Ex-South Eatern & Chatham Railway Wainwright 'C' class 0-6-0 No. 31054. Built at Ashford in March 1901 as SE&CR No. 54 and withdrawn in August 1960.

Fresh from overhaul and featuring the shorter chimney as fitted by the Southern Railway, 31054 sits glistening ouside Ashford MPD in August 1954. Primarily designed as a freight engine, 109 'Cs' were built between 1900 and 1908. They had all been withdrawn by 1967 and just one has been preserved (ex-BR 31592) at the Bluebell Railway in the full glory of SE&CR livery.

© Ken Widd-SA Collection