- Class: West Country
- Wheels: 4-6-2
- Built: 1946
- Numbers Carried: 21C123, ‘Blackmoor Vale’, 34023, ‘Blackmore Vale’
- Restoration Completed: 1976
- Last Overhaul Completed: 2000
- Last Operational: 25 May 2008
- Current Status: Under overhaul
- Owned By: The Bulleid Society
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Bulleid’s Light Pacifics were revolutionary in many respects, and brought a great enhancement of available power to lightly laid West Country lines which hitherto had been unable to accept the more modern Southern Railway express locos. Many Bulleid Pacifics are preserved thanks to Barry scrapyard, but ‘Blackmoor Vale’ came to the Bluebell via initial preservation at Longmoor, having been one of the last Bulleid Pacifics running on BR. Unlike many of its classmates, it was not rebuilt, retaining Bulleid’s “air-smoothed” casing and oil-bath-enclosed valve gear.
Having operated for a decade following restoration in 1976, the locomotive returned to steam for a second time, following a comprehensive overhaul, being recommissioned on 19th August 2000. For its next overhaul a replacement firebox has already been constructed, and dismantling of the locomotive commenced in 2024.
