Kent & East Sussex Railways – ‘A1X Class’ 0-6-0T No.3 (’70 Poplar’ KESR No. 3 ‘Bodiam’ & BR No. 32670) Terrier taken arriving at Robertsbridge Station with the 9.48 am from Rolvenden on 26/04/1947.

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) A1 Class is an English class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive. Designed by William Stroudley, 50 members of the class were built in 1872 and between 1874 and 1880, all at Brighton Works. The class has received several nicknames, initially being known as "Rooters" by their south London crews. However, the engines were more famously known as "Terriers" on account of the distinctive 'bark' of the exhaust beat.

 

A1X (Terrier) Class 0-6-0T No. 3. (70 ‘Poplar’, KESR No, 3 ‘Bodiam’ & BR No, 32670) designed by William Stroudley, built in 1872 at Brighton Works. Rebuilt to A1X in 1943.

 

Sold for £650 to Kent & East Sussex Railway in May 1901. To British Rail in 1948, withdrawn 1963, sold to Kent & East Sussex Preservation Society in April 1964. Acquired by The Terrier Trust 1995 for use on the K&ESR and currently preserved in 2022 as No. 70 ‘Poplar’.

 

Photographer & Copyright - H C Casseley - taken having just arrivied at Robertsbridge Station with the 9.48 am from Rolvenden on 26/04/1947.

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