Hempstead cutting - April 2003Hempstead cutting - April 2003Class 207 DEMU 207017 gathers speed southwards through Hempstead cutting on the final leg of its journey from Oxted on 5 April 2003. But the brakes will soon be applied for the downhill approach towards the buffers at Uckfield.
It is interesting to bear in mind that even an obsolete train like this could then take its passengers on, right into the centre of Lewes in little more than 12 minutes -- were it not for the seven mile missing section of track! (Grid Ref. TQ 491 221)