Photo Review
21st March 1959
The Railway Correspondence
and Travel Society (London Branch)
London & North Kent Rail Tour
| Locos Used | D8401, 31507, 69504, 69614 & 68987 |
| Stock Used | seven coaches including a cafeteria car |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 69614 | London Liverpool Street - Bow Jn - (via Carpenders Road curve) - Victoria Park - Canonbury |
| 69504 | Canonbury - Finsbury Park - East Finchley |
| 69504 | East Finchley - Finsbury Park |
| 68987 | Finsbury Park - Kings Cross - Snow Hill - Blackfriars |
| 31507 | Blackfriars - Nunhead - Blackheath - Woolwich & Erith - (via curve to Bexley line) - (via Hither Green curve) - Lee - Chislehurst - Swanley - Fawkham - Gravesend West Street |
| 31507 | Gravesend West Street - Hither Green |
| D8401 (1) | Hither Green - New Cross - (via East London Line) - London Liverpool Street |
Notes :
(1) This was the first occasion a diesel was used on an R.C.T.S. special.
Sources : David Hills & David Davis (compiled from contemporary
reports)
Photo Review
69504 at Canonbury (photo: The John Debens Collection)
From Andrew Fairholms ticket collection.
Timings (Booked Only)
(from Richard Maund)
| Location | Booked |
| Liverpool Street | 13.40d |
| Bow Jn | 13/48 |
| Channelsea Jn | 13/55 |
| Canonbury Jn | 14.10a ~ 14.17d |
| Finsbury Park | 14/21 |
| East Finchley | 14.35a ~ 15.07d |
| Finsbury Park | 15.20a ~ 15.27d |
| Farringdon | 15.40a ~ 15.46d |
| Blackfriars | 15.52a ~ 15.59d |
| Nunhead | 16/10 |
| Blackheath | 16/18 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 16/26 |
| Sidcup | 16/51 |
| Lee Jn | 17/00 |
| Swanley | 17/22 |
| Fawkham | 17/36 |
| Gravesend West Street | 17.50a ~ 18.20d |
| Fawkham | 18/39 |
| Swanley | 18/49 |
| Hither Green Sidings | 19.06a ~ 19.18d |
| New Cross | 19.25a ~ 19.34d |
| Liverpool Street | 19.50a |
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