Some more of my Isle of Grain based route St Marys Hoo/Stoke
Whilst holidaying at Allhallows I rode my bike to Stoke Station in time to see one of Kent Refinery's Sentinel shunters trundling towards the lightermans wharf with some oil barrels, around midday where they'll be loaded onto a lightermans barge to be transported further up the Thames to London.
A little later in the day after I'd stopped off at the village pub half a mile away, I returned to Stoke Station, this view is looking north where you can see the remnants of the goods yard, and the remains of the truncated line North to Allhallows.
Looking east towards Kent Refinery (After doing a bit of research I'd decided to replace the power station as that wouldn't be opened until 1979), Despite this being 1975, the BR corporate image hasn't quite reached Stoke yet, with the original SR sign and concrete lamp still in place.
The burbling of 33002 breaks the silence as it rumbles into Stoke with some empties, which will be dropped off, then taken by the refinery shunter to be filled with petcoke later.
Once again looking north to Allhallows, due to the short distance between the entrance points and the 'sleeper stop', the train needs to be split before it's shunted into the sidings.
Another view of 33002 shunting.
Whilst holidaying at Allhallows I rode my bike to Stoke Station in time to see one of Kent Refinery's Sentinel shunters trundling towards the lightermans wharf with some oil barrels, around midday where they'll be loaded onto a lightermans barge to be transported further up the Thames to London.
A little later in the day after I'd stopped off at the village pub half a mile away, I returned to Stoke Station, this view is looking north where you can see the remnants of the goods yard, and the remains of the truncated line North to Allhallows.
Looking east towards Kent Refinery (After doing a bit of research I'd decided to replace the power station as that wouldn't be opened until 1979), Despite this being 1975, the BR corporate image hasn't quite reached Stoke yet, with the original SR sign and concrete lamp still in place.
The burbling of 33002 breaks the silence as it rumbles into Stoke with some empties, which will be dropped off, then taken by the refinery shunter to be filled with petcoke later.
Once again looking north to Allhallows, due to the short distance between the entrance points and the 'sleeper stop', the train needs to be split before it's shunted into the sidings.
Another view of 33002 shunting.