13th April 1985

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Dungeness Pebbledasher

Locos Used 33201, 33205, 50050 'Fearless' & 73117
Stock Used 5874+5751+5671+3280+1924+9476+5859+5476+5261

Route : 1Z22 throughout

Loco(s) Route
50050 Reading - Staines - Hounslow - Clapham Junction - Factory Jn - Cambria Jn - Lewisham - Sidcup - Dartford - Grain
50050 Grain - Hoo Jn - Dartford - Sidcup - Lee Jn - Lee Spur Jn - Grove Park - St Mary Cray - Swanley - Maidstone East - Ashford - Dover Western Docks
33201 (1) Dover Western Docks - Folkestone East
50050 (2) Folkestone East - Folkestone East Sidings
33201 (1) Folkestone East Sidings - Folkestone Harbour
50050 (2) Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East Sidings
33201 Folkestone East Sidings - Ashford
33205 (2) Ashford - Appledore - Dungeness
33201 (3) Dungeness - Appledore - Ashford
33205 Ashford - Appledore - Hastings - Eastbourne
73117 Eastbourne - Lewes - Quarry Line (4) - Windmill Bridge Jn (5) - Streatham Common - Balham (5) - London Victoria
50050 London Victoria - Stewarts Lane - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Twickenham (6) - Staines - Virginia Water - Ascot - Earley - Reading New Jn - Reading

Notes :
(1) 50050 on rear.
(2) 33201 on rear.
(3) 33205 on rear.
(4) Booked via Redhill.
(5) Booked via Norwood Jn, Crystal Palace & Streatham Hill.
(6) Booked via Hounslow.

Sources : John Clifford (compiled from contemporary sources), Martin Street &
LASERman (joined/left the train at Staines)

Photo Review


A 50 on the Southern - Fearless at Hoo Jn (above) & West Malling (below)
(photos: Chris Tompson)


33201 at Dover Western Docks (photos: Michael Croxford)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Martin Street & LASERman)

Location Booked Actual
Reading 07.30d 07.36
Earley 07/27 ?
Wokingham 07/37 07/46
Ascot 07/47 07/55
Virginia Water 07/55 08/01
Staines 08.03a ~ 08.04d 08.07 ~ 08.08
Feltham Jn 08/11 08/14
Hounslow 08/13 08/16
Barnes 08/21 08/22 [SL]
Clapham Junction 08.26a ~ 08.27d 08.26 ~ 08.40
Longhedge Jn 08/30 08/44½
Factory Jn 08/33 08/46½
Brixton 08/35 08/50
Cambria Jn 08/37 08/51
Nunhead 08/42 08/56
Lewisham 08/46 09/01
Parks Bridge Jn 08/48 ?
Hither Green 08/50 09/05
Sidcup 08/59 09/10
Crayford 09/06 09/14
Dartford Jn 09/09 09/17½
Dartford 09c11a ~ 09c12d 09/19
Gravesend 09/23 09/27
Hoo Jn 09.30a ~ 09.31d 09.34 ~ 09.35
Signal D12 09t38a ~ 09t39d 09.39½ ~ 09.40½
Grain 10.15a ~ 10.35d 10.11 ~ 10.33
Signal D12 11t11a ~ 11t12d 11.04 ~ 11.04½
Signal D19 11.16a ~ 11.17d 11.09 ~ 11.17
Gravesend 11/26 11/24
Dartford 11c36a ~ 11c37d 11.33 ~ 11.42½
Dartford Jn 11/38 11/44
Sidcup 11/46 11/49
Lee 11/52 11/53½
Lee Spur Jn 11/54 11.56 ~ 11.56½
Grove Park 11/58 11/59
Chislehurst 12/03 12/02
St Mary Cray Jn 12/05 12/04½
Swanley 12/11 12/08
Otford Jn 12/21 12/17
Maidstone East 12/39 12/34
Ashford 13c00 ~ 13c02 13.01 ~ 13.03
Folkestone Central 13/16 13/16
Dover Western Docks 13.27a ~ 13.50d 13.26 ~ 13.51
Folkestone East 13.57 ~ ??.?? 14.01½ ~ 14.02
Folkestone East Sidings ??.?? ~ 14.10 14.04½ ~ 14.09½
Folkestone Harbour 14.15a ~ 14.30d 14.16 ~ 14.28
Folkestone East Sidings 14.35 ~ 14.43 14.35 ~ 14.44
Ashford 15.00 ~ 15.15d 15.00 ~ 15.17
Appledore 15t29 ~ 15t30 15.31 ~ 15.34
Dungeness 16.22 ~ 16.37 16.15 ~ 16.33
Appledore 17t29 ~ 17t30 17.16 ~ 17.32
Ashford 17.44a ~ 18.03d 17.43 ~ 18.03
Appledore 18/17 18/16½
Rye 18/27 18.27½ ~ 18.34
Ore 18/43 18.52 ~ 19.06
Hastings 18c47 ~ 18c49 19.09 ~ 19.12
Bopeep Jn 18/53 19/16
Bexhill 18p57a ~ 19p07d 19/26
Pevensey & W'ham 19/15 19/32½
Hampden Park 19/19 19/37
Eastbourne 19.23a ~ 19.33d 19.41½ ~ 19.57
Polegate 19/39 20/04
Southerham Jn 19/49 20/15½
Lewes 19/52 20/18
Keymer Jn 20/04 20/30
Haywards Heath 20/08 20/34
Balcombe Tunnel Jn 20/14 20/39½ [SL]
Gatwick Airport ? [FL]
Earlswood 20/23 20/49½ [QL]
Redhill 20/24 DIV
Stoats Nest Jn 20/31 20/55½
East Croydon 20/37 21/00
Windmill Bridge Jn 20/38 21/01 [SL]
Norwood Junction 20/41 DIV
Bromley Jn 20/43 DIV
Crystal Palace 20/45 DIV
Streatham Hill 20/54 DIV
Balham Jn 20/56 21/07½
Clapham Junction 21/01 21/10
Victoria (E) 21.08a ~ 21.21d 21.15½ ~ 21.42
Stewarts Lane Jn 21/26 ?
Longhedge Jn 21/29 ?
Clapham Junction 21.32a ~ 21.33d 21.51 ~ 21.52
Barnes 21/38 21/56
Hounslow 21/45 DIV
Twickenham DIV 22/00½
Feltham Jn 21/47 22/06
Staines 21.54a ~ 21.55d 22.11 ~ 22.12
Virginia Water 22/03 22/17
Ascot 22/11 22/22
Wokingham 22/21 22/30
Earley 22/27 22/37
Reading New Jn 22*32 ~ 22*37 ?
Reading 22.39a 22.45


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