THIS atmospheric image was captured at Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway’s (SKLR) Kemsley Down on October 10, at the end of a David Williams charter. The fire is being thrown out of Kerr, Stuart 0-4-2ST Leader (left) with similar Kerr, Stuart 0-4-2ST Melior (which had also been in steam) to the right. Leader’s boiler certificate expires in May 2022 with its place in the SKLR roster to be filled by Kerr, Stuart 0-4-2ST Premier, which is due to return to service next May following overhaul after a decade out of traffic. SKLR plans to hold a Kerr, Stuart ‘Brazil’ class weekend in May 2022 when all three of the Kerr, Stuart 0-4-2STs will be available to operate.
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