RVR No.

1

Former No

2279

Built

1951 - Newton le Willows

Builder

Drewry Car Co Ltd.,
by the Vulcan Foundary Works

Propulsion

Gardner 6L3 Diesel

Transmission

Hydraulic Coupling, Wilson CA4 Epicyclic Gearbox RF11 Reverse and Final Drive

At RVR

April 2002

Above Feb 2009

The locomotive is believed to have spent its industrial life at Hoo on the Isle of Grain. It became redundant and after a few years out of service it was due to be scrapped. It was transferred to the Kent and East Sussex Railway in 1987 becoming KESR Stock No 43

In February 2008