricane

Hurricane is shown in the condition which it was named by Sir Frank Spriggs (Managing Director of Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co. Ltd.) at Waterloo Station on September 16th 1947. This was to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Battle of Britain. 'Hurricane' was one of only two locomotives to have a wedge shaped cab fitted with a two panel windows.

34066 Spitfire

Spitfire was one of the last of the unrebuilt light pacifics to remain in service on BR, not being withdrawn until September 1966. It was used to haul enthusiast specials marking the end of steam. It is shown here in BR days (1964) running with a cut- down tender.

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