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Not three but four cheers for KESR as ‘Terrier’ makes return to the past

THE Kent & East Sussex Railway is approaching the summer tourist season with four causes for celebration – the return of a much-loved A1X‘Terrier’ in a livery it has not carried for more than 120 years, and the arrival of three other locomotives to help out with a busy schedule.

While the trio of new arrivals is good news for the operating department, it is doubtless the return of the‘Terrier’ that has heartened staff and volunteers the most, for the KESR has had these locomotives at its very core since the original line opened in

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