Saw the most impossible locos to catch and a morning at East Kent railway 16/06/24

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[@roberthopkins1085]

EKR appears to have changed quite alot since I was a volunteer there 10+ years ago.

[@user-it7lf7kk8m]

Interesting that the krupps dont have the "chimney" extensions like the originals. The exhaust used to do a 90 and run along the long bonnet and over the" buffer" beam. They used to run through the tunnel with a "scrubber" wagon coupled between a pair of locos . The engine exhaust used to run through a water bath and activated charcoal in the wagon , so as not to pollute the tunnel. They used to pull the night time works trains.

[@SSccaanniiaa]

Legendary, rare, and lucky! 🤩 Shame I couldn't see them ☹️ Atleast I know where they're secretly stored now at Singwell with the HS1 MPV's 😏 Nice to see an Ex-Eurostar 73 still in Preservation! 😄

[@andrewroberts1376]

There stored in the Eurotunnel Diesel shed. The path only went up to the Boundary.

[@SSccaanniiaa]

@@andrewroberts1376 Is that inside the Channel Tunnel truck & car loading area? 🤔

[@andrewroberts1376]

@@SSccaanniiaa it's the otherside of the tunnel

[@SSccaanniiaa]

@@andrewroberts1376 Oh 😑 So totally useless to get to 🤣

[@Mr.Intermodal]

@@SSccaanniiaayou can just about spot it all through a 20ft fence lol

[@XxBec3509]

Great catch very rare

[@WCGUK2024]

Those are pretty common around Germany especially freight yards

[@sansovino4124]

Krupp.

[@RailroudHobby]

Those Are Ex Dutch 6400 Series from my country

[@pietjebell]

En heb je die Sik niet zien staan ?

[@RailroudHobby]

@@pietjebell verhip idd pietje

[@siccodierdorp6947]

Actually these two are purpose built ones, from 0006 up are ex NS 6400s

[@mikeuk4130]

What’s all that gubbins on the noses of the 73, please?

[@22pcirish]

Specialist coupling for Eurostars.

[@progenlol]

@@22pcirish What do the circles even do? I've seen them on a 37 and the 92's but never known what they did.

[@22pcirish]

@@progenlol They were meant to represent a slice of the tunnel receding into the distance.

[@pietjebell]

Locomotive Brett is a former Dutch Shunter Class600 ( Serie 600). From NS Netherlands railways

[@siccodierdorp6947]

??? No, it's a 'Sik' 200/300, 600's are 3-axle shunters, they know them very well in the UK as class 08

[@Tom-Lahaye]

@@siccodierdorp6947 Actually the class 500/600NS are based on the BR class 11, an earlier version of the 3 axle EE shunter, the visual difference is in the cab roof. The 600 or class 11 have roofs with a continuous curve, the roof on an 08 has a distinct kink in the radius.