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Kent & East Sussex Railway

Discussie in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' gestart door martin1656, 10 apr 2017.

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  1. alexl102

    alexl102 Member Friend

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    Thanks for the updates. Is another engine likely to be hired in to assist, with the Std 4 going?
     
    alexl102, 10 feb 2026
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    I don't think so. It's likely that 30065 will be the third engine, although it's not finished yet.
     
    Fireline, 11 feb 2026
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    Miff, silversteellady, Johnme101 en 1 andere persoon vinden dit leuk.
  3. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Much to my shame, I made a belated first visit to the KESR the other day, taking care to avoid the Gruffalo event! It really is a lovely line and despite the manual operation of the various road crossing points, it seems to work well at its own pace. Of course the A21 will be an entirely different matter when that is operational.

    Took a ride along the line to Bodiam with recent visitor 68032. Somewhat nostalgic for me as not only was it a new loco but the last time I had a ride behind a J94 was with two of them - 68006/12 - plus a few brake vans up the 1 in 14 to Middleton Top. Nothing as challenging for 68032 but the 1 in 53 up to the Town did make it puff, a bit.

    The outward journey was heaving with people who were visiting Bodiam Castle and on the return the bird spotters were active looking out for what had decided to be closer than usual to the train given the flooded fields. My '3rd' coach had excellent route maps as table tops that received active interest from the children on board.

    Plenty of relics from the Col Stephens era including what looked like the original mileposts that I have to say were looking pretty neglected contrasted with the efforts made at other heritage railways to restore them and have them visible as a piece of the railway architecture.

    Record shot attached of the J94 on the run around at Bodiam.
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    Big Al, 20 feb 2026 om 16:45
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    Glad you enjoyed your visit. This week passenger numbers have been well up on last years half term week, nearly a sell out, in fact we have had one Ex Bodiam train which was full and standing unfortunately.
    The mileposts are Col Stephens replicas that were installed about 25 years ago. I think the warranty on the Sandtex paint has probably run out. I guess repainting them is on the list after higher priority jobs. There are a couple of originals in the museum. I was there when we found one near the site of Junction Road Halt when carrying out the clearance for the relaying of that section some years ago.
     
    paul1609, 20 feb 2026 om 17:04
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    [PEDANT ALERT] That's Tenterden, not Bodiam
     
    Robert F, 20 feb 2026 om 17:16
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    Whichever direction it was travelling in, full and standing is damn excellent for a very wet February!
     
    Mark Thompson, 20 feb 2026 om 18:25
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