Number 1 – 1973 |
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8-9 |
“Bodiam”
Report on the celebration of the centenary of ‘Terrier’ loco
No.3 “Bodiam” at Rolvenden on 4 November 1972 |
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15-18 |
Our first centenary
Stephen Garrett
History of the oldest K&ESR locomotive, ‘Terrier’ No.
3 “Bodiam”, built in 1872 for the London Brighton & South
Coast Railway as No. 70 “Poplar” |
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19-21 |
The East Kent Railways. Part
2: The decline
S R Poole
History of the East Kent Railway from 1925 to the present |
Number 2 –1973 |
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31-34 |
KESR telephone system
Frank Davies
Describes the telephone system operating between Tenterden and Bodiam |
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35-39 |
Count Dracula comes to Tenterden
Alan Dixon
Filming of scenes for an American television company, Tenterden Town
being renamed ‘Whitby’ for the occasion |
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39-43 |
Colonel Stephens
Stephen Garrett
Biographical article on Holman F Stephens (1868-1931), who was engineer
and general manager of the K&ESR and was associated with a group
of other light railways |
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45-46 |
Floods on the line
M P D Stearns
The writer’s grandfather when a boy in about 1910 was on a
train marooned by flood water between Bodiam and Northiam |
Number 3 – Spring 1974 |
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59-63 |
Re-opening
Alan Dixon
Passenger services were restored to the K&ESR on 3 February 1974
and more than 800 passengers purchased tickets to ride |
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64-65 |
A railway visit to Holland
John Cook
A visit to the standard gauge steam tramway between Hoorn and Medemblik
operated by the Tramweg Stichting, and the 1167mm gauge diesel tram
museum at Hellevoetsluis, south west of Rotterdam |
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66-67 |
Guns of Rolvenden
Stephen Garrett
Two rail-mounted guns were based at Rolvenden from 1941 to 1943,
and a War Department ex-Great Western ‘Dean Goods’ 0-6-0
locomotive was provided to move them |
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68-69 |
Modelling the K&ESR
“0334”
Brief review of models of rolling stock used on the Kent & East
Sussex in the past |
Number 4 – Summer 1974 |
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5 |
Establishment of a ‘Colonel
Stephens’ museum
Letters, photographs, documents and relics are being sought with
the eventual aim of establishing a museum dedicated to Lt-Col H.F.
Stephens and his railways at Tenterden |
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6-7 |
Problems… and people
Peter Davis
The chairman outlines the requirements for extending the operating
section of the K&ESR from Rolvenden towards Bodiam. “At
this rate of progress… our ultimate aim is likely to take
12 years…. 12 years is unthinkable and we should
aim for completion in 6 years” |
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7 |
From our ticket collection
Illustrates a ticket issued to Mr J. Munn-Mace for the official opening
of the extension from Rolvenden to Tenterden Town on 16 March
1903 |
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8-9 |
Services are resumed
Donald Wilson
Photographs of trains in the first few weeks after reopening, mainly
hauled by “Terrier” locomotive ‘Sutton’ with
some assistance from “Terrier” ‘Bodiam’ and
the Manning-Wardle 0-6-0ST ‘Arthur’ |
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10 |
The mystery of Tenterden Town
station
Photographs of Tenterden Town taken at the opening ceremony on 16
March 1903 and during construction some time earlier show a small
wooden building quite different from that later in use. It
is thought that the original building was moved to Rolvenden at a
later date and used as a storage hut. A letter from D.S. Lindsay
(Tenterden Terrier No. 5, p.19, Winter 1974) suggests that
the building was moved to Headcorn Junction |
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11 |
Personalities of the Kent & East
Sussex. 1: George Dobell
Mark Yonge
Interview with George Dobell, who worked on the K&ESR from 1917
to 1954 |
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12 |
Boxing Day 1973
‘Cornerseat’
Services were run on Boxing Day 1973 for members only, pending an
official inspection |
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13-15 |
A ride on the Ford rail motor
in 1935
Stephen Garrett
Reproduces an article which appeared in the Kent Messenger in September
1935, and outlines the history of petrol engined railcars on the
K&ESR. See also a letter from Peter Taylor (Tenterden
Terrier No. 5, p.19, Winter 1974), describing the construction
of the railmotors by Eaton Coachworks of Cringleford, Norwich |
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16 |
From the railway archives
A letter written by H.F. Stephens in 1908, criticizing the stationmaster
at Biddenden, a Mr Borner |
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17 |
Eheu, vale!
