23rd July 2008

Steam Dreams
Cathedrals Express

Locos Used 37712 & steam: 34067 'Tangmere'
Stock Used 35518+5200+5222+1840+5216+13440+9392+99371+5236+1961+5237

Route:
1Z82 : London Victoria to Canterbury West
1Z83 : Canterbury West to London Victoria

Loco(s) Route
34067 (1) London Victoria - Brixton - Catford - Bromley South - Swanley - Otford - Maidstone East - Ashford - Wye - Canterbury West - Minster - Deal - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford - Headcorn - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Bromley South - Catford - Crofton Road Jn - Atlantic Lines - Stewarts Lane - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) Banked by 37712 from Victoria to Grosvenor Bridge.

Source : John Clifford

Tour Review
(by John Clifford)

This was a routine Steam Dreams trip from London to Canterbury & back following the usual route. On the outward trip we were held at Swanley as there was a signal problem at Otford Jn. Despite this there was enough recovery time between Charing & Ashford for an on time arrival at Canterbury.

On the return, we were stopped outside Ashford for 8mins as a Hot Axle Box Detector had been activated. This did ensure that there was some rapid running afterwards. At Orpington the Automatic Routing System sent us from the up line to the down fast platform (no. 3) & back to the up fast after the station. The same thing happened on the previous Canterbury trip on 4.6.08. Due to the VSOE occupying platform 2 at Victoria we ran into platform 7.

John Clifford

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
London Victoria 11.23d 11.25   21.02a 21.03
Battersea Pier Jn 11/27 11/29   20/59 20/58
Stewarts Lane   20/56 20/56
Factory Jn   20/54 20/55
Voltaire Road Jn 11/29 11/31   20/52 20/54
Brixton 11/31 11/35  
Cambria Jn 11/33 11/36  
Denmark Hill 11/34 11/37   20/47 20/49
Crofton Road Jn 11/36 11/38   20/45 20/47
Nunhead 11/38 11/40   20/42 20/43
Shortlands Jn 11/47 11/48   20/29 20/33
Bromley South 11.50a ~ 11.53d 11.52 ~ 11.54   20.23a ~ 20.26d 20.28 ~ 20.31
Bickley Jn 11/55 11/59   20/19 20/25
St Mary Cray Jn 11/56 12/00  
Swanley 12/01 12.06 ~ 12.10  
Otford Jn 12/13 12/20  
Maidstone East 12/30 12/39  
Charing 12/46 12/59  
Petts Wood Jn   20/17 20/24
Orpington   20/14 20/20
Sevenoaks   20/04 20/09
Tonbridge   19/51 19/58
Paddock Wood   19/43 19/53
Headcorn   19/33 19/44
Ashford 13/06 13/07   19/21 19/32
Wye 13/16 13/13  
Saltwood Jn   19/07 19/11
Folkestone West   18w50 ~ 19w02 18.49 ~ 19.05
Folkestone Central   18/48 18/47
Dover Priory   18/33 18/32
Buckland Jn   18/31 18/30
Deal   18/19 18/15
Sandwich   18/14 18/11
Minster   18/06 18/03
Canterbury West 13.27a 13.27   17.45d 17.45


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