 | KENT & EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY - November 2009
by Brian Hart
ISBN 978-1-905184-57-6
Book 22.2cm x 27.9cm Hardback 282 Pages 250 B&W Photographs
Publisher: Wild Swan Publications
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| | Reputedly Lt. Col. Holman F. Stephens' favourite line, the Kent and East Sussex', simply charmed everyone who came to know this highly-characterful railway with its remote stations, appealing rolling stock and unorthodox methods of operation. Commencing with numerous 19th century efforts to bring the railway to Tenterden, the author lucidly explains the reasons behind the eventual arrival of the Rother Valley Light Railway. Particular attention has been paid to these formative years, whereby it has been possible to reveal many long-forgotten accounts which have never before appears in railway books. Contents:
- Introduction
- 1 A Railway For Tenterden
- 2 A Nice Little Line
- 3 Rother Valley Railway
- 4 Palmy Days
- 5 An Ambitious Enterprise
- 6 Years of Real Hardship
- 7 Mr. Austen Takes Over
- 8 The Farmers Line
- 9 All things must Pass
Continent: Europe
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