11th November 2025

Railway Touring Company
The Armistice Steam Express

Locos Used 47812 & steam: 34028 'Eddystone'
Stock Used 80217+3340+3390+99712+3278+3314+3336+1212+6176+9526

Route :
1Z80 : London Victoria to Sheerness-on-Sea
1Z82 : Sheerness-on-Sea to London Victoria

Loco(s) Route
34028 (1) London Victoria - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - Voltaire Road Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Beckenham Junction - Shortlands Jn - Bromley South - Bickley Jn - St Mary Cray Jn - Swanley - Sole Street - Rochester - Gillingham - Rainham - Sittingbourne
47812 (2) Sittingbourne - Queenborough - Sheerness-on-Sea
34028 (1) Sheerness-on-Sea - Queenborough - Sittingbourne - Faversham - Canterbury East - Shepherds Well - Buckland Jn - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford International - Charing - Maidstone East - Otford Jn - Swanley - St Mary Cray Jn - Bickley Jn - Bromley South - Shortlands Jn - Bellingham - Catford - Nunhead - Denmark Hill - Voltaire Road Jn - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) 47812 on rear.
(2) 34028 on rear.
(3) The outward route was originally advertised to run via Sevenoaks - Tonbridge - Paddock Wood - Maidstone West - Strood (reverse) - Rochester - Gillingham - Western Jn - Sheerness-on-Sea. However due to gauging issues with 34028 at Maidstone Barracks the route was revised to that shown above.

Source : Nick Bartlett (on the tour throughout)

Photo Review


34028 at Sittingbourne (photo: Nick Bartlett)


47812 at Sheerness-on-Sea (photo: Nick Bartlett)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Nick Bartlett)

Location Booked Actual
London Victoria 09.44d [P2] [DCF] 09.44 [P2] DCF]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 09/47½ 09/47
Voltaire Road Jn 09/50 09/49
Brixton 09/51½ [P2] 09/51 [P2]
Herne Hill 09/55 [P3] 09/53 [P3]
Kent House 10*04 ~ 10*24 [P4] 10.03 ~ 10.24 [P4]
Beckenham Junction 10/27½ [P3] 10/27 [P3]
Shortlands Jn 10/29½ [DCS] 10/29 [DCS]
Bromley South 10.32a ~ 10.35d [P4] 10.31 ~ 10.35 [P4]
Bickley Jn 10/40½ [DCS] 10/38
St Mary Cray Jn 10/45 10/39
Swanley 10/51 [P4] 10/43 [P4]
Fawkham Jn 10/57 10/49
Sole Street 11/03 10/54
Rochester Bridge Jn 11/12½ 11.03 ~ 11.06
Rochester 11/15½ [P2] 11/08 [P2]
Gillingham 11/19½ [P3] 11/14 [P3]
Rainham 11/22½ [P2] 11/18 [P2]
Rainham East Jn 11/23½ [DC] 11/19 [FL]
Newington 11/26½ 11/22
Western Jn 11/29½ 11/27
Eastern Jn 11/30½ 11/28
Sittingbourne 11.32 ~ 11.49 [P2] 11.29 ~ 11.50 [P2]
Eastern Jn 11/52 11/52
Kemsley 11/54 11/55
Swale 12/00 12/00
Queenborough 12/04 12/04
Sheerness-on-Sea 12w09a ~ 13w30d [P1] 12.10 ~ 13.31 [P1]
Queenborough 13*34 ~ 13*37 13/39
Swale 13/43 13/46
Kemsley 13/47 13/49
Eastern Jn 13/49 13/52
Sittingbourne 13/51½ [P2] 13/53 [P2]
Faversham 13c58 ~ 14c00 [P3] 14/03 [P3]
Canterbury East 14*18 ~ 14*23 [P2] 14/16 [P2]
Shepherds Well 14/40½ [P2] 14/32
Buckland Jn 14/45½ 14.38 ~ 14.45
Dover Priory 14/49 [P1] 14/49 [P1]
Folkestone East 15/01½ 15/01
Folkestone Central 15/05 15/03
Folkestone West 15w07 ~ 15w34 15.04 ~ 15.35
Saltwood Jn 15/38 15/42
Ashford International 15/52 [UM] 15/55 [UM]
Charing 16/00 16/04
Maidstone East 16/20 [P1] 16/19 [P1]
Borough Green & Wrotham 16/35 16/35
Otford Jn 16/43 16/42
Swanley 16/57 [P1] [UCF] 16/52
St Mary Cray Jn 17/02 16/58
Bickley Jn 17/04 [UCF] 16/59 [UCF]
Bromley South 17.08a ~ 17.11d [P1] 17.06 ~ 17.09
Shortlands Jn 17/13½ 17/14
Bellingham 17/19½ [P1] 17/19 [P1]
Catford 17/21 17/21
Nunhead 17/24 [P1] 17/24 [P1]
Crofton Road Jn 17/26½ [AL] 17/28 [AL]
Denmark Hill 17/27½ [P1] 17/29 [P1]
Voltaire Road Jn 17/32½ [UCF] 17/33 [UCF]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 17/34½ 17/35
London Victoria 17.38a [P2] 17.37 [P2]


Associated E.C.S. Workings

3Z80 : (34028 with 47812 on rear) : Southall to Willesden No.7
3Z80 : (47812 with 34028 on rear) : Willesden No.7 to London Victoria

Location Booked
Southall WCR 07.40d
Southall 07.43 ~ 07.50
Southall East Jn 07/52
West Ealing 07/54
Acton West 07/57
Acton Main Line 08/00
Acton Wells Jn 08/04
Acton Canal Wharf 08/06
Willesden No.7 08.15 ~ 08.19
Willesden West London Jn 08/22
Mitre Bridge Jn 08/25
North Pole Jn 08/26
Shepherds Bush 08/30
Kensington Olympia 08/32
West Brompton 08/36
Latchmere Jn 08/40
Longhedge Jn 08/42
Stewarts Lane Jn 08/44
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/46
London Victoria 08.50a [P2]

5Z82 : (47812 with 34028 on rear) : London Victoria to Willesden No.7
5Z82 : (34028 with 47812 on rear) : Willesden No.7 to West Drayton
5Z82 : (47812 with 34028 on rear) : West Drayton to Southall

Location Booked
London Victoria 17.52d [P2]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 17/55
Stewarts Lane Jn 17/57
Longhedge Jn 17*59 ~ 18*05
Latchmere Jn 18/07
West Brompton 18/11
Kensington Olympia 18/14
Shepherds Bush 18/16
North Pole Jn 18/18
Mitre Bridge Jn 18/19
Willesden West London Jn 18/21
Willesden No.7 18.24 ~ 18.28
Acton Canal Wharf 18/32
Acton Wells Jn 18*34 ~ 18*40
Acton Main Line 18*43 ~ 18*54
Acton West 18/58
West Ealing 19/01
Southall 19/04
Heathrow Airport Jn 19/08
West Drayton 19.12 ~ 19.22 [P5]
Heathrow Airport Jn 19/29
Southall West Jn 19/31
Southall 19/33
Southall WCR 19.36a


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