SER R class

[3] These numbers were retained under the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, although from 1900 the livery changed from black to green.

Normally, two would work the branch from Canterbury West shed whilst the third was spare at Ashford, but to provide relief for the 1890 locomotives when one was undergoing overhaul, no.

152–154, were only fourteen years old, but required several modifications in order to comply with Board of Trade regulations regarding passenger trains.

152–154 were transferred to other parts of the SER system in 1898, and were replaced on the Folkestone Harbour Branch by newly-built nos.

[12] The Hornby Dublo range of 00 gauge model railways had been launched by Meccano Ltd in 1938 using a three-rail system to power the electric motors of the locomotives.

[13] After World War II, several of their rivals chose a two-rail system and by 1957 Hornby Dublo began to lose sales.