The independent company Kent and East Sussex Railway

1 independent company

1.1 steam locomotives
1.2 railcars
1.3 hired or loaned locomotives
1.4 passenger stock
1.5 freight stock
1.6 non-rail vehicles

the independent company
steam locomotives

owned rother valley railway and/or kent & east sussex light railway.

note:

the order of scrapping of locomotives 7, 5, 6 (steam railcar), 1, 9, 2 , 8.

railcars

owned rother valley railway and/or kent & east sussex light railway.

hired or loaned locomotives

hired or loaned kent & east sussex light railway.

passenger stock

owned rother valley railway and/or kent , east sussex light railway.

freight stock

owned rother valley railway and/or kent , east sussex light railway.

non-rail vehicles

the k&esr owned number of non-rail vehicles, 1 of survives today.

horse bus - built in 1902 w j mercer, tenterden carriage works. operated under contract william hook & son until firm ceased trading in 1916. operated k&esr until withdrawn in 1924 , stored. became british railways property on nationalisation. exhibit @ national railway museum, york.
horse-drawn van , 2 drays. k&esr acquired horse-drawn van , 2 drays in 1916. these withdrawn in mid-1930s.
2 2-ton bedford lq lorries. 1 purchased in 1935 , second hire purchased in 1936, replacing horse-drawn vehicles. both vehicles passed british railways on nationalisation.




^ garrett 1980, p. 24.
^ hirings , firings stephen garrett . terrier trust. retrieved 28 april 2009. 
^ garrett 1980, p. 25.
^ kidner, r w. standard gauge light railways (4th ed.). lingfield: oakwood press. pp. 2–3. 
^ garrett 1980, p. 27-28.
^ garrett 1980, p. 26.
^ garrett 1980, p. 26-27.
^ garrett 1980, p. 27.
^ garrett 1980, p. 29.
^ garrett 1980, p. 28.
^ garrett 1980, p. 30.
^ garrett 1980, p. 31.
^ garrett 1980, p. 32.
^ garrett 1980, p. 33.
^ horse bus . stephens museum. archived original on 24 april 2009. retrieved 14 may 2009. 
^ miniature locomotives , large exhibits . national railway museum. retrieved 14 may 2009. 
^ garrett 1980, p. 18.