SR Battle of Britain class 21C151 Winston Churchill

preserved British 4-6-2 locomotive

21C151 Winston Churchill is a Southern Railway Battle of Britain class 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive that has been preserved as part of the United Kingdom's National Collection. It is on display at the Locomotion Museum at Shildon.

TYPE AND ORIGIN

Power type	Steam +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Builder	Brighton Works +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Build date	1946 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SPECIFICATIONS

Configuration:Whyte	4-6-2 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Driver dia.	6 ft 2 in (1.880 m) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Length	67 ft 4.75 in (20.54 m) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Loco weight	86 long tons 0 cwt (192,600 lb or 87.4 t) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Fuel capacity	5 long tons 0 cwt (11,200 lb or 5.1 t) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Water cap	4,500 imp gal (20,000 l; 5,400 US gal) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Boiler pressure	280 lbf/in (1,930.53 kPa), later 250 lbf/in (1,723.69 kPa) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Cylinders	Three +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Cylinder size	16 ⁄₈ in × 24 in (416 mm × 610 mm) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Valve gear	Bulleid +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

PERFORMANCE FIGURES

Tractive effort

31,046 lbf (138.10 kN), later 27,719 lbf (123.30 kN)

CAREER

Operators	SR » BR +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Class	Battle of Britain +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Numbers	SR: 21C151 BR: 34051 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Official name	Winston Churchill +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Delivered	30 December 1946 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Withdrawn	19 September 1965 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Current owner	National Railway Museum +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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