From Andrew Fairholms ticket collection.
21st March 1959
R.C.T.S. (London Branch)
London & North Kent Railtour
| 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 RCTS special.
From Andrew Fairholms ticket collection.
Sources : David Hills & David Davis (compiled from contemporary
reports)
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