Six Bells Junction

Loco(s)	Route
44932 (2)	London Victoria - Brixton - Nunhead - Bellingham - Shortlands Jn - Bromley South - Bickley Jn - St Mary Cray Jn - Swanley - Oftord Jn - Maidstone East - Charing - Ashford International - Appledore - Rye - Hastings - Bopeep Jn - Wadhurst - Tonbridge - Tunbridge Wells - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Petts Wood Jn - Bickley Jn - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) 44932 replaced 34067 'Tangmere' which was not available. The routing restricted the consist to load 10.
(2) Banked out of London Victoria by 37706.

Sources : Neil Kearns, 'Lycra' & Gordon Jakes

Tour Review
(from Gordon Jakes)

37706 brought the empty stock into London Victoria with 44932 already attached at the country end. The class 37 also gave banking assistance as the train departed from Victoria but this was the last that was seen of the diesel. The Sussex Belle was the third special train to depart Victoria on this day – the first departure was hauled by 60163 and the second by 67003 (with the VSOE Pullman set).

In respect of 44932 and its performance there is little to say. The 10-coach train appeared to be well within the locos capability and the train was never more than six minutes adrift from the booked timings. The Black 5 appeared to be surefooted throughout the journey albeit that the rails were relatively dry and leaf fall had not really commenced. The day was a success and I was impressed by the condition and performance of 44932. As a Bullied fan I also have to say that 44932 was an excellent substitute for 34067 and put up a better performance particularly in terms of lack of wheel slip.

M.C	Location	Booked	Actual	Booked	Actual	M.C
0.00	Victoria	10.44d [P2]	10.44½ [P2]	16.13a [P2]	16.13½ [P2]	64.64
0.72	Grosvenor Bridge Jn	10/48 [Down Chatham Main / Fast]	10/48 [Down Chatham Main / Fast]	16/09	16/09½	63.72
2.05	Voltaire Road Jn	10/50	10/50	16/06	16/04	62.59
3.08	Brixton	10/52 [Down Catford Loop]	10/53 [Down Catford Loop]	16/04	16/01	61.56
3.68	Cambria Jn	10/54	10/54½	15/59 [Up Chatham Fast / Main]	15/58 [Up Chatham Fast / Main]	60.76
4.22	Denmark Hill	10/55	10/56	15/58	15/57	60.42
4.67	Crofton Road Jn	10/57	10/57	15/57	15/56	59.77
5.77	Nunhead	11/00	11/01	15/54	15/52	58.67
8.73	Bellingham	11/09	11/08½	15/50	15/48	55.71
10.73	Shortlands Jn	11/13 [Down Chatham Fast]	11/15 [Down Chatham Fast]	15/47 [Up Catford Loop]	15/46 [Up Catford Loop]	53.71
12.07	Bromley South	11.16½a ~ 11.18½d [P2]	11.18½ ~ 11.21 [P2]	15.41a ~ 15.44d [P1]	15.42½ ~ 15.43½ [P1]	52.71
13.54	Bickley Jn	11/21	11/27	15/38 [Up Chatham Fast]	15/38 [Up Chatham Fast]	51.10

M.C	Location	Booked	Actual
14.33	St Mary Cray Jn	11/22	11/28
18.47	Swanley	11/29 [Down Maidstone]	11/33 [Down Maidstone]
25.70	Otford Jn	11/40	11/45
41.12	Maidstone East	11/58	12/02
50.07	Lenham Loop	12w10 ~ 12w25	12.19 ~ 12.28½
50.27	Lenham	12/26	12/30
54.27	Charing	12/34	12/35
60.35	Ashford International	12/41 [P2]	12/44 [P2]
68.73	Appledore	13/06	13/08
75.59	Rye	13/18	13/17½
95.65	Ore	13/37	13/34½
86.47 0.00	Hastings	13w41a ~ 13w59d [P2]	13.38 ~ 13.59 [P2]
1.58	Bopeep Jn	14/03	14/05
10.65	Mountfield Tunnel	14/17	14/20
12.76	Robertsbridge	14/20	14/22
23.20	Wadhurst	14/41	14/39
27.25	Strawberry Hill Tunnel	14/49	14/46½
28.11	Tunbridge Wells Central	14/54 [P1]	14/55 [P2]
28.67	Wells Tunnel Jn	14/57	14/57
32.20	Somerhill Tunnel	15/04	15/02½
33.01	Tonbridge	15/13 [P2] [UM]	15/13 [P2] [UM]
40.34	Sevenoaks	15/24 [P1]	15/26 [P1]
48.58	Orpington	15/34 [P2] [UF]	15/35 [P2] [UF]
50.19	Petts Wood Jn	15/36 [UFV]	15/37 [UFV]

Locos Used	37706 & steam: 44932
Stock Used	99035+3143+3093+99316+99125+99348+99371+1861+4949+9392