THE Severn Valley Railway hit the headlines earlier this year after it unveiled SR Bulleid Pacific No. 34027 Taw Valley in a temporary purple livery and renamed it Elizabeth II to commemorate the late queen’s platinum jubilee.
It has now been confirmed by the railway that, after operating the Santa services from Bewdley MPD, the 4-6-2 will have an interim repaint into matt black Southern livery during the annual shutdown period early in the New Year.