Return to Gillingham and the Chatham Dockyard Branch

Chatham Dockyard Branch near Gillingham in the 1990s verses 2019.
I paid a return visit to Gillingham and the Chatham Dockyard Branch to compare images I took in the area in the early 1990s to how the area looks now.
In the early 1990s the Chatham Dockyard Branch was in regular use by trains moving contaminated spoil from the dockyard to the landfill site at Stewartby. These trains were hauled by Class 33 Crompton and Class 56 locomotives.

[@LinesideSouthEast]

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[@WeAreRailfans]

Great video... very simple and informative with some excellent photos!

[@LinesideSouthEast]

Glad you liked it!

[@47606odin]

I’m glad I got to go down there wth one of the last scrap trains, it has changed so much

[@LinesideSouthEast]

47606odin Indeed, I was surprised how much things has changed in such short period of time.

[@pwiller7980]

If the developers had thought a bit more about the branch line, they could have easily incorporated it as a tram line. Serving the housing estate on St Mary's island, the student accommodation, the supermarket etc. But alas.. it's just a dumping ground now. Such a waste.

[@CptnPhasma]

Should've done that

[@paulkazjack]

Whats the music?

[@LinesideSouthEast]

The track is called "A Long Way" by Whistle music. I purchased it under a different name as a royalty free track some years ago.