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Kenavon Railway Society is a railway enthusiasts' society based in Reading, Berkshire, England. The name Kenavon is derived from "Kenavon Drive" which is a road built on the site of the former Huntley & Palmers biscuit factory in Reading. The road is named after the nearby Kennet & Avon Canal. The Society was formed to assist with the preservation, and display in Reading, of Huntley & Palmers No.1 fireless steam locomotive, pictured below. This project has been dropped because the locomotive was recently sold to a railway enthusiast in Yorkshire. Our current role is to provide news, on this page, about railway events in Reading (and elsewhere) and there is some historical information on other pages. We have a new project on the drawing board and we will be holding a model railway exhibition in Reading on 20th February 2010. See "Latest news" below for details. If you are interested in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA, have a look at the website of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. For British fans of American locomotives there is an American-built diesel locomotive at the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway. It is an Alco S-1 built in 1949/50 for the Steel Company of Wales and is now owned by The American Railroad Centre in the UK. See also the UK Alco Group website.
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