Kent & East Sussex Railway 18 - Peckett & Sons 1378-1914 Westminster - Originally built for Sir J Jackson Ltd for the construction of military camps on Salisbury Plain - K&ESR Bodiam Station, Kent England - 16Jul1977 - 20712pgxxnUNSHARP
K&ESR 18 Westminster, Peckett and Sons B2 Class 1378/1914 was built for Sir J Jackson Ltd for use on Larkhill Military Railway for the construction of military camps on Salisbury Plain. It was sold to the War Department in 1917 working on the Fovant Military Railway until the line closed in 1921. Sold to Dunstable Portland Cement Co Ltd, Dunstable, Bedfordshire then transferred by their successors, Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. (APCM) in 1952 to work in a quarry at Shipton-on-Cherwell where it was numbered 5 in the APCM fleet. Withdrawn in August 1969 and arrived on the K&ESR in 1970. Placed on static display at Bodiam in 1975. Info from the Wikipedia page "Rolling stock of the Kent & East Sussex Railway (heritage)"
Subsequent status post 1977: it was moved East Tisted. Hampshire then moved to the Northampton & Lamport Railway in 1998. Then In October 2021 it was reported that the locomotive had been put up for sale where it was undergoing an overhaul.. ( preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/peckett-sons-works-n... )
Kent & East Sussex Railway 18 - Peckett & Sons 1378-1914 Westminster - Originally built for Sir J Jackson Ltd for the construction of military camps on Salisbury Plain - K&ESR Bodiam Station, Kent England - 16Jul1977 - 20712pgxxnUNSHARP
K&ESR 18 Westminster, Peckett and Sons B2 Class 1378/1914 was built for Sir J Jackson Ltd for use on Larkhill Military Railway for the construction of military camps on Salisbury Plain. It was sold to the War Department in 1917 working on the Fovant Military Railway until the line closed in 1921. Sold to Dunstable Portland Cement Co Ltd, Dunstable, Bedfordshire then transferred by their successors, Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. (APCM) in 1952 to work in a quarry at Shipton-on-Cherwell where it was numbered 5 in the APCM fleet. Withdrawn in August 1969 and arrived on the K&ESR in 1970. Placed on static display at Bodiam in 1975. Info from the Wikipedia page "Rolling stock of the Kent & East Sussex Railway (heritage)"
Subsequent status post 1977: it was moved East Tisted. Hampshire then moved to the Northampton & Lamport Railway in 1998. Then In October 2021 it was reported that the locomotive had been put up for sale where it was undergoing an overhaul.. ( preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/peckett-sons-works-n... )