TRIP 556 Railways of Kent 17/08/19

Unless otherwise stated gauges are standard (4ft 8.5”)
{NSBA = Not seen by all of the party}
 
Bristol Parkway (View) :
IET’s ; 800004 {NSBA}, 800023, 800024
 
Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway, Bredgar (Visit) :
600mm Gauge.
Locomotives ; 4 `ARMISTICE’ – W.G. Bagnall 0-4-0ST 2088/1919.  7 `VICTORY’ – Decauville 0-4-2T 246/1897.  105 `SIAM’ – Henschel 0-6-0WT 29582/1956.
3 `LADY JOAN’ – Hunslet 0-4-0ST 1929/1922.  10 `ZAMBEZI’/SSE 1912 – John Fowler 0-4-2T 13573/1912.  9 `LIMPOPO’ – John Fowler 0-6-0WT 18800/1930.
2 `KATIE’ – Jung 0-6-0WT 3872/1931.  8 `HELGA’ – O&K 0-4-0WT 12722/1936.
1 `BRONHILDE’ – Schwartzkopff 0-4-0WT 9124/1927.  NG 50 – Andrew Barclay 4wDH 719/1987.  NG 51 – Andrew Barclay 4wDH 720/1987.  NG 52 – Andrew Barclay 4wDH 721/1987.  NG 53 – Andrew Barclay 4wDH 764/1988.  14 `MILSTEAD’ – Andrew Barclay 4wDH 765/1988.  5 `BREDGAR’ – Baguley-Drewry 4wDH 3775/1983 (worked the train).  11 `WORMSHILL’ – Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0DMF DM1366/1965.  13 `LYNE’ – Motor Rail 4wDM 7037/1936.  Unnumbered – Motor Rail 4wDM, 7498/1940.  12 `BICKNOR’ – Motor Rail 4wDM 9869/1953.
`JENNY’ – Schoma 4wDH 5239/1991.
Carriages ; No.1 (2 comp’t 3rd).  No.4 ** (saloon 3rd).  No.5 (4 comp’t brake 3rd).  No.6 (open balcony saloon brake 3rd).  No.7 (open balcony saloon brake 3rd).
** = Denotes carriage the party rode in behind 5 `BREDGAR’.
On-Track Plant ; Unnumbered 2t 4wh Hand Crane – Unknown Builder/c1890, re-built Bredgar/c2000
Wagons ; No.2 (non-ventilated explosives van).  2 (`V’ skip side tippler).
No.3 `LENHAM STORAGE CO LTD’ (2 pl open).  No.4 `EMPIRE OILS’ (4wh tank).
No.5 `CROWN QUAY SAND & BALLAST’ (4 pl open).  No.6 (4 pl open).  6 (`V’ skip side tippler).  No.7 (2 pl open).  No.8 (4wh flat 1 pl headboards).
No.10 (4wh brake van).  13 (`V’ skip side tippler).  37 (`V’ skip side tippler).  NGB 8506 (Ex-MOD bogie brake van).  NGF 4008 (Ex-MOD 4wh flat).
NGF 4019 (Ex-MOD 4wh flat).  1ft 3” Gauge.
Locomotive ; `JACK’ – J. Lemon-Burton 0-6-0/1960
10.25” Gauge.
Locomotives ; 2 `J.B.EARLE’ – D. Blackhurst 2-6-4T/1979.  6109 `ROYAL ENGINEER’ – Howard & Salt 4-6-0/1976
7.25” Gauge.
Locomotives ; NG 104 `ZULU’ – B. Allen 4-4-0/1900.  `DOLPHUR’ – D. English 2-8-4PT/1980.  6110 `GRENADIER GUARDSMAN’ – Hargreaves 4-6-0/1980.
 
Thanks go to Bill Best for organizing and opening up the railway especially for our visit and also to his brother and their friend for hosting our visit and driving the engine.
 
Community Museum & Gallery, Whitstable (Visit) :
Locomotive ; `INVICTA’ – Robert Stephenson 0-4-0 24/1830 (plinthed inside museum)
This loco was moved in June 2019 from the Canterbury Heritage Museum and had to be craned over the buildings into its present position inside the museum.
 
