94-002 USA TC 0-6-0T No. DS238 (K&ESR No. 21) 'Wainwright' at Northiam
Scan of a slide taken in 1994; 1994 is another of those year's where I have no notes to accompany the boxes of slides. This is hardly surprising, our first born turned one that year, number two was on the way and the spectre of redundancy was at its most real. So train photography was a snatched and unrecorded activity and in fact I'm slightly surprised to find that I made a trip to the K&ESR at all that year.
Perhaps I made the effort as 'Wainwright' returned to steam that year. Built for the United States Army Corps of Engineers as No 1960, and sent to the UK under Lend-Lease this loco was initially stored at Newbury Racecourse. Fourteen were purchased by the Southern Railway and sent to the Melbourne Military Railway for running in. This example entered service with the Southern Railway in April 1947 as USA Class No. 70. Renumbered 30070 by British Railways it worked at Southampton Docks and was then transferred to Departmental service at Ashford Wagon Work as No. DS238, where it was named 'Wainwright'. Withdrawn in June 1967 and sold for scrap to Woodham Brothers, Barry, Wales. in March 1968 the loco developed a hot box en route to Wales and was dumped at Tonbridge along with class mate No. DS237 (65/30065/22). This turned out to be fortuitous as both locos were bought by the K&ESR in August 1968 and delivered the next month.
94-002 USA TC 0-6-0T No. DS238 (K&ESR No. 21) 'Wainwright' at Northiam
Scan of a slide taken in 1994; 1994 is another of those year's where I have no notes to accompany the boxes of slides. This is hardly surprising, our first born turned one that year, number two was on the way and the spectre of redundancy was at its most real. So train photography was a snatched and unrecorded activity and in fact I'm slightly surprised to find that I made a trip to the K&ESR at all that year.
Perhaps I made the effort as 'Wainwright' returned to steam that year. Built for the United States Army Corps of Engineers as No 1960, and sent to the UK under Lend-Lease this loco was initially stored at Newbury Racecourse. Fourteen were purchased by the Southern Railway and sent to the Melbourne Military Railway for running in. This example entered service with the Southern Railway in April 1947 as USA Class No. 70. Renumbered 30070 by British Railways it worked at Southampton Docks and was then transferred to Departmental service at Ashford Wagon Work as No. DS238, where it was named 'Wainwright'. Withdrawn in June 1967 and sold for scrap to Woodham Brothers, Barry, Wales. in March 1968 the loco developed a hot box en route to Wales and was dumped at Tonbridge along with class mate No. DS237 (65/30065/22). This turned out to be fortuitous as both locos were bought by the K&ESR in August 1968 and delivered the next month.