10th August 2013
UK Railtours
A Kentish Odyssey
Loco Used | 66738, 73119 'Borough of Eastleigh', 73141 'Charlotte' & 73205 'Jeanette' |
Stock Used | 21269+3119+3149+1691+3068+3069+3066+3097+1832+5292+5341+4959+5366 |
Route :
1Z73 : London Victoria to Ashford International
1Z74 : Ashford International to London Victoria
Loco(s) | Route |
73205 + 73141 (1) | London Victoria - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - Voltaire Road Jn - Brixton - Cambria Jn - Denmark Hill - Nunhead - Lewisham - Parks Bridge Jn - Hither Green - Sidcup - Crayford - Dartford - Gravesend - Hoo Junction - Strood - Rochester - Gillingham - Sittingbourne - Faversham - Canterbury East - Buckland Jn - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford International |
66738 (2) | Ashford International - Saltwood Jn - Dollands Moor |
73205 + 73141 (1) | Dollands Moor - Saltwood Jn - Ashford International |
66738 (3) | Ashford International - Appledore - Rye - Hastings - Battle - Robertsbridge - Wadhurst - Tunbridge Wells Central - Tonbridge - Tonbridge [Sig. AD525] |
73119 + 73141 (1) | Tonbridge [Sig. AD525] - Tonbridge - Paddock Wood - Maidstone West - Strood - Hoo Junction - Gravesend - Dartford - Barnehurst - Eltham - Blackheath - Lewisham - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria |
Notes :
(1) 66738 on rear.
(2) 73141 & 73205 on rear.
(3) 73141 & 73119 on rear.
(4) Off tour options: visit to Sissinghurst Gardens or Kent & East Sussex
Railway.
Sources : John Clifford (on the tour throughout) & Simon
Brown
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)
Location | Booked | Actual |
London Victoria | 08.02d [P2] [FL] | 08.03 [P2] [FL] |
Grosvenor Bridge Jn | 08/05 | 08/06 |
Voltaire Road Jn | 08/07½ | 08/08 |
Brixton | 08/09 | 08/10½ |
Cambria Jn | 08/11 | 08/12 |
Denmark Hill | 08/12 [P4] | 08/13 [P4] |
Crofton Road Jn | 08/13 | 08/15 |
Nunhead | 08/15 [P2] | 08/17½ [P2] |
Lewisham | 08/19 [P2] | 08/22½ [P2] |
Parks Bridge Jn | 08/21 [SL] | 08/24 [SL] |
Hither Green | 08/23½ | 08/26 [P6] |
Lee | 08/24½ | 08/27½ [P2] |
Sidcup | 08/30 | 08/32 [P2] |
Crayford | 08/36½ | 08/36 [P2] |
Crayford 'B' Spur Jn | 08/38 | 08/37 |
Dartford Jn | 08/39½ [UM] | 08/38 [UM] |
Dartford | 08.41a ~ 08.43d [P2] | 08.39½ ~ 08.43 [P2] |
Springhead Jn | 08/55 | 08/54½ |
Gravesend | 08/58 [DM] | 08/56 [DM] |
Hoo Junction | 09/03 | 09/00 |
Strood | 09/09 [P1] | 09/05 [P1] |
Rochester Bridge Jn | 09/11 | 09.06 ~ 09.08 |
