East Kent Railway

Unique multiple unit at East Kent Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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30th September 2019

THE East Kent Railway (EKR) is home to the only Class 457 EMU in preservation, which was in the bay platform at Eythorn on July 14. DMSO No. 67300 from set No. (45)7001 is owned by the Suburban Electric Railway Association. It has been at the EKR since early-2018 following closure of the Electric Railway Museum at…
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East Kent’s growing attractions…

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2019

THE standard-gauge East Kent Railway (EKR), near Dover, continues to develop the attractions on offer to visitors. These include the 7¼in-gauge Knees Woodland Miniature Railway, opened in 2015, sited next to Shepherdswell station. Locos used are petrol, diesel and battery, with the main traction on March 24 provided by No. 5, a scale replica of a…
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Courtaulds Peckett means steam returns to East Kent

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Sam Hewitt

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16th May 2019

MARTIN Staniforth’s former Courtaulds Peckett ‘OY-1’ 0-4-0ST No. 2087 returned steam to the East Kent Railway (EKR) for the first time in almost 20 years in late-March to help celebrate the EKR’s 30th anniversary. An initial test run took place on March 22 followed by a members’-only event two days later when the Peckett worked…
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