Years ago I was at the army camp at Lydd and got a day off. After a fish dinner at The Pilot, a group of us caught the bus to Hythe for a few beers. The only problem was there were no buses going to Lydd from Hythe, only New Romney, and we'd missed the last scheduled RHDR service, which terminated at Hythe. Knowing that the locos were stabled at Romney, I managed to blag a ride back to Romney on the ECS train, for me and my mates. Let's just say that it was a lot faster than a normal service train. Even my pissed up squaddie mates were impressed. We gave the crew enough beer tokens for a good time, as an expression of our gratitude. Nearly 40 years ago but the best preserved railway journey ever.
A beautiful route with magnificent locomotives! It's very enjoyable to see from your perspective how you try to maintain control over the locomotive, and it's clear that you must remain sharp at all times, monitoring both your fire and water levels as well as keeping an eye on the track. Again, it's a very enjoyable perspective; there are only a few on TH-cam who produce such lengthy videos with good audio and video quality! 🚂
Thank you! It’s a very busy day driving and being a fireman (and in my case learning the route!) I’m hoping to release some more footage like this in the future.
Years ago I was at the army camp at Lydd and got a day off. After a fish dinner at The Pilot, a group of us caught the bus to Hythe for a few beers. The only problem was there were no buses going to Lydd from Hythe, only New Romney, and we'd missed the last scheduled RHDR service, which terminated at Hythe. Knowing that the locos were stabled at Romney, I managed to blag a ride back to Romney on the ECS train, for me and my mates. Let's just say that it was a lot faster than a normal service train. Even my pissed up squaddie mates were impressed.
We gave the crew enough beer tokens for a good time, as an expression of our gratitude.
Nearly 40 years ago but the best preserved railway journey ever.
40 km/h sure do look fast from that little locomotive.
Closer to 30km/h but still feels fast!
A beautiful route with magnificent locomotives! It's very enjoyable to see from your perspective how you try to maintain control over the locomotive, and it's clear that you must remain sharp at all times, monitoring both your fire and water levels as well as keeping an eye on the track. Again, it's a very enjoyable perspective; there are only a few on TH-cam who produce such lengthy videos with good audio and video quality! 🚂
Thank you! It’s a very busy day driving and being a fireman (and in my case learning the route!) I’m hoping to release some more footage like this in the future.