Is that in Los Gatos California at vasona Park because they have one of these trains there too so I was just wondering if this is Los Gatos California or somewhere else
The only have diesels but couple of years ago got a peckett but sadly it’s currently out of service and they have just started work on another steam engine
Yeah as I mentioned it's going to be a sentinel working the line, very unique for the southeast! Looking forward to going back at the end of September for the diesel electric day!
@Steamrailwaysuk Next time you see me, feel free to say hello 👋 I'm always up for a chat when at railways! Are you going to Richmond Light Railway Tomorrow?
@@tanyaalvis7080 Wow, thankyou for that comment! Means alot as that's what I've tried to achieve, this place needs to be on the Map, I think now that I've been to all the railways, any gauge based in the swale area need a big shove to realise what they've got in their back yard and help promote them!
@@TRAVELMANOFKENT Oh god! 🤣 It was at 9:45 in the morning when we got Churchill up to Dungeness, but when we got back to New Romney, the kicked all the passengers and replaced Churchill with Northen Chief with 2 more extra coaches (as it was a bike rider charter railtour) then on the return back up to Dungeness, we got Doctor Syn with the bar car, then back at New Romney, they changed locos with Green Goddess! 😁 It was a fun dayout! Sorry we ruined your video if we did sing in it! 😅🤣
@@grovevilla Yes! Very good point there I wish I used that example 🤣 Very good value for what you experience in these current days and the best part is you can just hover around the station watching trains all day! Thanks for watching 🤘🏻
@@geoffreystoddart3503 Ah glad someone from the railway has commented! saw you on a few trains with a clipboard all day was you taking numbers of passengers through out the day? Was great to JB Snell out and about again under her own steam! (diesel)
@@TRAVELMANOFKENT Thank You, and just to be clear I wasn't taking numbers of passengers that day, I was doing something else that I'm not allowed to tell.
@@geoffreystoddart3503 ooooooohh exciting! 👀 Must say eveytime I go (lost count now) it just gets better and better never seen such an efficiently ran railway!
@@williamsavory5943 Thanks William appreciate the feedback there, yes certainly so much fun knowing your only going 25mph but feels like 80 on the mainline!
A nice video showcasing the club and locos. From one of the owners of Polly 1 😂 This is a hobby for all ages, I started building Polly 1 at the age of 13. It is an original JGS Clarke model (with some of our own upgrades) and I remember visiting his workshop in Wales to collect some castings.
What that is amazing! Lovely little loco I don't think I've ever seen a polly 1 before, but glad it's helping put your club on the map and you enjoyed it!
Very underrated place! I would highly recoomend if you love steam trains like I do, as plenty of variety if different types of loco from narrow gauage to standard gauge!
Apologies there hhf9152, I'm only using my phone camera to film! At somepoint I'll be upgrading to a proper camera and will use my phone to do portrait filming, I only do it to fill in the screen for shorts, but checkout my videos and let me know what you think!
Lovely video and sparked memories of my youth. I seem to remember that the West Cliff Railway was steam powered back in the day, guess it isn't now; the East Cliff is still water balance powered (if still working). Spent my early teens living in that area and volunteered on the HMR, a very different railway in those days.
Hornby's warehouse and logistics operation has been outsourced and is now based in Hersden nr Canterbury, it was run by DS Logistics there. This occured when Hornby also moved it's base to a new business park near Sandwich. They then moved back to the Margate (Westwood) site but only in terms of office operations, which was featured in the James May, two part documentary. The visitor centre now re-invented as wonder works has always remained at Westwood. In my opinion the former Dover Western Docks / Dover Marine station now a cruise terminal office and car park operation would have made a good site for a railway museum. We could do with one specialising in Southern region stock and there used to be a transport museum at Clapham before it moved to York.
The site is owned by LSL, and Hornby rent their space, I dont know how Hornby can still call it a museum, its not even a visitor centre anymore , they've ripped the heart out of the place, Wonderworks is nothing more than a glorified showroom for their products, prices are sky high, other retail outlets normally sell cheaper when direct from the manufacturer, the place is a waste of space, its exactly the same floor space as the old visitor centre, but there was far more to see and learn from, today its an absolute joke, the historical part of Hornby, what is did, how its progressed has been eradicated by the new management there - as a former employee, I enjoyed the old visitor centre, I had a sense of pride of seeing what I did there, I loaned them an original 1960s tri-ang Hornby electric cleaning brush for locos still in its original packaging for display in old visitor centre, its never been returned to me. I wouldn't waste my time in there, as I say wonder works, coz its a wonder anything works, quality is so low.
Very well put, I completely forgot LSL owns the site so thankyou for that! but completely true its just such a shame its the way it is. Its a true reflection onnwhat Hornby stands for now, basic. Hope you enjoyed the video by the way!
@@TRAVELMANOFKENT it confirmed the bitter disappointment I encountered upon seeing it - I thought "what the heck is this?" In short it's an utter embarrassment for Margate, the home of Hornby, I live up the road from it and its positively shocking - when it re opened last September, everything went up in price 33%, even sales stuff was increased by 33% - the cafe does superb sausage rolls - to die for - but only a month ago they did the worst thing - you've guessed it, a price increase on sausage rolls of 33%! Nothing is sacred anymore
Interesting video thanks. Last time I was in Broadstairs was in the 1950's. I remember my brother and I going out to one of the Lightships on the Goodwins, and some time after (not sure just when) the Lightship broke free of its moorings and was lost with all hands . Also, our holiday was cut short following the drowning of a French student, who fell or jumped off the pier. I remeber the commotion on the beach as her body was found. Nice to see there are actually attractions to visit, including burgers, lol.
@@TRAVELMANOFKENT Very glad to hear you enjoyed it! The team (well one person specifically) behind it did an amazing job and it was fun to be a part of!
@@TRAVELMANOFKENT there was a team, but one of our volunteers put in a tonne of effort in the background (not to say the team did nothing of course, but the team leader definitely went above and beyond)
