THE East Kent Railway (EKR) is home to the only Class 457 EMU in preservation, which was in the bay platform at Eythorn on July
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East Kent’s growing attractions…
THE standard-gauge East Kent Railway (EKR), near Dover, continues to develop the attractions on offer to visitors. These include the 7¼in-gauge Knees Woodland Miniature Railway,
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Courtaulds Peckett means steam returns to East Kent
MARTIN Staniforth’s former Courtaulds Peckett ‘OY-1’ 0-4-0ST No. 2087 returned steam to the East Kent Railway (EKR) for the first time in almost 20 years
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Last days of the East Kent Railway
I was at boarding school at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate in 1951. As a railway enthusiast I was delighted to be in a house whose
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