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31618 & 30541 at Sheffield Park 13-10-2019
Two ex Barry scrapyard classmates in the yard at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway.
The 'Southern Mogul Preservation Society' who were the owners of 31618 found it a struggle to make much progress with the loco's restoration on the sidings at New Hythe so when the chance to move to the Kent and East Sussex Railway at Tenterden came, they gleefully accepted and the loco first steamed successfully in preservation there during 1974.
However, in the 1970s there was very little track on which to run the loco on the K&ESR so when the Bluebell Railway offered to accommodate 31618 in May 1977 the loco was taken the relative short distance to the Bluebell Railway and that move was a huge success for all parties and she remains based there. HFF
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31618 & 30541 at Sheffield Park 13-10-2019
Two ex Barry scrapyard classmates in the yard at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway.
The 'Southern Mogul Preservation Society' who were the owners of 31618 found it a struggle to make much progress with the loco's restoration on the sidings at New Hythe so when the chance to move to the Kent and East Sussex Railway at Tenterden came, they gleefully accepted and the loco first steamed successfully in preservation there during 1974.
However, in the 1970s there was very little track on which to run the loco on the K&ESR so when the Bluebell Railway offered to accommodate 31618 in May 1977 the loco was taken the relative short distance to the Bluebell Railway and that move was a huge success for all parties and she remains based there. HFF
All Rights Reserved and no reproduction or use unless I know you personally and have given written permission. Also providing the image has not been sold.