Lilian I Seaton
A poem written at the time of the closure of the K&ESR to passenger
traffic in January 1954 |
Number 5 – Winter 1974 |
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4 |
A memorable occasion – some
impressions of the official re-opening ceremony
Roger Crawford
Account of the official re-opening by Rt. Hon. William Deedes MC
DL, MP for Ashford, on Saturday 1 June 1974 |
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5-6 |
Tenterden’s largest engine – the
story of the Southern Mogul Preservation Society
Rodney Packham
History and preservation of Southern Railway U class 2-6-0 No. 1618,
which was moved from a private siding near Maidstone to Tenterden
in October 1972. See also a letter from Arthur Ll Lambert
(Tenterden Terrier No. 6, p.19, Spring 1975) |
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6 |
The appeal
Philip Shaw
Results of an appeal launched in October 1973 to finance the further
restoration of the railway |
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7 |
Personalities of the Kent and
East Sussex. 2: Jack Hoad
Philip Shaw
Interview with Jack Hoad, who joined the K&ESR as a fitter in
1928, and still drives on the preserved K&ESR as a hobby |
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8 |
Enthusiasts visit K&ESR
forty years ago
R.W. Kidner
A visit by members of the Oxford University Railway Society and the
(London) Railway Club on Saturday 27 June 1936. The ‘Royal
Saloon’ was attached to a train hauled by No. 8 for the party |
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9-11 |
“The move”
Cornerseat
Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST “Arthur” was used to move two
ex-Longmoor SE&CR “birdcage” carriages from Northiam
to Rolvenden on 18 May 1974, the first visit to Northiam by a steam
engine for 8 years. Illustrated with photographs by Donald
Wilson |
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12-13 |
Colonel Stephens’ Royal
carriages
Stephen Garrett
History of two Royal carriages built by the London & South Western
Railway in 1844 and 1851 and acquired by Holman F. Stephens for use
on the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire and Kent & East Sussex
Railways, respectively. The latter may have been used on
the Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway first |
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14-15 |
The Robertsbridge & Pevensey
Light Railway
Neil Rose
History of this proposed 15-mile line, which received a Light Railway
Order in June 1900 but was never built. The engineer was A.J.
Barry |
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15 |
From our ticket collection
Robin Doust
Illustrates and describes a First Class Free Pass for the K&ESR,
No. 91 of 1945, which was apparently never issued |
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16-17 |
A railway now almost forgotten
“Hopleaf”
Reminiscences of travelling on the K&ESR, reprinted from Kent
Life for July 1965 |
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15 |
???