Richmond Light Railway, Charity Open Day, Headcorn (Visit) :
2ft Gauge.
Locomotives ; [`PIXIE’] – W.G. Bagnall 0-4-0ST 2090/1919 (dismantled) [Ex-Page 98, 18EL].  `SAMSON’ – Beamish 0-4-0WT BM2/2014 – replica of Lewins’ loco of 1874 (working the trains top & tail with `LEARY’) [Ex-Page 279, 18EL].  `CHUQUITANTA’ – Couillet 0-4-0T 810{Decauville 36}/1885 (working the trains).  7 – Motor Rail 4wDM 7403/1939 (working the trains).
8 `LEARY’ – E.A. Foulds – 0-4-0VBT/2010 (working the trains top & tail with `SAMSON’).  [`ELIN’] – Hunslet 0-4-0ST 705/1899 (dismantled).
No.3 `JENNY’ – Jung 0-4-0WT 3175/1921 (working the trains).  6 `EIGIAU’ – O&K 0-4-0WT 5668/1912 [Page 111, 18EL].  Unnumbered – Campagne & Cie 4wPM 903/1925.  Unnumbered – Hunslet 4wDM 3621/1947 (partially dismantled) [Ex-Page 350, 18EL].  5 `ALR’ – Ruston Hornsby 4wDM 235654/1940
Carriages ; No.3 `RLR’ (4wh saloon 3rd).
No.4 `RICHMOND LIGHT RAILWAY’ (bogie saloon 3rd) Unnumbered (4wh 2 comp’t open 3rd).  Unnumbered (4wh 1 comp’t arc roof open 3rd).  Unnumbered (2 bench open manrider).  Unnumbered (4wh 3 comp’t open 3rd).
On-Track Plant ; Unnumbered 4wh Hand Pump Trolley
Wagons ; No.1 (bogie 3 pl long open – used as passenger carrying vehicle).
LO 3 (Ex-MOD 2 pl ridge roof open).  D 16 (`V’ skip side tippler).
TO 165 (Ex-MOD 4wh ammunition van – dumped in bushes).  `PENRHYN QUARRIES’ (4wh steel open).  `RR’ (bogie 3 pl long open – used as passenger carrying vehicle).  Unnumbered (open end rubbish skip).  Unnumbered (4wh short flat x 7).  Unnumbered (4wh log carrier x 2).  Unnumbered (steel sided slate open x 3).  Unnumbered (`V’ skip side tippler x 3).  Unnumbered (bogie long flat).  Unnumbered (8 pl open x 2).  Unnumbered (steel skip chassis).
Unnumbered (double barrel beer wagon).  Unnumbered (PW tool wagon).
Unnumbered (4wh well wagon – carries a boiler).  Unnumbered (4wh rounded corners flat – carries the frame of `ELIN’).  Unnumbered (4wh medium flat – carries the frame of `PIXIE’).  Unnumbered (4wh new build tender for `CHIQUITANTA’).  Unnumbered (4wh coal box tender for `SAMSON’)
600mm Gauge.
Locomotives ; No.1 – Baguley-Drewry 4wDH 3701/1973
1ft 3” Gauge.
Locomotive ; 1904 `CAGNEY’ – McGarigle 4-4-0/1904 (on a moveable trolley)
7.25” Gauge.
Locomotive ; `MARY’ – Unknown Builder 0-4-2/2019 (under construction)
Unknown Gauge.
Locomotive ; 776 – Unknown Builder 4-2-2/xxxx
 
Eynsford Light Railway, Eynsford (Visit) :
2ft Gauge.
Locomotives ; Unnumbered – Motor Rail 4wDM 9711/1952 (working).
Unnumbered – Ruston Hornsby 4wDM 211609/1941 (dismantled).  Unnumbered – Westwood Gazelle 4wh Ride-On Lawnmower/xxxx (converted for rail use)
Carriage ; Unnumbered (balcony saloon 3rd).  Unnumbered (4wh 2 comp’t 3rd)
Wagons ; 32 `ELR’ (non-ventilated planked van).  41 (`V’ skip side tippler).  47 (`V’ skip side tippler).  105 (4 pl headboard flat).  112 (`V’ skip side tippler).  Unnumbered (4wh rounded ends chassis).
Unnumbered (`V’ skip side tippler x 2).  Unnumbered (5 pl open).
Unnumbered (4wh short flat).  Unnumbered (side tippler chassis).
Unnumbered (steel open end tippler).  Unnumbered (4wh log carrier x 2).
 
