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The Uckfield Thumper

The Uckfield Thumper DVD

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Uckfield to East Croydon

Narrated by Fred Dinenage

Stereo Running time 61 minutes

These unique trains have long been called Thumpers due to their distinctive sound. Now, after the units' well earned retirement this record of their unmistakeable sound (from trackside and on board) lives on in stereo.

Surprisingly, the Uckfield branch is fascinating in itself. It is the stub of a former through route from Tunbridge Wells to
Lewes. Nowadays the route features both single and double track sections. Following the fatal head on collision at Cowden in 1994,strict new operating procedures were put into place including the provision of SPAD* signals at stategic points.

You will see these as the driver does from the cab.
The line runs through classic Kent and Sussex countryside with, surprisingly, only three towns of any significant population. At Oxted we take a brief look inside the signalling centre and then our Thumper, 205 009, runs non-stop to East Croydon.

* Signal Passed At Danger

Made in assocation with South Central Trains
Filmed in the summer of 2003
Written and produced by Peter Middleton

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