The retirement of Sir Allen Sarle in the course of the next few weeks means the disappearance of an old familiar face from the management of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
The Skipton to Ilkley line was closed by Dr Beeching & reopened later as the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway and has gone from strength to strength!
“Fred Dibnah was an icon for the movement, he has certainly left his mark and I, along and with many others, certainly feel the better for having known him.”
As the most powerful single-engine diesel locomotive in the world at the time, Kestrel promised a motive power revolution… but it turned out to be ‘too good for its own good’!