Reproduces a photograph, taken at Rolvenden and found at the offices
of Drake & Fletcher, automobile engineers, Maidstone, which
shows the chassis of an early motor car or commercial vehicle
converted to rail use. See also a later article (Tenterden
Terrier No. 6, p.14-15, Spring 1976) identifying this as
a Wolseley-Siddeley |
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18 |
The Camber Tram. Childhood
memories of the Rye and Camber Tramway
Rev. J.E. Anderson
Recollections of the Tram from 1911 onwards |
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19 |
Concrete sleepers
T.G. Burnham
Letter mentioning the use of concrete sleeper blocks with metal tie-bars
on the Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway in 1919 |
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20 |
From the railway archives
Copy of a letter sent by Colonel Stephens to his employees dated
10 November 1919 following a railway strike |
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20-21 |
The ‘Punch’ poem
Reproduces a poem about the K&ESR by C. Hugh Bevan, which was
published (with illustrations by Roland Emmett) in Punch for
3 June 1946 and reprinted in Emmett’s book “Home rails
preferred” |
Number 6 – Spring 1975 |
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4 |
The Kent & East
Sussex Locomotive Trust
Graham Pattison
An analysis of its achievements and objectives. In 1968, the
Trust acquired the two USA class 0-6-0T locomotives, ‘Maunsell’ and ‘Wainwright’ |
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5 |
Preservation and conservation
Eric Tonks
The writer recalls the “nave of trees” on either side
of the line from Wittersham Road to beyond Northiam seen on his first
visit on 11 August 1937. When he visited the line again on
24 September 1946, they had nearly all gone. He hopes that
the preservationists will not “cut everything down to sleeper
level, leaving a bare and featureless trackbed” |
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6-7 |
“The handsome Hunslets”
Peter Davis
History of the Hunslet “Austerity” class 0-6-0ST, particularly
WD Nos, 91, 95 and 196 “Errol Lonsdale”, now on the K&ESR |
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8-9 |
Re-sleepering to Wittersham
Derek Dunlavey
Permanent way work in progress with the aim of extending services
to Wittersham Road. Straight sections of line are being
re-laid using salvaged steel sleepers (used by British Railways between
Rolvenden and Robertsbridge from 1948, and then obtained from the
Elham Valley line |
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9 |
From our ticket collection. The
booking clerk’s nightmare
Robin Doust
A first-class ticket from Biddenden to Headcorn Junction, with features
of both single and return tickets |
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10-11 |
1974 photographic competition
Some of the winning entries are reproduced |
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12-13 |
A memorable occasion. The
opening of Tenterden Town Station, 16th March
1903
Report of the opening ceremonies from the Kent County Examiner
and Ashford Chronicle, together with some recently discovered
photographs taken on opening day |
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14-15 |
Evidence in camera. The
Wolseley-Siddeley railbus
Stephen Garrett
Photographs of a Wolseley-Siddeley chain-driven motor car chassis
fitted with rail wheels and an omnibus type body. The vehicle
is seen in the yard at Rolvenden, being unloaded at Chichester for
the Selsey Tramway, out of use at Kinnerley (S&MR) in about 1934,
and with its body transferred to an ex-LCC horse tram chassis as
a trailer for “Gazelle” in 1939. See also a letter
from John Morgan (Tenterden Terrier No. 7, p.24, Summer
1975), showing the body in use as a lineside hut near Kinnerley on
21 September 1958 |
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16 |
Personalities of the Kent and
East Sussex. 3: Harry Batehup
Philip Shaw and Mark Yonge
Interview with Harry Batehup, who joined the K&ESR when he left
the forces in 1919 and was station master at Bodiam for 35 years
until 1954 |
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17-18 |
The Hurst Nelson and Pickering
carriages
Stephen Garrett
Account of the original carriages of the Rother Valley Railway and
Kent & East Sussex Railway |
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20 |
From the railway archives. Application
for wage increase, 1915
Reproduces correspondence between Chas. Palmer, station agent at
Biddenden, and H.F. Stephens |
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21 |
Sleeping beauty
Alastair Macfarlane
Poem in commemoration of the re-opening of the Kent & East Sussex
Railway |
Number 7 – Summer 1975 |
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7,21 |
The next two years
Stephen Bennett
The company chairman outlines plans to install signaling at Tenterden
by March 1976 and extent public services to Wittersham Road by March
1977 |
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8-10 |
Signalling at Tenterden. The
problems arising from a curious track layout
David Yorke
Outlines plans to provide signalling at Tenterden Town. The
lever frame being used is a Saxby & Farmer 23-lever “Duplex” locking
frame, which was originally installed in the box at Chilham |
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10 |
From our ticket collection. Under
false colours
Robin Doust
Illustrates and describes an early post-Nationalisation third class
single ticket from Tenterden Town to Frittenden Road, with a “Southern
Railway” heading |
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11 |
Personalities of the Kent and
East Sussex. 4: Arthur Harris
Mark Yonge
Interview with Arthur Harris, who started work as a young lad in
1919 at Tenterden station |
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12-13 |
75 years of the Rother Valley
Light Railway
Photographs of the ceremony held at Rolvenden on 22 March 1975 to
commemorate the opening of the Rother Valley Railway from Robertsbridge
to the present Rolvenden station on 2 April 1900 |
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14-15 |
Firing – Kent & East
Sussex style
Simon Green
Simon Green learns to fire, and discovers the different characters
of No. 22 “Maunsell”, No. 3 “Bodiam”, No.