Thanks go to Ken Jackson for arranging and hosting our visit, and to Martin for driving the loco and assisting.
 
Mainline, Eynsford (passing) :
EMU’s ; 700046, 700052
 
West Yard Tonbridge (View) :
Locomotives ; 47749 `CITY OF TRURO’, 66707 `SIR SAM FAY, GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY’, 66719 `METRO-LAND’, 66731 `INTERHUB GB’, 66759 `CHIPPY’, 66776 `JOANNE’, 66780 `CEMEX EXPRESS’, 73961 `ALISON’, 73963 `JANICE’, 73964 `JEANETTE’
EMU’s ; 465903, 465904, 465914
On-Track Plant ; 79601 – 427063-1, Schweerbau High Speed Milling Machine 094.001(?)/2014.  DB 965237 – BR Independent Snowplough.  592001-0, Snow Plough Wagon (Ex-460049).  592002-8, Snow Plough Wagon (Ex-450056).
592003-6, Snow Plough Wagon (Ex-460059).  592004-4, Snow Plough Wagon (Ex-460060).  592005-1, Snow Plough Wagon (Ex-460063).  592006-9, Snow Plough Wagon (Ex-460800).  594002-6, De-Icer Wagon (Ex-979009).  594003-4, De-Icer Wagon (Ex-979013).  594006-7, De-Icer Wagon (Ex-979016).  594007-4, De- Icer Wagon (Ex-979053).  594008-3, De-Icer Wagon (Ex-979059).
594010-9, De-Icer Wagon (Ex-979066).  594011-7, De-Icer Wagon (Ex-979093).
594013-3, De-Icer Wagon (Ex-979097).  594016-6, De-Icer Wagon (Ex-979076).
594021-6, De-Icer Wagon (Ex-979401).
Wagons ; 17107, 17306, 17308, 17319, 17323, 92551, 371002, 371011, 371012, 371014, 371016, 371019, 371022, 371025, 371027, 371028, 371031, 371036, 371039, 371041, 371043, 371044, 371048, 371073, 503056, 979514, 996407.
33/68 4909 133-3, 300-8, 453-5, 456-8, 493-1, 588-8, 610-0, 737-1.
37/80 4909 036-8, 107-7, 155-6, 185-3, 195-2.
81/70 5500 072-0, 253-6, 254-4, 256-9, 257-7, 258-5, 260-1, 261-9, 262-7, 263-5, 264-3, 265-0, 266-8, 267-6, 268-4, 269-2, 270-0, 271-8, 272-6, 277-5, 280-9, 464-9, 471-4, 474-8, 478-9, 482-1, 483-9, 485-4, 486-2, 487-0, 492-0, 493-8, 494-6, 499-5, 502-6, 503-4.
37/70 6791 042-4, 043-2, 056-4, 087-3.
37/70 6955 212-5, 243-0, 247-1, 250-5, 258-8.
83/70 6955 324-1, 328-2, 346-4, 348-0, 349-8, 351-4.
 
Tonbridge Station, Siding & Passing (View) :
EMU’s ; 375602, 375614, 375615, 375629, 375702, 375705, 375804, 375810, 375909, 377301, 465001, 465183
 
Priory Road Depot, Tonbridge (View) :
On-Track Plant ; 98921, Multi Purpose Vehicle Windhoff 2558/2000.
98925, Multi Purpose Vehicle Windhoff 2566/2000.  98930, Multi Purpose Vehicle Windhoff 2587/2001.  98970, Multi Purpose Vehicle Windhoff 2557/2000.  98980, Multi Purpose Vehicle Windhoff 2588/2001
 
Bristol Parkway Car Park (VIEW) {NSBA} :
Road/Railers ; Holy Rail HR 03 – 912169-8.  Holy Rail HR 09 – 912198-7