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KESR railcar appeal halfway to target within weeks of launch

THE Kent & East Sussex Railway has reacted with delight after a public appeal for donations for the long-term restoration of a GWR diesel railcar passed its halfway mark within two weeks of being launched.

Titled ‘20 for 20’, the appeal is for funds to complete an ambitious project to return W20W to traffic by 2024 – in time for it to be one of the centrepieces of the railway’s

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