The Folkestone Harbour Branch 7 May 1994
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2015
- Special workings on the Folkestone Harbour Branch with BR Class 4 2-6-4T's nos. 80079 and 80080 on 7 May 1994 to celebrate the opening of the Channel Tunnel. From the Model Railways On-Line website www.mrol.com.au.
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A couple of clips from my video were included in the TV programme "Walking Britains Lost Railways" for the Kent episode
great footage of years gone by its ashame its still not like it. i missed it when they did run😢😢
Marvelous sight and sound!
the overgrowth near radnor tunnel was unbelievable just after a few years. If you can find a 1960s video it looks so different.
Could imagine living there hearing that noise of them 2 tanks engine powering up the line lovely
Today Folkestone harbour station is no longer operational as of now it’s now used for pedestrians only
Spectacular footage! Just been trying out banking on my layout with my new steam decoder... all I'm missing are the smoke and the volume!!!
When a steam train goes by, you have to pay attention. And why not?
At 8.30 I heard them slowing down, getting slower and slower. I thought "there's a wheelslip coming up" and sure enough at 11.17...
awesome , love it
Presume stalled due to lack of steam, obviously plenty when they came to restart!
Looks like the leading engine has its safety valve blowing off a bit, was that a over keen Fireman, When did they change to two engines, in my day in late 50 early 60's they had four small engines
Even with a banker the train stalled!!. Goes to show you though that with a skillful pilot engine crew they could get it moving after a short time .
She had too pull hard.. Steepest harbour link in the world. Back in the day...
Great stuff; shame it's now of the past
Don't think I've ever seen a steam locomotive w/o a tender. Oil fired tank locomotives I guess.
These pair are coal fired!
All UK tank locos were coal fired. They experimented with oil firing on a few tender locos that were converted, but converted them back to coal after a relatively short time. These particular engines carried 3.5 long tons of coal which as plenty for the outer suburban services they were designed for. They were based on a very successful lineage of similar tanks built and developed by the LMS Railway before the railways were nationalized. Some of the largest British Tank locomotives could carry up to 6 long tons (and more when over loaded) in their bunkers which is almost as much as some tender locomotives. Water was usually more of a problem, although they were usually used on services that stopped regularly and had plenty of opportunity for topping up the water tanks.
Post Brexit - bring back the steam trains, make the UK a museum to the Industrial Revolution, and welcome the Chinese tourists!