“O1” 0-6-0 No. 31065 & “C” 0-6-0 No.31592
Light engines at Paddock Wood wait for the arrival of stock on the last day of Steam for a special on this section of Southern Rail metals on 11.6.1961
Front loco is dressed with ER flower headboard and a crown on the rear dome of the loco.
31065 Built Sept 1896 Withdrawn June 1961 Preserved Bluebell Railway as SECR No.65
31592 Built Feb 1902 Withdrawn May 1967 Preserved Bluebell Railway
31065 claim to fame was that it ran the last rail tour over the Hawkhurst Branch, Kent along with 31092 on 11.6.1961
Dave Cobbe Collection