Tony Davies, David Pearson & Brian Read/Edwin Wilmshurst
Photo Review
24th September 1960
Railway Enthusiasts' Club
The North Kent Rail Tour
| Locos Used | 31512, 31177, D3721 |
| Stock Used | 3 coaches (push-pull set 610?) |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 31512 | Gravesend Central - Hoo Jn - Stoke Jn - Allhallows-on-Sea |
| 31512 | Allhallows-on-Sea - Stoke Jn |
| 31512 | Stoke Jn - Grain |
| 31512 | Grain - Stoke Jn - Hoo Jn |
| 31177 | Hoo Jn - Strood - Snodland - Maidstone West - Maidstone Tovil Goods |
| 31177 | Maidstone Tovil Goods - Maidstone West - Snodland - Strood |
| 31177 | Strood - Chatham - Gillingham - Chatham Dockyard Jn |
| 31177 | Chatham Dockyard Jn - Chatham Dockyard (2) |
| 31177 | Chatham Dockyard (2) - Chatham Dockyard Jn - Sittingbourne Western Jn - Sittingbourne Middle Jn - Queenborough |
| 31177 | Queenborough - Whiteways Crossing |
| 31177 | Whiteways Crossing - Queenborough - Sheerness on Sea Dockyard |
| 31177 | Sheerness on Sea Dockyard - Queenborough - Sittingbourne Middle Jn - Sittingbourne Western Jn - Gillingham - Chatham - Strood - Hoo Jn - Gravesend Central |
Notes :
(1) Tony Davies comments this tour effectively used the Kentish section of the
cancelled 'Thames & Medway Rambler' tour scheduled for 20/09/59.
(2) D3721 was added to the train whilst traversing the steeply graded Chatham Dockyard branch.
Confirmation is required as to exactly where it was added and removed.
Sources : David Hills & John Clifford (compiled from contemporary
reports),
Tony Davies, David Pearson &
Brian Read/Edwin Wilmshurst
Photo Review
31512 at Allhallows-on-Sea (photo: David Pearson)
The train at Maidstone Tovil Goods (photo: David Pearson)
D3721 & 3117 at Chatham Dockyard (photo: David Pearson)
David Pearson's ticket.
Timings (Booked Only)
(from Brian Read/Edwin Wilmshurst)
| Location | Booked |
| Gravesend Central | 14.12d |
| Sharnal Street | 14.33a ~ 14.39d |
| Allhallows-on-Sea | 14.49a ~ 15.00d |
| Stoke Junction | 15.04a ~ 15.07d |
| Grain | 15.10a ~ 15.20d |
| Hoo Jn | 15.48a ~ 15.53d |
| Maidstone West | 16.22a ~ 16.26d |
| Tovil Sidings | 16.34a ~ 16.42d |
| Strood | 17.12a ~ 17.20d |
| Chatham | 17.26a ~ 17.31d |
| Gillingham | 17.35a ~ 17.43d |
| Chatham Dockyard | 17.50a ~ 18.12d |
| Queenborough | 18.53a |
| Whiteways Crossing | ??.?? ~ ??.?? |
| Queenborough | 19.11d |
| Sheerness Dockyard | 19.18a ~ 19.25d |
| Sheerness-on-Sea | 19.30a ~ 19.47d |
| Middle Jn | 20.03 ~ 20.07 |
| Sittingbourne | 20.09a ~ 20.28d |
| Gravesend Central | 21.00a |
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