And the end of the day…

It’s good to be back!

AFTER 85 years away A1X Terrier 0-60T Knowle visited the Isle of Wight to be part of its 50th Anniversary Gala on June 4-6. Based on the island from 1929 to 1936, it was used on the quieter branch lines and named Bembridge following the tradition of naming engines after the island’s towns and villages. Now based at the Kent & East Sussex Railway and named Knowle, it arrived on May 27 via the Wightlink ferry at Fishbourne for a month’s stay at Havenstreet. The 50th Anniversary Gala saw the line steam three original Isle of Wight engines, with Knowle joining residents O2 0-4-4T W24 Calbourne and A1X W11 Newport.

(Graham Nuttall) “The engineman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.” With apologies to Thomas Gray, against a darkening sky GER Y14 0-6-0 564 climbs the 1-in-80 towards Weybourne Shed, North Norfolk Railway, past a ploughed field at the end of the day’s timetable on May 11.

(Peter Foster) Running as 14 Bembridge, the on-loan ‘Terrier’ poses with W24 and W11 at Wootton on June 5.