Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway
A review of the former Royal Navy Dockyard Railway that operates in Chatham Historic Dockyard and includes resident steam locomotive Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns 0-4-0ST (7042 of 1941) 'Ajax,' and diesels Andrew Barclay 0-4-0DM (357 of 1941) WD42 Overlord and Drewry 0-4-0DM 2503 Thalia. Chatham Dockyard itself dates from 1570, and at one time the railway system at Chatham comprised a main line link, with an estimated 17 miles of lines within the dockyard itself, with both narrow gauge and standard gauge systems, before the dockyard closed in 1984. Today it is a reminder of former dockyard railways, and could this now be the only steam operated naval dockyard in the world? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjufRA3HhIo
PART 2! A review of the former Royal Navy Dockyard Railway that operates in Chatham Historic Dockyard and includes resident steam locomotive Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns 0-4-0ST (7042 of 1941) 'Ajax,' and diesels Andrew Barclay 0-4-0DM (357 of 1941) WD42 Overlord and Drewry 0-4-0DM 2503 Thalia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evM7utBhTdI
PART 3! A review of the former Royal Navy Dockyard Railway that operates in Chatham Historic Dockyard and includes resident steam locomotive Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns 0-4-0ST (7042 of 1941) 'Ajax,' and diesels Andrew Barclay 0-4-0DM (357 of 1941) WD42 Overlord and Drewry 0-4-0DM 2503 Thalia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQiabSxQCvU
Steam in Chatham Dockyard! Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-4-0ST "Ajax" (No. 7042 of 1941) is seen hard at work within Chatham Historic Dockyard on 28th October 2017. Illustrated beside the World War II RN destroyer HMS Cavalier, Cold War 'O' Class sub HMS Ocelot S17 and HMS Gannet, 'Ajax' recalls the age of industrial steam in this former naval dockyard when there was once a network over 17 miles of track in Chatham Dockyard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dDXmPsW6c&t=25s