Kent & East Sussex Railway
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Successful trial for steam trains to return at Kent & East Sussex Railway
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A trial of the new Covid-protection measures at the Kent & East Sussex Railway was a steaming success. This means everything is finally in place for the summer season to start this weekend.
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Kent & East Sussex Railway reopening welcomed by local MP
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Steam trains will run this weekend (18/19 July) for the first time since the enforced coronavirus lockdown.
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Railways returning to action!
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It’s been a long time coming, but the main 2020 season for a number of Britain’s heritage railways and attractions is springing into action following the gradual easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Therefore, we thought we’d bring you a list in alphabetical order of which venues are operating and when they’re set to recommence. Note however,…
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Kent & East Sussex gives green light to Restaurant Car restoration at Eastleigh
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A 1961-BUILT BR Mk1 unclassed Restaurant Car left the railway on July 30 for full restoration by Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh. It had stood in the open at the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) since 2003. The £200,000 refurbishment will see No. 1987 transformed into a new kitchen car for the KESR’s ‘Wealden Pullman’…
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Operation ‘Javelin’
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Class 395 ‘Javelin’ charter trains have raised more than £125,000 for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. With this year’s Remembrance Day only two months away, Doug Lindsay takes up the story. The history of these special charter trains, utilising Southeastern High Speed Class 395 ‘Javelin’ trains’, dates back to 2011, and followed a meeting…
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Great Western railcar progresses at KESR
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GWR diesel railcar No. W20W is receiving a thorough overhaul at Tenterden on the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR). No. 20 was built at Swindon in 1940, withdrawn in 1962, and after four years of storage was bought by the KESR. It arrived by rail as an ‘out-of-gauge load’ in April 1966. Years of restoration followed,…
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Isle of Wight-style bunker for KESR ‘Terrier’ No. 2678
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Kent & East Sussex Railway-based ‘A1X’ 0-6-0T No. 32678 will receive the larger Isle-of Wight-type bunker.
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Terrier Trust launches £150,000 to fund parallel ‘A1X’ overhauls
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THE Terrier Trust, together with the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR), has launched a £150,000 appeal to overhaul the trust’s two London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (LBSCR) ‘Terrier’ 0-6-0Ts – Nos. 3 Bodiam (BR No. 32670) and 32678. Income from the appeal, which has seen £15,000 injected each by the trust and railway,…
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Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Take the last Underground steam below central London
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THE timetable for District 150 – the last chance to travel on a steam train on London Underground beneath the heart of the capital – has now been published. As previously reported, the London Transport Museum and Transport for London will jointly celebrate 150 years of the Underground’s District line by running a series of…
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It’s safety first for Kent & East Sussex’s new board member
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By Geoff Courtney NEIL SIME, the founder and managing director of UK train operator Victa Railfreight, has been appointed safety director of the Kent & East Sussex Railway, the second senior post to be filled by the heritage line this year. The 57-year-old has been involved with the KESR as a volunteer since it ran…
