No.14 Charwelton

This locomotive was built in 1917 by Manning Wardle for the Parkgate Iron and Steel Company of Charwelton, Northamptonshire. There she worked virtually single handed on ironstone quarry lines for upwards of 25 years. By the beginning of World War 2, Charwelton was almost worn out and was transferred to the Sproxton quarry in Lincolnshire for major overhaul. The quarry railway there closed in 1963 and Charwelton was purchased (for £280) by the Kent & East Sussex Railway Loco Trust, arriving the following year.

Charwelton has just returned from a heavy overhaul and arrived at Bitton in late August 2026.

Charwelton is on loan from the Kent & East Sussex Railway.