May 2017 Foxy becomes "The Cornish Riviera Express " on The Kent and East Sussex Railway

11 May 2017 and  Foxy becomes  "The Cornish Riviera Express " on The Kent and East Sussex Railway

The Cornish Riviera Express is a  express passenger train that has run between London Paddington and Penzance in Cornwall since 1904. Introduced by the Great Western Railway, the name Cornish Riviera Express has been applied to the late morning express train from London to Penzance continuously through nationalisation under British Rail and privatisation under First Great Western, only ceasing briefly during the two World Wars. The name is also applied to the late morning express train running in the opposite direction from Penzance to London. Through performance and publicity the Cornish Riviera Express has become one of the most famous named trains in the United Kingdom and is particularly renowned for the publicity employed by the Great Western Railway in the 1930s which elevated it to iconic status.

 Today it is operated by Great Western Railway (train operating company).

The Kent and East Sussex Railway unleash the RED DRAGON , Foxcote Manor (foxy) 7822 from May 2017

RED DRAGON UNLEASHED

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The Great Western Railway steam locomotive no. 7822 Foxcote Manor is a 4-6-0 Manor Class locomotive, built in 1950 at Swindon Works. It is part of a post-war batch of 10 locomotives, which follows on from 20 earlier locomotives built in 1938.

7822 returned to service in early 2016 following heavy boiler repairs and can be seen regularly operating at Llangollen. 7822 was on hire to the Kent & East Sussex Railway throughout May 2017.

Here you see foxy steaming down Tenterden Bank

Here she is reaching English Heritage site Bodiam Castle

Foxcote Manor Society, And the Kent and East Sussex Railway largest locomotive to visit the line

Day 6 of foxy on the KESR

The Great Western Railway steam locomotive no. 7822 Foxcote Manor is a 4-6-0 Manor Class locomotive, built in 1950 at Swindon Works. It is part of a post-war batch of 10 locomotives, which follows on from 20 earlier locomotives built in 1938.

FOXCOTE MANOR STEAMING OUT OF TENTERDEN

The locomotive was originally allocated to Oswestry depot, where it was used to haul both passenger and freight services over lines such as the Cambrian Line and the now-closed Ruabon Barmouth Line. It regularly hauled the "Cambrian Coast Express" from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth. It was also allocated to Chester shed during its lifespan.




It was withdrawn in 1965 from Shrewsbury and was towed to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales.It languished there until 1974 when it was rescued for preservation. It was initially taken to Oswestry for restoration work, but is now based on the Llangollen Railway, a restored part of the Ruabon Barmouth Line, and it has seen regular services on the Llangollen Railway and has been on loan to the West Somerset Railway, Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway, South Devon Railway, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Great Central Railway (Nottingham) and even The North Yorkshire Moors Railway.


7822 returned to service in early 2016 following heavy boiler repairs and can be seen regularly operating at Llangollen.

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.