Rochester | 09/13½ [P3] | 09/12 [P3] |
Gillingham | 09/20 [P3] | 09/21 [P3] |
Eastern Jn | 09/29½ | 09/32 |
Sittingbourne | 09/32 [P2] | 09/33 [P2] |
Faversham | 09.42a ~ 09.57d [P4] | 09.45 ~ 09.56 [P4] |
Canterbury East | 10/11 [P2] | 10/11½ [P2] |
Shepherds Well | 10/23 [P2] | 10.23½ ~ 10.25 [P2] |
Buckland Jn | 10/31 | 10/32 |
Dover Priory | 10/33 [P2] | 10/35 [P2] |
Folkestone Jn | 10/43 | 10/45 |
Folkestone Central | 10/45 | 10/45½ [P1] |
Saltwood Jn | 10/48 | 10/49 |
Ashford East Jn | 10/57 [SL] | 11/01½ [SL] |
Ashford International | 11.06a ~ 11.19d [P2] [US] | 11.13 ~ 11.22 [P2] [US] |
Ashford East Jn | 11/21 | 11/23 |
Saltwood Jn | 11/31 | 11/33½ |
Dollands Moor | 11/34a ~ 11.49d | 11.37 ~ 11.54 [TPL] |
Saltwood Jn | 11/52 | 11/50 |
Ashford East Jn | 12/02 | 12/08½ [SL] |
Ashford International | 12.06a [P2] ~ 16.55d [P1] | 12.10 [P2] ~ 16.55½ [P1] |
Appledore | 17/08 | 17/10 [P2] |
Rye | 17/19 | 17/20 [P2] |
Ore | 17/37 | 17/38 [P1] |
Hastings | 17/40 [P2] | 17/41 [P2] |
Bo Peep Jn | 17/47 | 17/47 |
Mountfield Tunnel | 18/03 | 18/03 |
Robertsbridge | 18/05 | 18/05 [P1] |
Wadhurst | 18/18 | 18/16 [P1] |
Strawberry Hill Tunnel | 18/23 | 18/25 |
Tunbridge Wells Central | 18/26 [P1] | 18/27 [P1] |
Wells Tunnel Jn | 18/27 | 18/28½ |
Somerhill Tunnel | 18/34 | 18/34 |
Tonbridge | 18/36 [P1] | 18/36½ [UF] |
Tonbridge [Sig.AD525] | 18.37 ~ 18.43 | 18.38 ~ 18.43 [Down Redhill Reversible] |
Tonbridge | 18/44 [DF] | 18/44½ [DF] |
Paddock Wood | 18/52 [P2] | 18/51½ [P2] |
Maidstone West | 19/11 | 19/08 [UM] |
Cuxton | 19/29 | 19/26 [P1] |
Strood | 19/38½ [P2] | 19/39 [P2] |
Hoo Jn | 19/46 | 19/46 |
Gravesend | 19/52 [UM] | 19/51 [UM] |
Springhead Jn | 19/55 | 19/54 |
Dartford | 20.02a ~ 20.06d [P2] [REV] | 20.06 ~ 20.07½ [P2] [REV] |
Dartford Jn | 20/08 | 20/10½ |
Crayford Spur 'A' Jn | 20/10½ | 20/11 |
Crayford Creek Jn | 20/11½ | 20/13 |
Barnehurst | 20/15 | 20/17 [P1] |
Eltham | 20/21 | 20/23½ [P1] |
Blackheath | 20/26 [P1] | 20/29 [P1] |
Lewisham | 20/32 [P3] | 20/31 [P3] |
Nunhead | 20/38 [P1] | 20/37 [P1] |
Crofton Road Jn | 20/41 | 20/39 |
Denmark Hill | 20/42 [P3] | 20/40 [P3] |
Cambria Jn | 20/44 | 20/41 |
Brixton | 20/46 | 20.44 ~ 20.45 |
Voltaire Road Jn | 20/48 [FL] | 20/51 [ML] |
Grosvenor Bridge Jn | 20/50½ | 20/52 |
London Victoria | 20.59a [P2] | 20.55 [P2] |
Associated Workings on Kent & East Sussex Railway
Timings (Booked & Actual)
Tenterden Town - Junction Road : D9504 with steam loco No.
