18th October 2006

Steam Dreams
Cathedrals Express

Locos Used 47851 & steam : 34067 'Tangmere'
Stock Used 35518+4905+4984+99311+4960+99327+3136+99348+99993+99121+99127+99304

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

Loco(s) Route
34067 (1) London Victoria - Stewarts Lane - (via Atlantic line) - Denmark Hill - Catford - Bromley South - Swanley - Otford - Maidstone East - Ashford - Canterbury West - Minster (2) - Ramsgate - Margate - Herne Bay - Faversham - Sittingbourne - Gillingham - Sole Street - Swanley (2) - Bromley South - Catford - Cambria Jn - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) 47851 on rear.
(2) Between Minster & Bromley South, the booked route was: Minster - Deal - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford - Headcorn - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Bromley South. The train was diverted as the class 47 on the back prevented passage of Shakespeare Tunnel.

Source : John Clifford

Photo Review
(all photos: Gordon Jakes)


34067 'Tangmere' prior to departure from Victoria.


34067 at Canterbury West beneath the elevated signal box and prior to
shunting into the Down Goods Loop behind platform 2.


47851/D1648 at the rear of the train stabled in the DG Loop amid the vegetation.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford & Gordon Jakes)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 London Victoria 11.53d 11.55   20.07a 20.01 95.77
0.71 Battersea Pier Jn 11/56 11/59   ? ? 95.06
1.38 Stewarts Lane 11/59 12/00   ? ? 94.39
1.61 Factory Jn 12/01 12/01   ? ? 94.16
2.05 Voltaire Road Jn 12/02 12/02   20/02 19/55 93.75
3.08 Brixton ? ?   20/01 19.46 ~ 19.51 92.69
3.68 Cambria Jn ? ?   19/59 19/42 92.09
4.22 Denmark Hill 12/06 12/07   ? 19/41 91.55
4.67 Crofton Road Jn 12/07 12/09   19/56 19/40 91.10
5.77 Nunhead 12/09 12/12   19/54 19/38 90.00
10.73 Shortlands Jn 12/18 12/20   19/44 19/31 85.04
12.07 Bromley South 12.21a ~ 12.23d 12.22 ~ 12.26   ? 19.25 ~ 19.28 83.70
13.56 Bickley Jn 12/27 12/32   19/36 19/22 82.21
14.33 St Mary Cray Jn 12/28 12/33   DIV 19/21 81.44
18.47 Swanley 12/33 12/39   DIV 19/16 77.30
28.70 Otford Jn 12/43 12/48  
41.12 Maidstone East 13/02 13/07  
50.05 Lenham Down Loop 13w13 ~ 13w48 13.26 ~ 13.46  
54.27 Charing ? 13/53  
- Petts Wood Jn   19/30 DIV -
- Orpington   19/28 DIV -
- Sevenoaks   19/19 DIV -
- Tonbridge   19/08 DIV -
- Paddock Wood   19/01 DIV -
- Headcorn   18/51 DIV -
60.35 Ashford 14/06 14.03 ~ 14.04   18/41 DIV -
64.55 Wye ? 14/13  
- Saltwood Jn   18/30 DIV -
- Folkestone West   18w10 ~ 18w24 DIV -
- Folkestone Central   18/07 DIV -
- Dover Priory   17/55 DIV -
- Buckland Jn   17/52 DIV -
- Deal   17/41 DIV -
- Sandwich   17/35 DIV -
- Minster 'B' Jn   17/28 DIV -
- Fawkham Jn   DIV 19/08 72.11
- Sole Street   DIV 19/01 67.70
- Rochester Bridge Jn   DIV 18/53 61.60
- Gillingham   DIV 18/48 58.66
  Rainham   DIV 18/44 55.67
- Sittingbourne   DIV 18/39 50.02
- Faversham   DIV 18/30 42.54
- Whitstable   DIV 18w07 ~ 18w19 35.55
- Herne Bay   DIV 18/02 32.03
- Margate   DIV 17/49 20.72
- Ramsgate   DIV 17/40 15.40
- Minster East Jn   DIV 17/34 11.70
- Minster   17/27 17/33 11.37
  Canterbury West 14.28a 14.26   17.12d 17.17 0.00


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