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Among the line-up of famous, art-deco steam locomotives from the 1930s, the Bulleid Pacifics proved to be the last of this era to be released, as behind the crisp A4 Pacifics and the rounded LMS Coronation class, the distinctive Merchant Navy and West Country/Battle of Britain locomotives took on a style of their own, plying their trade as the mainstay of express passenger services across southern England for 25 years, despite inherent flaws in their design and their release during the protracted demise of steam throughout the 1950s and into the 60s.

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