Steam In Kent

An Online Video production looking at steam operation in and around the county of Kent both past and present. Start off with scenes from festival of steam held in 1999 and also 2000 at Maidstone West. We then go back in time to 1950’s with steam working at Tonbridge, Maidstone West, Gravesend West and former Hawkhurst and Westerham Branch. Next are scenes dating even further back to 1938 at Sandling Junction along with branch line to Folkestone Harbour. Kent and East Sussex Railway are featured with scenes dating 1927 and 1952 followed by reopening in preservation during 1974, opening of preserved extension to Bodiam in 2000. Also featured are scenes from 1960’s of 15 inch gauge mainline miniature railway known as Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. Swanscombe Paper Mills are shown from scenes of 1970’s along with 1968 scenes of Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway and Aylesford Paper Mills including a cab ride on board their resident industrial steam locomotive “Howe”. More industrial scenes show Snowdown Colliery and Betteshanger Colliery inn 1970 then modern day scenes of remains from Snowdown Colliery. These scenes are then linked with looking at the preserved former colliery line East Kent Railway with the DVD finishing off by showing some of the steam excursions that have worked in and around Kent in early 2000’s.

Locations featured include Ashford International, Aylesford Paper Mills, Bearsted, Betteshanger Colliery, Biddenden Road, Bodiam, Brixton, Canterbury West, Dover Priory, East Farleigh, Folkestone East Junction, Folkestone Harbour, Headcorn, High Halden, Hythe, Kemsley, London Victoria, Longfield Halt, Maidstone West, Marden, Ramsgate, Robertsbridge, Rolvenden, Sandling Junction, Shepherdswell, Sittingbourne Paper Mills, Sittingbourne Viaduct, Snowdown Colliery, St Michaels, Staplehurst, Swanscombe Paper Mills, Tonbridge and Wandsworth Road.

 British Railway Standard Class 4 Tank Steam Locomotives Featured Include 80064 and 80098.

 Industrial Steam Locomotives Featured Include “Howe”.

 Industrial Narrow Gauge Locomotives Featured Include “Pioneer” and “Superior”.

 London Brighton and South Coast Railway A1X Terrier Class Steam Locomotives Featured Include 32636 “Fenchurch”, 32650 “Sutton”, 32662 “Martello”, 32670 “Bodiam” and 32678 “Knowle”.

 London Chatham and Dover Railway R Class Steam Locomotives Featured Include 31671.

 National Coal Board Locomotives Featured Include No 12, “St Dunstan” and “St Martin”.

 Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Locomotives Featured Include Number 5 “Hercules” and Number 9 “Winston Churchill”.

 South Eastern Chatham Railway H Class Steam Locomotives Featured Include 31521.

 South Eastern Railway 01 Class Steam Locomotives Featured Include 31370.

 Southern Railway D1 Class Steam Locomotives Featured Include 31487.

 Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class Steam Locomotives Featured Include 35028 “Clan Line”.

 Southern Railway U Class Steam Locomotives Featured Include 31894.

 Southern Railway West Country Class Steam Locomotives Featured Include 34016 “Bodmin” and 34038 “Lynton”.

Running Time Of 67 Minutes