Oliver Cromwell on the Waterloo to Folkestone Harbour Golden Arrow run on 14th March 2009. This was, no doubt, the final steam tour into and out of Folkestone Harbour Station.
Seen from the harbour and Radnor Bridge. I moved on to 70013's water stop in the evening at Whitstable Station.
As far as I'm aware, this trip marked the end for the Folkestone Harbour branch - network rail announced on 31st March 2009 that the line was to be lifted as they could no longer justify maintenance costs and the station land was needed for the planned redevelopment of the harbour area. Thankfully, there is no shortage of video and photographs to mark this line's demise.
10 окт 2024
