There seems to be a resurgence in comments complaining about the quality of track and whether it’s safe to carry nuclear waste on... first of all, there’s a 5-10mph speed limit on the line for a reason and secondly, a variation of this train has been running on this line for more than 40 years with absolutely no issues as far as I can recall. They wouldn’t be running it if it wasn’t safe to do so people!

Was anyone else expecting a nuclear powered train? :-D

These were & still are the best engines & I'd say the 'V8 Scania of the railway'.

I love the sound of the class 37's it so British to me please keep them going as long as you can 🙏🤞👍

Dungeness B is still very much generating electricity, the flasks are under the white cover you can see on the vid, these trains carry spent fuel from the reactor to Sellafield up in Cumbria, all the low level stuff go's by road to Drig, don't worry about security as the lid on the flasks needs specialist kit to remove and weigh several tons, if you were daft enough to try and get in one the civil nuclear constabulary would be very interested very quickly and they are armed, if you did succeed in getting the lid off it would be all over even quicker.

I took photo's of one of the nuclear waste trains at Lydd and got questioned by armed police as to why I was taking photo's

Very cool video. Interesting to see the difference from across the pond

Rail looks bad on telephoto-lens, fine for this sort of work👍👍

Excellent movie! Beautiful shots with the nature and I really liked how majestically the train was moving. Big thumbs up!

Can't get enough footage on the flask wagon trains! Brilliant, very creepy but Dungeness is on of my favourite places. Used to holiday there in the sixties as a young boy. When I get back to the UK I always have a trip down there.

Great train buff video, nice slow passes and plenty of time to watch and listen. 👍

2:31 Tree: Hey, I'm standing here... Engine: Your point?

Its quite cool how the driver slows the train a little bit once it gets close to you

Ive stopped here many times over the years and never seen a train. This vid is fantastic, cheers bud 😀

The big advantage for the train driver is the overtime pay.

Crumbs he really does turn her round when he passes through Appledore don’t he!

I used to think that they used 2 locos on such a short train because nuclear flasks were unusually heavy. Actually it's because the spent fuel cannot be left for too long so 2 locos reduces the possibility of train failure.

This video has an eerie vibe which cannot be explained

Nice, class 37’s are lite, love them probably my fav British loco ever, despite being American

Those rails we used to call "walking rails" because any faster, there was trouble...in this case, with his consist, slower is surer.

One passes through Preston railway station at around 7.30am, Monday to Friday without fail and you can hear it coming from miles away!!

Venerable old 37’s most definitely my favourite diesel

Stomping Brilliant. One of the finest classes of diesel.

Not gonna lie. One of the prettiest sections of line in Kent

Those flasks weight 50 tons, as there so well made, carry 2.5 tons of waste, under regular transportation there's no way they could be of any harm, l am a coded welder l used to weld them up.

They say 069 is haunted with the horn going off at certain times and the cab driver was killed in it...there has been sightings of his ghost in it, and also the feeling someone is right behind you!

It amazes me just how real these trains are. I remember this specific train from Thomas and friends but don’t know what episode.

There always used to be a barrier waggon each end and a brake van for safety reasons.

This thing sounds like a diesel truck with a sick horn.

Excellent video.

I think I recall seeing the waste train go through Chislehurst and Elmstead Woods during the1980’s when I took the train to/from school....

I remember them bad boys when I used to go on day rovers the pulled the trains thanks for sharing 😷🦠😷

Sinister. Reference similar train featuring in BBC miniseries Edge of Darkness (1985). Its funeral-procession pace gives me the creeps.

I expected a nuclear train to look more futuristic ;). Cool vid all the same.

Those rails are nicely bent and buggered!

What camera did you use to film at the time?

This used to pass behind my house in London some years ago

Sounds like the first Loco has an unloader valve going off.

Don’t worry about scrapping. Those tough old birds can do this duty for ever!!

I hope these are eventually put up for preservation in time to come ..I'd hate to hear these 2 trains have been scrapped

Looks like they could do with running the Plasser down that stretch of track.

