1958 - Departmental, on the K&ESR..
Taken on October 19th 1958
Ex-LBSC A1X ‘Terrier’ 0-6-0 DS377 with the Locomotive Club of Great Britain ‘Rother Valley Limited’ railtour, on an overcast day in October 1958. Another A1X – 32678 – is out of sight at the other end of the train..
DS377 had entered service in 1878, and had been in departmental service at Brighton Works for some years, when this photo was taken. It was re-numbered as BR 32635 in 1959, and was withdrawn in March 1963, and scrapped in September.
www.flickr.com/photos/rgadsdon/5502404380
Ten examples of the class have been preserved..
Passenger traffic on the line had ended in 1954, although hop-pickers specials had run until 1958. Most of the line closed in June 1961, and the final remaining section closed in January 1970.
Part of the line was restored and reopened in 1974, and further sections have been reopened since then..
Restored from an under-exposed original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
1958 - Departmental, on the K&ESR..
Taken on October 19th 1958
Ex-LBSC A1X ‘Terrier’ 0-6-0 DS377 with the Locomotive Club of Great Britain ‘Rother Valley Limited’ railtour, on an overcast day in October 1958. Another A1X – 32678 – is out of sight at the other end of the train..
DS377 had entered service in 1878, and had been in departmental service at Brighton Works for some years, when this photo was taken. It was re-numbered as BR 32635 in 1959, and was withdrawn in March 1963, and scrapped in September.
www.flickr.com/photos/rgadsdon/5502404380
Ten examples of the class have been preserved..
Passenger traffic on the line had ended in 1954, although hop-pickers specials had run until 1958. Most of the line closed in June 1961, and the final remaining section closed in January 1970.
Part of the line was restored and reopened in 1974, and further sections have been reopened since then..
Restored from an under-exposed original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon