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Final sighting of 4CIG 1839 (old 7363) as it trails 1701 through Knockholt with a Charing Cross to Margate train on Friday 21 May 2004.
This was its final day in traffic, being withdrawn at Ramsgate Depot that evening after arrival off the 21.30 from Charing Cross.
 
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LMS 3F 0-6-0T No 7365 stands in steam above the service pits in front of the shed on 24th August 1935. Originally built as LMS No 16448 by the North British Locomotive Company in July 1926 No 7365 was to remain in service until December 1964 when it was withdrawn from Patricroft shed to be scrapped.
 
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No 7371 - Collett Brake Composite
A brake corridor composite vehicle with two first and four third class compartments, this was the last of 15 coaches built to diagram E.159, the first being constructed in 1938. In its final years in railway service this coach formed part of the Swindon test train until it was acquired by the society in 1968.

Once a regular performer in the Society's Vintage Train and at Didcot, this vehicle was withdrawn from active service in the early 1990s for a ‘Rapid Repaint’. However this revealed that the galvanised metal panels were in a very poor condition having rusted in many places on the inside. The only choice was to replace the panels and this was duly undertaken together with the installation of safety glass. The new panelling was given several coats of paint to protect it.
 
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