4253 Announce Further Investment by RVR

With the 50th Kent & East Sussex Railway Gala in full swing at Robertsbridge Station, Sunday 2nd June saw the announcement of a new investment in the 4253 Locomotive Company by the Rother Valley Railway Heritage Trust. On behalf of 4253, Chairman Charlie Masterson thanked Rother Valley Railway Trustee Richard Broyd CBE for the Trust’s further substantial financial input to … Read More

Newsletter No 22 – Autumn 2023

The ‘Rods’ Story — A Milestone After many long years and countless hours of searching and labour, we have finally, against all the odds, fitted two complete sets of rods to the locomotive. This is indeed a milestone achievement for volunteers and shareholders alike. To mark the occasion, we have decided to once again revisit the rods story in this … Read More

Newsletter No 21 – Summer 2023

Result of Livery Vote Lining the Loco GWR Swindon Colour Specs All that Brass – Part 2 Richard (Dick) Beckett Dave Dee Memorial Bench Rods Progress Boiler Progress