Many of my older collection of photographs have featured on this website before, but visits to my childhood home often unveil new finds, some good, some not so! The picture featured in this blog post fits into the latter category, but is the only one I’ve found of a particular former locomotive of the Kent…
Since this website’s creation there have been quite a few articles written about the Kent and East Sussex Railway, but remarkably very little about the railway’s rolling stock. This is remarkable considering that the line’s fleet of carriages is one of its greatest assets. Aside from the ubiquitous British Railway’s mark one carriages (that almost…
Last weekend I had the pleasure of a brief visit to the Kent and East Sussex Railway, one of my old haunts. Unfortunately I didn’t have time for a ride but I purchased a platform ticket and a limited edition 00 scale wagon for my (still!) non existent model railway. The K&ESR has come a long way…
According to the Railway Heritage Association (www.heritagerailways.com) the total sum of track distance of heritage railways in the UK is no less than 536 miles! That is longer than the total London Underground system and further than the distance between London and Glasgow. With one exception (that I can think of) this has been done…
This bank holiday weekend is an ideal time to visit a heritage railway. The weather forecast isn’t too positive, so why not sit back under the cover of a carriage and be hauled by a heritage locomotive? It’s what I shall be doing, of course! I’m planning on visiting the Kent and East Sussex Railway who are…
Today we publish the final set of never-before published scans of newly discovered pictures from the archive. These pictures are mainly from 1997 on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. Enjoy!
Rounding off the series of blog posts looking at the Kent and East Sussex Railway is a look in the loco yard at Rolvenden. Of particular note was the line’s only tender engine – 376 Norwegian, which has recently returned to service.
Terrier tank engine’s are fantastic locomotive’s and seeing one in action is always a pleasure. Tenterden is one of the best places to experience this, with two examples available in working order. It is no wonder that the Kent and East Sussex Railway named their journal “Tenterden Terrier” in recognition of this. 1872 built 32670…
The Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) is home to the only surviving Hawksworth 16xx pannier tank class – 1638.
The Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) was the first and is still one of the best known light railway’s in the UK. Built by Colonel Holman F. Stephens;
Loco Yard 