Date: 24/08/2012

If patience is a virtue then a group of railway aficionados based in Leven take the attribute to a whole new level. Nearly 50 years after the founding members of what is now the Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society first volunteered to help a local train lover with a locomotive, they are finally about to start work on restoring their own steam engine.

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If patience is a virtue then a group of railway aficionados based in Leven take the attribute to a whole new level.

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60009 'Union of South Africa' in steam on the Lochty Private Railway in September 1969.
Location: Lochty
Company: East Fife Central Railway
/09/1969 Jim Peebles

The compound of the Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society at Kirkland Yard, Methil. View looks east. The out of use line to Methil power station (and formerly the docks) is out of shot to the right. The Leven Railway was to the left.
Location: Kirkland Yard
Company: Leven Dock Railway
04/01/2008 Ewan Crawford

Activity in the yard at Frances Colliery, Dysart, in 1973. View back towards the screens showing NCB 'pug' no 29 (Barclay 0-4-0ST 1142/1908) at work shunting empty wagons.
Location: Frances Colliery
Company: Frances Colliery Railway (Earl of Rosslyn Collieries)
21/10/1973 John Furnevel

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