THE Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway’s Kerr Stuart 0-4-2ST Brazil class Premier was the star attraction for Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway’s (WLLR) September 2-4 Steam Gala.
Premier returned to traffic in May (RM, July) following a decade out of action, its overhaul having included reverting its appearance to original Bowaters Paper Railway configuration and livery. This visit to WLLR was the first time the locomotive had ever run on a line away from its Sittingbourne home.
Also in steam for the event were WLLR’s own Beyer, Peacock 0-6-0T No. 822 The Earl and U-class 0-6-2T No. 2 Zillertal, currently on extended hire from Austria’s Zillertalbahn.
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■ THE Talyllyn Railway ran a special train on July 30 to celebrate the contribution made by its women volunteers since the line entered preservation in 1951. The 60 ladies aboard the train, which was worked by an all-woman train crew, represented a combined 1,000-plus years of female volunteering.
■ THE Yeo Valley Trust, support organisation for Exmoor Associates, has secured at auction one of the two original blue enamel Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Snapper Halt running in boards. The
