K&ESR No 12

[DavidB]

There is, tucked away in Exminster on the outskirts of Exeter, the UK's leading steam engine dealer (their claim), Berrybrook Steam & Classics. I had never heard of them but the following appeared in the Exminster Magazine and was shown to me. Berrybrook's expertise is more with steam (and classic) road vehicles so this is unusual for them.

I have enlarged the picture:

 

[paulhb]

Hi David,

I think this thread from rmweb will provide some more detail.

Rapido UK's BIGGEST project incoming...

www.rmweb.co.uk

Cheers Paul

 

[DavidB]

Thank you, Paul. When I eventually sorted the wheat from the chaff in that thread, the BBC article got to the point. Kent: 101-year-old steam engine returns to railway after sale

 

[oldravendale]

Well done, Andy Hardy and others! It returns to where it should never have left.

 

[Osgood]

Here's Marcia having a tug-of-war with a diesel eleven years younger than her in April last year whilst on holiday from K&ESR at the Mid Suffolk Lt Rly.
Fair to say it was a draw

 

[Herb Garden]

Here's Marcia having a tug-of-war with a diesel eleven years younger than her in April last year whilst on holiday from K&ESR at the Mid Suffolk Lt Rly.
Fair to say it was a draw

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Anyone else ignoring the pretty locomotives and focusing on the beautiful GER Johnson type 2A coaching stock? Nope, just me then.....

 

[Osgood]

Anyone else ignoring the pretty locomotives and focusing on the beautiful GER Johnson type 2A coaching stock? Nope, just me then.....

I hasten to add no GER coaches were harmed in the process.…..