C class 592 after its latest overhaul, August 2007. The South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) C Class is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive, designed by Harry Wainwright and built between 1900 and 1908. They were designed for freight duties, although occasionally used for passenger trains.

South Eastern & Chatham Railway C-class No.592. Above: The 1902-built C-class 0-6-0, fresh from overhaul in 1994, shunting at Horsted Keynes (Richard Salmon)

Oct 7, 2007 · Class: C; Wheels: 0-6-0; Built: 1902; Numbers Carried: 592, A592, 1592, 31592; Last Overhaul Completed: 7 October 2007; Last Operational: 13 May 2017; Current Status: Static display, awaiting overhaul; Owned By: The Bluebell Railway Trust

When first preserved, C Class N°592 was at the embryo Ashford Steam Centre. Seen here with a birdcage brake at Easter 1970 on one of their open days, she is alongside O1 Class N°65. The stock looks a lot smarter than the buildings behind!

592 was built in 1902 at the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Longhedge Works at Battersea. At the Nationalisation of the railways on 1 January 1948, Southern Region 1592 could be found shedded at Ramsgate, where it remained in service with British Railways (being renumbered 31592 in December 1948) until transferred for a brief period…

SECR C class 592 (Southern Railway 1592, BR 31592), has been preserved on the Bluebell Railway. It has recently returned to traffic after its most recent overhaul in 2007. In 1999 it featured as the Green Dragon locomotive in the a television film of The Railway Children.

Overhaul of SECR C-class No.592 This page reports the activities of the Volunteer Loco Workshop Working Group, who assisted the workshop staff in undertaking the overhaul, between April 2006 and October 2007, of the SECR C-class Locomotive No.592.

The locomotive which features most in the film is the Bluebell's SECR C-class No.592, which played the part of "The Green Dragon". After the amalgamation of the SER and the LCDR in 1899 it fell to Harry Wainwright to put some order into the …

SECR C Class no. 592, at the head of a train of Victorian-era rolling stock, arrives at Horsted Keynes with an afternoon train to Sheffield Park on 21st Augu...