Class 33 drivers eye view (cab ride, footplate ride) 'Crompton' diesel D6587 / 33202 on the KESR.

[@dinmorejunctionmodelrailway]

A railway video does not get much better than this one. It's been years since I last visited there

[@SixpennyFilms]

Thank you for your kind comment!

[@stephenpowell5912]

Love the sound of the Class 33 Crompton ❤ Beautiful Countryside 💕

[@Mounhas]

Yes, lovely area.

[@SixpennyFilms]

Thank you! We aim to please!

[@jackx4311]

That blast up the bank put me in mind of a firing turn I had on one of the Austerities, sometime in the mid 90s, with the late Chris Mitchell. We reached Rolvenden, and Chris looked across at me with a wicked twinkle in his eye, and asked how it looked. I told him that we'd got a good batch of coal, a clean fire, no problem with water or steam. "Shall we go for it?", he asked; "Why not?", I replied - and by God, we certainly did! As we approached Cranbrook Road, the crossing keeper had his hands over his ears and a *huge* grin on his face! I don't know what our time was, Rolvenden to Tenterden, but I bet it was a goodly bit quicker than shown in the WTT . . . Chris and Carole Mitchell, very good friends, and great people to work with. ♥

[@SixpennyFilms]

I remember Chris. Happy days!

[@Kevinfr525]

That bought back memories when I was secondman at Hither Green in the late 60s before going to Waterloo ( Nine Elms)

[@alistairkewish651]

I moved down to Kent to take up a temporary job in Ashford. This was good timing as there were loads of voluntary jobs in and around Tenterden and Rolvenden on the K&ES …..including some track laying and various odd jobs. When the missing link is restored I’m booking a place on that first service north out of RBJ.

[@mickwaters5984]

Very nice memories on these,and the old Drivers I worked with. To get a sense of the Crompton’s working hard you need a 1000tons behind it!!

[@SixpennyFilms]

Thanks, and yes, we had a lot less than 1000 tons on!

[@steveturner609]

What Railway line is this I must come and visit??

[@alistairkewish651]

An obscure but telling Act of Parliament includes a curious clause: where a road and a line of railway bisect, there is a requirement to construct a station or halt. The real draw back behind this law / statement is that the settlement / village / town may well be nowhere near that bisecting point at all.

[@batman51]

I'm a bit confused by the double stop signal before Wittersham Road?

[@SixpennyFilms]

That is the Up Home signal for Wittersham Road. Whenever we see the two stop signal arms one above the other like that it shows we are approaching a junction with two routes. The upper arm applies to the line on the left (in this case the platform road) and the lower arm applies to line on the right (in this case the 'through' or 'main' route).