That horn sounds horrible lol but I love the way the train looks. Diesel 10 from Thomas the tank engine is based off that style train

I have to say that the branch line reminds me of something out of Rowland Emmett!

Superb captures !!

Reminds me of the nuclear train scenes from Edge of Darkness

Two 37's and two flasks. Must go like a rocket. I guess breakdown isn't an option. How much does a flask weigh?

That line needs some TLC. I remember when it was a passenger line . . . .

Was standing on Bromley South station one morning many years ago and this came through.

Thought she was abandoned by the thumbnail. Then I was like scariest train to drive ever.

I am guessing the front flask is full and the second one empty as the second one doesnt have a radioactive danger sign?

Cool video nice suprise

I've been in 069! But I was 3 so I can't quite remember much though I'll tell you that it sure was noisy

That’s a huge security risk to go so slow on buggered tracks. Allows boarding by anyone intent on it. Needs upgraded or repaired.

man this thing is slow but it has to be to handle hazereds metirials

Humans look so small and squishy in comparison.

Should be noted the wagons only carry low level nuclear waste like hazmat suits and gloves - it isn't carrying uranium rods! Edit: I think they do carry the spent rods, I'm no expert on this subject!

I don't suppose you have anything of Chatham Dockyard? I was in Nuclear Towers for a while. I watched HMS Courageous' reactor being shipped out.

Can anyone answer this question please: When two engines are pulling, how do the engines match their power output? Are these two engines working together? Thanks in advance.

At 2:32 the loco fights it's way through the bushes.

I’d hate to be the driver of that thing. Lol.

Very interesting. Have a nice day now.

Good footage

nO nO don’t don’t don’t explode

Is that a Geiger counter clicking in the background?

Where's the armed guard, and the helicopter escort? Oh. Sorry! This is England.

So the line is still used today ?

How many axles are on each car?

The train sounds like it is powered by a big rubber band.

Lordy! look at the condition of the rails, imagine the H&S people on a derailment, Come on whoever is in charge of this...... SORT IT OUT.

Infinite fuel.

track sure is in great shape to be hauling nuclear waste over. Headlight out on train. Homer Simpson must be in charge or better BNFL....

5:29 I think I hear an E2S alarm in the background.

How heavy are the flasks if 2 37s are required for 2 flasks

Im going to do a video on exporing dungeness.

@Rail in Kent Is this load so heavy it requires two Class 37? Or is it for redundancy? or..?

Is it safe to be near that uranium?

Why does it need two locos to pull that small train, genuine question as i don't know that much about this stuff

I live very near there, so I should be concerned that trains carrying nuclear weapons run near me

Thé train started at 9060

Guess you have never worked in the UK nuclear industry if you think that is acceptable!

THAT HORN SOUNDS HORRIBLE GEESH

I thought dungerness power station wasn’t active anymore

Why use two engines. Wouldn’t one be perfectly capable

fallout music needed here

Anyone like me think that the train is powered by nuclear?

Rail in Kent are you seriously saying our roads are better?! Lol they wouldnt spend all that money on moving suits and gloves by rail and then send the far more dangerous rods by road. I know this country is upside down and inside out but thats just silly and totally ilogical. Great vid though 😀

State of the nation, infrastructure in tatters as we comply with euro commie demands.....Transporting highly radioactive spent fuel on tracks that look like they belong in sub-saharan africa. Overgrown and barely usable above a walking pace..... Class 37s look and sound fantastic though, great examples of British engineering. I’d feel better if they were traveling a bit quicker though. Used to listen to them at night moving coal from the Durham coast mines to Sunderland docks when I was a kid. I still love that sound. Highlight for me though was the once daily Intercity at 8-45pm using the Durham coastal track. Tracks were repaired properly then, and we weren’t relying on Norway for fuel for power stations. We should be on the streets protesting.....Bread and games people, or more accurately beer and television.

But I Wanna See One Of The Carts Carrying A Nuke :(

Pathetic rail conditions. Needs re laying

This is not "nuclear train"...project was dropped many times ago!

2:32 so nobody is gonna trim that tree?

danger load on shit rails

NUCLEAR?! I didn't subscribe for this...