19 (Norwegian) and No. 23 (Austerity) |
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16-17 |
Evidence in camera. The
wreck of the Hesperus
Robin Doust
Photographs from the W.H. Austen collection showing the derailment
of 0-6-0ST No. 8 “Hesperus” (formerly named “Ringing
Rock”) on flooded track at Padgham Curve between Bodiam and
Northiam in February 1916 |
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17-19 |
The station
Reprints a thinly disguised account of the K&ESR in the 1920s
from “A parcel of Kent”, by F.J. Harvey Darton |
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20-21 |
Memories of the Selsey Tramway
H.C. Casserley
Recollections of visits in 1925, 1928 and (after closure) in 1935,
with notes on the locomotives seen on each visit |
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22 |
Absent friends. 1 – The
horse bus
Stephen Garrett
Among the exhibits at the National Railway Museum is a horse bus,
built by the W.J. Mercer Carriage works in Tenterden and acquired
by the K&ESR about 1916 (later research shows that it had previously
been run under contract to the Railway) |
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25 |
From the railway archives
Reproduction of a comic postcard entitled “Our local express
Tenterden to Headcorn”, on sale in the Tenterden area in about
1914 (see also a letter from Derek Purcell, Tenterden Terrier No.
8, p.24, Winter 1975) |
Number 8 – Winter
1975 |
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6 |
The Colonel Stephens Railway
Museum – A resume of recent progress
Report that provisional agreement has been reached with the Tenterden
Town Council for space in the fortcoming Tenterden Museum to be allocated
for a “Colonel Stephens” Railway Museum. A number
of relics have already been acquired |
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7 |
A spot of bother at Tenterden
Town station
Norman Denty
The engine’s driver describes an incident on Saturday 5 July
1975, when a boiler tube of No. 19 (Norwegian) burst |
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8-10 |
Restoring a Chatham ‘birdcage’
Alan Castle
Describes work in progress on two ‘birdcage’ brake
carriages, K&ESR Nos. 60 and 61 (SE&CR Nos. 1106 and 1100). See
also a letter from Douglas Barnard referring to their use on the
Longmoor Military Railway (Tenterden Terrier No. 9, p.23,
Spring 1976) |
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10 |
From our ticket collection. Spotlight
on a London suburb
Robin Doust
Illustrates and describes a return ticket from New Eltham to High
Halden Road, printed by the Southern Railway for the K&ESR in
the period 1940-1947 |
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11 |
Wining and dining on the Kent & East
Sussex
John Liddell
Impressions of the “Wine and Dine Special” on 5 July
1975, including Pullman car “Barbara” and hauled by locomotive
No. 3 “Bodiam” |
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12-13 |
The challenge of Newmill bridge
Describes plans to rebuild the bridge over the Newmill Channel using
a second-hand Callender-Hamilton superstructure with a span of
60 feet (wider than the old bridge). Includes two photographs
of the old bridge and an artist’s impression of the new
one |
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14-15 |
I remember…
Dr Ian C. Allen
Article illustrated by the author’s photographs describing
his visits to the K&ESR in 1932 and 1934, and again for a “Wine
and Dine Special” in August 1975 |
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15-16 |
Plant maintenance on the railway
Boris Perkins
Outlines the activities of the Plant and Machinery Department, which
is responsible for a Weatherill 12H loading shovel (built 1963),
a Smith rail-mounted self-propelled crane (built 1935), three Wickham
trollies and three trailers, a Matissa chair bolt screwing machine
and a Hayter lawnmower mounted on a flat trolley |
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17 |
Jottings from a Tonbridge notebook
Stephen Garrett
Extracts from a notebook kept by Jimmy Ashworth, recording work in
hand on the K&ESR in the early months of 1907 |
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18 |
Personalities of the Kent and
East Sussex. 5: Tommy Edwards
Philip Shaw
Tommy Edwards started at the company’s offices at 23, Salford
Terrace, Tonbridge as an office boy in February 1912, and stayed
there until they closed in 1948 |
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19 |
Absent friends. 2 – South
Eastern & Chatham Railway “O1” class locomotive
No 65
Stephen Garrett
Originally built at Ashford Works in 1896, No. 65 was rebuilt to
class O1 in 1908 and spent most of its life at Ashford shed. From
