LOCOMOTIVES OF THE RAILWAY

 

No1 MOGUL 

 This Engine, which is currently under construction, was started by Sid Beacon in 1960 and has been an on-off project ever since. At the moment it is at the completed rolling chassis stage with all valve gear, drain cocks etc fitted and all the Castings and metalwork fabricated for the tender ready for construction

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 No 2 Robin freelance 4-4-0  1930

This Engine originally started life as two engines, ‘Helen’ a SR Style 4-4-0 and ‘Robin’ a Freelance 0-4-4T. It was built into its present form in 1957 by Sidney K. Beacon and ran from 1958 – 1960 on a local private railway.  From 1961 until Mr Beacons death, it was shown at various Fete’s & Fairs, Sittingbourne & Kemsley Railway open days & County Shows at Detling. It was purchased in 1984 by Mr B.S. Jones and was substantially refurbished before running on a railway at Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey between 1985 -1986, and then our previous Railway at Norton Crossroads from 1992 until its closure in 2000. This engine is now privately owned and sees occasional use on very special occasions.

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                                                                                      No 3 BERITE 4-4wBE  1990                                           

This engine is a battery electric locomotive built by Tom Smith in 1990 for Cromer White Ltd, as a prototype 7 ¼” gauge commercial engine. It was purchased from Cromer White in 1992 and was re-gauged by them before collection. It is fitted with a 3 HP Shunt motor and runs on 4 heavy duty 6v 240AH traction batteries.

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4 - Hymek 4w-4PH  1974

           This engine was built in 1974 by Cromer White as a petrol mechanical locomotive for the 9 ½” railway at Burton Constable Hall in Humberside; it was in use here for about 8 years before it was put into store for a further 9 years. It was then sold to the railway at Whitworth Hall in County Durham, where it was re-engined by Pfierfabahn in 1991 with a 5 HP Honda petrol engine with Hydraulic drive. It was used for the 1992 season and was then put up for sale. It was purchased at the beginning of 1993. Since then it has been re-gauged, re-wired and tweaked here and there to keep it in perfect running order.

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No. 5.  Red 0-4-0 Diesel Shunter.1990

            This engine was originally built for the 7 ¼” Pulborough Garden Centre railway by Iron Horse in 1990, and was purchased in 1998. Since then it has been re-gauged and is used on engineering trains and relief passenger trains

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No. 6.  Narrow Gauge 0-4-0 PH.

            This engine started life as a small 10 ¼” diesel Shunter built by Pfierfabahn for the Birchley Railway in Biddenden, Kent. Since its arrival it has been re-gauged and rebuilt into its present form as a representative narrow gauge loco

 

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No 9 -  Hibbert, 'Kirsty' -2-4wPH  2005

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No 11 Peal 0-4-2ST

Maxitrak /A Taylor

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14 - Blue class 20 'Lady Fiona' 4w-4PH 1988

NO14 "LADY FIONA" Is based on a  British Rail Class 20.It was built by the  Late Peter Howard and Crowhurst Engineering in 1988 as a 4-4wpm with a Reliant engine. About 1991 it was rebuilt to a PH with a Honda engine. which it has now. both bogies are driven. It only run at Peter Howard's garden railway be for coming to the FMR

 

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