The only other Kent Coalfield Steam Locomotive

• Guest 705

  • Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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  2 March 2014     23:36261684
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  Thought that you might be interested in this locomotive -one of 2 'Austerity" Hunslet 18" locomotives to work in the Kent Coalfield-and it survives albeit in bits on the Stainmore Heritage railway at Kirkby Stephen.Pictured whilst still in ticket at Chesterfield in 2008. The other a Hudsell Clark machine submitted to the scrapman at Betteshanger in I believe 1971.
  

  

  
  
  The other 2 steam survivors are Avonsides St Thomas (gate guard at the Dover Transport Museum) and St Dunstan awaiting lottery funding on the East Kent Railway.
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• Guest 671

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  4 March 2014     09:22261743
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  Great pictures Richard.
  
  You say its in bits, do you know if all the bits are there?
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