1948 to 1954 it worked between Tenterden and Headcorn, and was then
used for the demolition trains on this section. It was transferred
to Dover in 1954 and worked coal trains on the remaining section
of the East Kent from Tilmanstone to Shepherdswell. Withdrawn
in 1961, it was later preserved by Mr E. Lewis-Evans at the Ashford
Steam Centre |
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20-22 |
A Railway Mobile Workshop at
Richborough
Douglas Barnard
In 1944, the author was with a Royal Engineers detachment at Richborough,
where Mulberry Harbour spans were being constructed and US Army Transportation
Corps wagons were being put into running order |
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25 |
Requiescat in pace
Philip Shaw
Illustrates the body of the Wolseley-Siddeley railcar (see letter
from John Morgan, Tenterden Terrier No. 7, p.24, Summer
1975), near Kinnerley, Shropshire |
Number 9 – Spring
1976 |
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6 |
Charles Kentsley – an
appreciation
P.D.S.
Obituary of Charles Kentsley, who died on 30 October 1975 at the
age of 74. He had been involved with the locomotive department
of the K&ESR since moving to Rolvenden in 1964 |
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7-8 |
Traffic census – 1975
Alan Newble
Analysis of a survey of passengers who visited the railway from 23-31
August 1975 |
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8 |
Vintage advertising at Rolvenden
David Dine
Old enamel advertising signs are being collected to cover the corrugated
asbestos cladding of the new engine shed facing the station platform |
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9-10 |
Kent & East Sussex and
other rolling stock at Longmoor
R C Riley
Describes some of the carriages the author found at the Army Transportation
Training Centre at Longmoor when he was posted there in 1943. Among
them was an ex-K&ESR Pickering coach (Longmoor No. 111), which
had been used as the Brigadier’s inspection saloon |
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10 |
From our ticket collection. The
last passenger?
Robin Doust
Illustrates a ticket used to travel in the guard’s van of the
daily goods train on the K&ESR, on 9 June 1961, the penultimate
day of goods services |
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11-12 |
Keeping nature in check
Mark Yonge
How the permanent way is being cleared of 20 years of weed growth
by hand cutting and spraying weedkiller |
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14-15 |
Number nineteen
Chris Mitchell
Photograph of K&ESR No. 19, the Norwegian mogul, which was in
regular use almost throughout the 1975 season |
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17-18 |
Personalities of Colonel Stephens
railways. Dick Harffrey of the East Kent Railway
Philip Shaw and Mark Yonge
Interview with Dick Harffrey, who was stationmaster at Wingham for
more than 20 years |
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19-21 |
The East Sussex Light
Railway
Neil Rose
History of proposals for a 7-mile line from the Rother Valley Railway
at Northiam to Rye. A Light Railway Order was obtained in 1901,
but although two extension of time Orders were granted in 1904 and
1907, it was never built. The engineer was Holman F. Stephens |
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23 |
Letters to the Editor: “Birdcages”
Douglas Barnard
The writer describes his experiences when in charge of carriage and
wagon maintenance on the Longmoor Military Railway in 1943-44 |
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24-25 |
Absent friends. No. 3 – The
Terriers
Stephen Garrett
Brief history of ex-LB&SCR ‘Terrier’ locomotives
once owned by or used on the K&ESR, which have survived in preservation |
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27-28 |
The philately of Colonel Stephens’ railways
Paul E Waters
Describes and illustrates parcel stamps used on the Kent & East
Sussex Railway, the Festiniog Railway and the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire
Railway, and a letter stamp used on the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire |
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29 |
From the railway archives:
Home made steel versus imported rubber
Illustrates a K&EST time table poster of 1929, with the heading “Travel
in safety across country away from the crowded roads over home made
steel instead of on imported rubber – Support the local line” |
Number 10 – Summer
1976 |
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7 |
The Poppy Appeal Special
A special train, hauled by USA locomotive No. 22 ‘Maunsell’,
