The Spa Valley Railway boasts something that is a little unusual – an original engine shed.  Indeed it is the only original LB&SCR steam shed still in operation.  Some of the locomotives based on the railway proudly wear their 75F shed code, as can be seen on the front of the class 33 pictured above.

As you may gather, my idea of a spa day is perhaps not the same as most people’s!  It involves visiting the Spa Valley Railway; a heritage line based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.  In 2013 I briefly visited the line (click here) and a few days after Christmas in 2014 I managed a proper visit…