The ‘Black 5’ steam loco 44871 was enroute back to London Victoria via Tonbridge. Passengers had almost three hours in the town, after having travelled here via Eastbourne.
The Stanier Black 5 locomotives were in common use during the post-war hey-day of steam trains and were designed to haul both passenger and freight trains.
The locomotive itself weighs 72.1 tons and its tender 53.7 tons.
