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Home Page	The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum recording the career of Holman Fred Stephens, Light Railway Promoter, engineer and Manager, His Family, His Railways and His Successors.
Notes and Queries	This is a section of the website where we (or anyone else) can pose questions to our readership. The hope is that we can broaden our knowledge base as well as providing some more entertainment for our visitors.
Welcome to The Museum Museum Building	Welcome. I am John Miller, the Honorary Curator of the Museum. Let me tell you about us.
Museum Tour Tour Page 2 Tour Page 3 Tour Page 4	The entrance to the Colonel Stephens Railway Museum, opposite the Tenterden Town Station complex of the current Kent and East Sussex Railway.
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Colonel Stephens Himself Light Railway Syndicate H F Stephens CV The Military Man Salford Terrace	Holman Fred Stephens died at the Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, on 23 October 1931, he was in his 63rd year. During his lifetime he built or was associated with some 16 light railways.
Colonel Stephens Railways Unfulfilled Projects Light Railway Syndicate The Gower Light Railway Paddock Wood & Cranbrook Railway Rye & Camber Tramway Hundred of Manhood & Selsey Tramway The Selsey Trawmay in its Last Days Kent & East Sussex Railway Sheppy Light Railway Plymouth Devonport & South West Railway Burry Port & Gwendraeath Railway Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway East Kent Light Railway The Kent Coalfield Edge Hill Light Railway Snailbeach District Railway A Short History of The Snailbeach District Railways The Snailbeach Locomotives Ffestiniog Railway Welsh Highland Railway Ashover Light Railway North Devon & Cornwall Junction Light Railway	Welcome to the Colonel Stephens Railways Index, The index contains details, maps and archive photographs of each of the Colonel's Railways, including his unfinished projects. Just click on the index to visit the Railway of your choice.
The Colonels Topics A Narrow Escape on the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Carriages and Wagons of the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Dismantling A Colonel Stephens Line The S&MR in World War II - Part 1 The S&MR in World War II - Part 2 Ticket Issue and Collection on the RVR Holman Stephens' Family Tree Mystery Railway Contractor's Locomotive The Story of Lottie Jenkins Accident at Junction Road The Colonel's Terriers The Coal Engines of the S&LMR A Close Run Thing Stopped at Llanymynech Burry Port & Gwendreath Valley Railway Rolling Stock of the Passenger Era Stephens' Royal Saloons Bere Alston and Calstock Light Railway Can we have our rails back? Stephens and the Burry Port & Gwendreath Valley Railway A Narrow Escape on"The Potteries" Some Locomotive Notes on the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Some thoughts on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Carriages Change at Shepherdswell: How Golgotha Tunnel came about New Traction on the Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways A Nasty Accident Locomotives of the East Kent Railway part 1 Locomotives of the East Kent Railway part 2 Locomotives of the East Kent Railway part 3 The Camber Tramway Wagons The Mysterious Hecate A Talk on the Camber Tram Sentinels on the Potts The Keys to Canterbury Potty characters at Kinnerley part 1 Potty characters at kinnerley part 2 East Kent Railway Carriages A Light Railway's War Hesperus A Railway on a Budget Shropshire Sidelines The Horse Bus Wind and Water New Locomotives An Oddity of Oddities From Headcorn to Maidstone The Ilfracombe Goods The Selsey Tramway in its Last Days Gazelle William Burkitt's Life and Career A Grand Day Out Opening Up The Weald	'The editors intend that this section will have regular articles on individual Colonel Stephens Railways, how they came about and how they were run. The Museum is in being to promote interest and research into his railways. Should you wish to contribute original, suitable and well researched material we will be happy to consider it.
Light Railway Viewpoints That Tight Little, Light Little TrainA Local Train Of ThoughtThe Steel Byway Farmers' Train.. Kent & East Sussex Line	What is a Light Railway? Today we think of it as the Docklands Light Railway, a sort of super passenger tram. In the 19th. century however our ancestors thought of it as a method of bringing cheap transport to rural areas. This is the problem Colonel Stephens and others sought to solve with their engineering and management skills.
Visitors Comments	The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum would like to hear your comments about this site and would welcome any enquiry about the Life and Times of Colonel Stephens.
Childrens Activity Page	Colonel Stephens liked his locos painted red and navy blue. Design your own livery for your loco!
Tenterden Terrier Index	Index of the main feature articles in all issues of the Terrier Magazine
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