was run on 2 November 1975 for the Norbury branch of the Royal British
Legion |
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8-11 |
Memories of Salford Terrace
Charles F. Klapper
The author recalls his friendship with Colonel Stephens, which began
with a visit to his offices at 23 Salford Terrace, Tonbridge in the
mid-1920s. See also letter from H.C. Casserley referring to
this article (Tenterden Terrier No. 11, p.16, Winter 1976) |
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12-15 |
The Wittersham Extension Project
Michael Hart
The Project Manager describes how the railway from Newmill bridge
to Wittersham Road station is being rebuilt with the help of a grant
from the Manpower Services Commission under the Job Creation Programme. Also
includes an artist’s impression of the completed station by
Clifford Mason |
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17 |
From our ticket collection – The
number one passenger
Robin Doust
Illustrates and describes Colonel Stephens’ aluminium free
passes (each No. 1) for the K&ESR, the East Kent, the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire
and the Weston Clevedon & Portishead |
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18-19 |
One year’s hard labour
John Weller
Describes a year’s work with the permanent way relaying gang,
mainly resleepering from Rolvenden towards Wittersham Road |
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20-22 |
Personalities of Colonel Stephens’ railways – Percy
Sheppard of the Rye & Camber Tramway
John Miller
Interview with Percy Sheppard, who worked on the Rye & Camber
Tramway shortly before the Great War, and then from about 1920 to
1029 |
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26-27 |
On the level
Stephen Garrett
The legal consequences of a collision between a K&ESR train and
a motor van driven by Mr Matson in 1916 on the level crossing at
Biddenden station |
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29 |
From the railway archives – the
young apprentice
P.D.S.
A photograph of H.F. Stephens on the footplate of Metropolitan Railway ‘A’ class
4-4-0T No. 20 when he was an apprentice in the Locomotive Department
at Neasden |
Number 11 – Winter
1976 |
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7 |
A new arrival
Philip Rimmer
Report of the arrival at Tenterden on 28 August 1976 of the body
of a 4-wheeled, 3-compartment brake third carriage, built for the
London, Chatham & Dover Railway in April 1889 (SE&CR No.
3059). The body was donated to the railway by the owner of
a farm near Kingsnorth |
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8-10 |
More about bridges
Malcolm Simmons
The Civil Engineering Department Manager explains how the problem
of bridge reconstruction is being tackled. Work in progress
on the Newmill Channel bridge (No. 2336) using second-hand Callender-Hamilton
bridging from Aylesford is described, and proposals for the Hexden
Channel bridge (No. 2347) and the River Rother bridge are outlined |
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11-13 |
Early days
Robin Doust
A founder member reminiscences on the trials and tribulations of
railway preservation in the early 1960s. Mentions the telephone
system, ‘Gervase’, and track lifting at the Headcorn
end of the Tenterden headshunt |
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14-15 |
100 years of steam
Brian Stephenson
Photograph of a cavalcade of nine steam locomotives, together with
the ‘Woolwich’ (ex-North London Railway) coach and a
Southern Railway goods brake van, from Rolvenden to Tenterden on
25 September 1976 |
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19 |
From our ticket collection – Rother Valley specials
Robin Doust
Illustrates and describes a ticket for the ‘Rother Valley Limited’ excursion,
organized by the Locomotive Club of Great Britain on 19 October 1958 |
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20-23 |
A railway on a budget
Humphrey Brandram-Jones
The author relates his experiences as a young civil engineer employed
on the construction of the North Devon & Cornwall Junction
Light Railway from 1923 to 1925 |
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24 |
From the railway archives – Trouble
at Boston Lodge, 1926
Reproduces a letter from Colonel Stephens (at the Lord Warden Hotel,
Dover) to his assistant W.H. Austen criticizing the management and
workers of the Festiniog Railway |
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27-28 |
The Kent & East
Sussex in wartime
Mark Yonge
Interview with Colonel Kenneth Cantlie CEng FIMechE FPWayI who was
responsible for coastal defence from several railways including the
K&ESR from 1940 to 1942 |
