Train are running every Sunday in June, departing Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 11.30am, 1.15pm and 3pm.

Book your compartment by 5pm the day before travel, they cost £20 for up to 4 adults and 2 children for the return journey from Sittingbourne Viaduct station.

Passengers with mobility issues should check our accessibility statement.

All the information you could possibly need can be found at www.sklr.net

This is the fifth Sittingbourne’s Steam Railway Podcast. It is intended that the podcast will be produced monthly and represents a virtual journey round trip between Sittingbourne Viaduct and Kemsley Down.

 

In this episode:

• Outward journey: Steam locomotives Alpha, Triumph and Superb
• The latest news from the Railway
• A round up of what’s been going on at the Railway
• Return journey: What’s happening in June and July – a quiet month before Steam & Beer in July and the beginning of the school summer holidays. Also details of the Rail Gala at Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre in West Sussex on 8th & 9th
• Onward Connections: The Great Whipsnade Railway

You can subscribe to the podcast through your favourite podcast provider, such as iTunes, or at www.stopem.libsyn.com or You Tube www.youtube.com/stopem

Links:

The Railway’s website – www.sklr.net

The Facebook Page – www.facebook.com/sandklr

The Facebook Group – www.facebook.com/groups/sandklr

Twitter: @SandKLR www.twitter.com/SandKLR

Paul’s Tumblr blog – www.stopem.net

Paul’s Flickr photo collection – www.flickr.com/stopem

Paul’s Instagram – stopembestie

The Railway’s Blogger blog – http://sandklr.blogspot.com

 

To donate money to the Railway visit www.justgiving.com/sklr

 

Podcast links:

Great Whipsnade Railway – https://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo/visitor-information/jumbo-express?awc=2887_1496668549_96e94404fceeacc715396a33e283b86c  

This is the third Sittingbourne’s Steam Railway Podcast. It is intended that the podcast will be produced monthly and represents a virtual journey round trip between Sittingbourne Viaduct and Kemsley Down.

 In this episode:

• Operating the Railway – preparing for the 2017 Season
• The latest news from the Railway
• A round up of what’s been going on at the Railway during the Work Weekends
• Return journey: What’s happening in April and May – last Work Weekend and the start of the season over Easter, closely followed by Jack the Station Cat Weekend and the Teddy Bears Picnic
• Onward Connections: Other railways in Kent

Bonus Material:

• April calendar page
• Classic photo of Melior and train passing over Milton Regis Viaduct
• Jack the Station Cat Weekend poster

You can subscribe to the podcast through your favourite podcast provider, such as iTunes, or at www.stopem.libsyn.com or You Tube www.youtube.com/stopem but the best way to receive it is through the Podcast App, just search for Sittingbourne in your app store to find it.

 Sittingbourne's Steam Railway Links:

• The Railway’s website – www.sklr.net
• The Facebook Page – www.facebook.com/sandklr
• The Facebook Group – www.facebook.com/groups/sandklr
• Twitter: @SandKLR
• Paul’s Tumblr blog – www.stopem.net
• Paul’s Flickr photo collection – www.flickr.com/stopem
• Paul’s Instagram – stopembestie
• The Railway’s Blogger blog – http://sandklr.blogspot.com

 Podcast links:

• Wheels of Time – www.wheelsoftime.uk
• Jack the Station Cat – www.jackthestationcat.co.uk
• Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway – www.bwlr.co.uk
• East Kent Railway – www.eastkentrailway.co.uk
• Kent & East Sussex Railway – www.kesr.org.uk
• Spa Valley Railway – www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk

Music used in the podcast is royalty free from the following sources:

Audiomagic Royalty Free Production Music Library Volume 1, ISI Jingles Royalty Free and Royalty Free Music World Easy Listening.

A newsflash podcast about the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway. As the name suggests, this has been public for a week or two but due to technical problems I had previously been unable to upload it to Libsyn.

An October Newsflash will appear here soon...

This is the audio version of the video podcast uploaded on 31 May 2010.

It is slightly shorter due to the lack of video!

 

This is the delayed third podcast from the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway and is the audio only version. The video version actually includes real video!

In this episode:

• Introduction
• Trip to Kemsley Down - Melior on Tour (Part One)
• Kemsley Down, this is Kemsley Down
• Special Announcement - latest news from the railway
• Carriage & Wagon - a brief look at this department
• Engine Shed - latest news from the Engine Shed
• Footplate Café - I apologise for the delay to this podcast!
• Newsprint - find out about Narrow Gauge World magazine
• Trip to Sittingbourne Viaduct - Melior on Tour (Part Two)
• Onward Connections - introduction to the Model Railroad Podcast Show and links to other Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway sites

I hope you enjoy this episode and that it was worth the wait!

Please leave feedback or send it to stopem@stopem.net

This is the video (photo slideshow) version of Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway Podcast 2.

This episode lays down the foundations for the future episodes, with the introduction of the visit to the Railway format - I explain more in the Introduction chapter.

There should be interactive links in the 'Onward Connections' chapter and listen out for a sneak audio-peak of the next podcast right at the end.

I hope you enjoy your visit today! Please provide feedback and ratings. Feedback can be sent to stopem@stopem.net or in the appropriate sections on iTunes or the blog.

The audio (MP3) version of the podcast is now available for download. The video (slideshow) version in AAC format will be available this weekend.

In this show I'm setting out the basic framework for the podcast - a virtual visit to the Railway.

Please email me (stopem@stopem.net) or leave comments to tell me how you find this format.

This is the 'video' version of the podcast - it has pictures to illustrate the speech. An audio only versions is also available. The podcast introduces the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, gives a brief history of the Railway and a virtual trip between Sittingbourne Viaduct and Kemsley Down stations. What do you think? Please email feedback to stopem@stopem.net

This is the first of a series of monthly podcasts from the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, in Kent, UK. In this episode, Paul Best, the Railway's press officer, will introduce you to the Railway with a brief history of the line and a 'virtual journey' between Sittingbourne Viaduct and Kemsley Down stations behind steam locomotive 'Melior'. Please feel free to send questions and comments to stopem@stopem.net