23 on rear
Junction Road - Tenterden Town : steam loco No. 23 with D9504 on rear
Stock used : 7927+75+59+64+68+63+85
Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
Tenterden Town | 13.30d [Plat] | 13.29 [Plat] | 15.12a [Plat] | 15.16½ [Plat] | |
Rolvenden | 13/38 | 13/39 | ? | 15/10 | |
Rolvenden Loop | ? [Main] | 13/40 [Main] | 14w59 ~ 15w04 [Loop] | 15w04 ~ 15w09 [Loop] | |
Wittersham Road | 13/47 [Through] | 13/50 [Through] | 14/50 [Through] | 14/54 [Through] | |
Northiam | 13/55 [P1] | 13/59 [P1] | 14/42 [P1] | 14/42½ [P1] | |
Bodiam | 14.07a ~ 14.09d [Plat] | 14.11 ~ 14.13 [Plat] | 14.21a ~ 14.30d [Plat] | 14.25 ~ 14.30 [Plat] | |
Junction Road | 14.14a | 14.19 | 14.16d | 14.20 |
Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings
5Z72 : (66738 with 73141 + 73205 on rear) : Eastleigh T&RSMD to
London Victoria
5Z75 : (66738) : London Victoria to Eastleigh T&RSMD
Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
Eastleigh T&RSMD | 05.02d | 00.32a |
Eastleigh South Jn | - | 00/20 |
Eastleigh | 05.12 ~ 05.14 | 00/17 |
Shawford | 05/24 | ? |
Shawford Jn | ? | 00/01 |
Winchester | 05/28 | 23/58 |
Worting Jn | 05/43 | 23/43 |
Basingstoke | 05/46 | 23/39 |
Fleet | 05/56 | 23/26 |
Farnborough Main | 05/59 | 23/21 |
Pirbright Jn | 06/03 | 23/16 |
Woking Jn | 06/08 | 23/11 |
Woking | 06/09 | 23/10 |
Byfleet & New Haw | 06/15 | 23/05 |
Addlestone Jn | 06/17 | 22/58 |
Virginia Water | 06/25 | 22/50 |
Staines | 06/41 | 22/40 |
Feltham | 06/49 | 22/32 |
Feltham Jn | 06/51 | 22/29 |
Twickenham | 06/56 | - |
St Margarets | 06/58 | - |
Richmond | 07/01 | - |
Hounslow | - | 22/24 |
Brentford | - | 22/17 |
Barnes | 07/07 | 22/07 |
Clapham Junction | 07/20 | 21/58 |
Longhedge Jn | 07/23 | 21/55 |
Stewarts Lane Jn | 07/28 | 21/37 |
Grosvenor Bridge Jn | 07/35 | 21/34 |
London Victoria | 07.44a [P2] | 21.31d [P2] |
5Z73 : (73205 + 73141 with 66738 on rear) : Ashford
International to Tonbridge West Yard
5Z74 : (66738 with 73141 + 73119 on rear) : Tonbridge West Yard to Ashford
International
Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
Ashford International | 12.19d [P2] | 16.38a [P1] |
Headcorn | 12/30 | 16/24 |
Paddock Wood | 12.40 ~ 12.51 | 16/15 |
Tonbridge | 12/59 | 16/08 |
Tonbridge West Yard | 13.02a | 16.06d |
0Z75? : (73141 + 73119) : London Victoria to Hoo Junction
Location | Booked |
London Victoria | 21.34d [P2] |
Grosvenor Bridge Jn | 21/37 |
Voltaire Road Jn | 21/38 |
Brixton | 21/40 |
Cambria Jn | 21/42 |
Denmark Hill | 21/43 |
Crofton Road Jn | 21/44 |
Nunhead | 21/47 |
Lewisham | 21/55 |
Parks Bridge Jn | 21/57 |
Hither Green | 21/59 |
Lee | 22/00 |
Sidcup | 22/07 |
Crayford | 22/13 |
Crayford Spur 'B' Jn | 22/15 |
Dartford | 22/19 |
Springhead Jn | 22/27 |
Gravesend | 22/29 |
Hoo Junction [Up Yard] | 22.40a |