GWR LOCOMOTIVE 0-6-2T NO: 5668 on the Kent and East Sussex Railway

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This locomotive, was built at Swindon in 1926 and spent its working life in and around  Cardiff Valley hauling both freight and passenger trains.  Like many others, 5668 ended up sold to Woodham’s  scrap yard at Barry in November 1964 as steam was phased out in favour of diesel. 

It languished there, slowly losing parts, until rescued  and moved to the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway in 1987.

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  A very similar story to that of GWR 4253.

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Towards the end of 2012
The kent and East Sussex Railway offered this locomotive as part of a package deal involving a substantial quantity of parts that were required to progress the restoration of 4253.

The agreement was that The 4253 Locomotive Company Limited would undertake the restoration of 5668 but that no work would commence until such time as 4253 had been completed and returned to steam.