Driver's Eye View - Kent & East Sussex Railway - Tenterden to Bodiam - 4K скачать в хорошем качестве

Driver's Eye View - Kent & East Sussex Railway - Tenterden to Bodiam - 4K

The railway you see today at 10½ miles in length is a fine example of one of England’s light railways and originally part of a larger system which operated between Headcorn and Robertsbridge. The K&ESR was the very first ‘light railway’ to be constructed. A light railway is equipped to cater for full size trains, to keep construction costs low they tend to follow the contour of the land, thus minimising the need for extensive earthworks, tunnels, bridges and viaducts; as a result gradients can be steep, level crossings frequent and operating speeds are low, often less than 25mph. Passenger trains ran on the original line from 1900 until 1954. In 1974 the first trains ran in preservation on a short section of line heralding the first stage in an ambitious plan to reopen the line to Bodiam, home of the world famous Bodiam Castle. This line was one of many operated by Colonel Stephens, who kept these lines running through a series of cost saving measures, often using second hand locomotives, ancient rolling stock and novel railcars. As a result, railway lines, locomotives and rolling stock that might otherwise have been consigned to history are still with us today. Please sit back and enjoy a forward view from the train as we make our way through the pretty Kent and East Sussex countryside with 0-6-0 Saddle tank Locomotive No.WD 75008 “Swiftsure”. To book a trip on this delightful railway and to learn more about the line, please click on this link - https://kesr.org.uk/ Some background sounds were provided courtesy of EpidemicSound.com SFX sound effects library.