3rd March 1968

L.C.G.B.
The Invicta Rail Tour

Locos Used D3223, D3665, D6566, D6568, E5022 & E6031
Stock Used Booked as: BSK+SO+SO+SO+RB+SO+SO+BSK
EMU Used 4-EPB 5xxx

Route :

Traction Route
D6568 Blackfriars - Elephant & Castle - Herne Hill - Penge East - Bromley South - Swanley - Farningham Road - Gravesend West
D6568 Gravesend West - Farningham Road
D6566 Farningham Road - Sole Street - Gillingham "B" Box
D3665 (1) Gillingham "B" Box - Chatham Dockyard
D6566 (2) Chatham Dockyard - Gillingham "B" Box
D6566 Gillingham "B" Box - Faversham - Canterbury East - Shepherds Well
D3223 (1) Shepherds Well station - down siding
D6566 (3) down siding - Tilmanstone Colliery
D3223 (1) Tilmanstone Colliery - Shepherds Well down siding
E6031 Shepherds Well down siding - Deal Jn - Kearsney Loop Jn - Deal - Minster - Canterbury West - Ashford - Headcorn - Paddock Wood
E6031 Paddock Wood - Maidstone West - Strood - Hoo Jn
D6568 Hoo Jn - Grain
D6568 Grain - Hoo Jn - Gravesend Central - Dartford - Slade Green - Plumstead
E5022 Plumstead - Slade Green - Perry Street Fork Jn (4) - Bexleyheath - Blackheath - Lewisham - Nunhead - Brixton - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) D6566 on rear.
(2) D3665 on rear.
(3) D3223 on rear.
(4) Loco 'gapped' on third rail & assisted forward by EMU 5xxx (confirmation of number anyone?) which came off Slade Green depot, resulting in a 45 min delay.


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.

Sources : John Clifford (on the train throughout) & John Debens

Tour Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Terry Jackson & John Clifford)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Blackfriars 09.16d 09.21½
3.18 Loughborough Junction 09/26 09/30
4.08 Herne Hill 09/29 09/32
8.63 Beckenham Junction 09/35 09/42
10.13 Shortlands 09/36½ SL 09/44
11.02 Bromley South 09.38½a ~ 09.39½d 09.46 ~ 09.47
12.49 Bickley Jn 09/42 09/51
17.42 Swanley 09/47 09/56
20.53 Farningham Road 09/51 10/00
27.51 Gravesend West 10.06a ~ 10.15d 10.21½ ~ 10.37
34.49 Farningham Road 10L30a ~ 10L37d 11.09 ~ 11.16
40.78 Sole Street 10/46 11/29
47.07 Rochester Bridge Jn 10/53 11/37
50.00 Gillingham 10L49a ~ 11L06d 11.39½ ~ 11.57½
50.54 Chatham Dockyard 11.16a ~ 11.24d 12.08 ~ 12.16½
51.28 Gillingham 11L34a ~ 11L40d 12.24 ~ 12.33
60.12 Sittingbourne 11/49½ 12.45
67.32 Faversham 11/57 12/54
78.20 Canterbury East 12/09 13/05
87.15 Shepherds Well 12L24a ~ 12L38d 13.16 ~ 13.29½
90.04 Tilmanstone Colliery 12.58a ~ 13.08d 13.47 ~ 13.57
92.73 Shepherds Well 13L28a ~ 13L43d 14.14 ~ 14.28
97.03 Deal Jn 13/48 14/35
97.27 Kearnsey Loop Jn 13/50 14/37
105.25 Deal 14/02 14/48
114.16 Minster 14/15 15/03
125.54 Canterbury West 14c28a ~ 14c29d 15.33 ~ 15.40½
139.72 Ashford 14/47 16/01
161.15 Paddock Wood 15.08a ~ 15.23d 16.23½ ~ 16.40
171.11 Maidstone West 15.41a ~ 15.51d 16/57½
182.36 Strood 16/11 17/14½
186.29 Hoo Jn 16L18a ~ 16L27d 17.22½ ~ 17.31
188.74 Cliffe 16*33a ~ 16*34d 17/41
191.16 Wybourne Crossing 16*40a ~ 16*47d 17/48
196.18 Stoke Jn Crossing 16*59a ~ 17*07d 18.04 ~ 18.07
197.58 Grain 17.12a ~ 17.32d 18.13 ~ 18.24
199.18 Stoke Jn Crossing 17*37a ~ 17*45d 18.30 ~ 18.32
204.20 Wybourne Crossing 17*57a ~ 18*04d 18/46½
206.42 Cliffe 18*11a ~ 18*12d 18/53½
209.07 Hoo Jn 18/17 19.01 ~ 19.01½
212.30 Gravesend 18/22 19/07
219.14 Dartford 18/32 19/15½
226.45 Plumstead 18L42a ~ 18L50d 19.31 ~ 19.38½
231.75 Slade Green 18/58 19/48
233.42 Barnehurst 19/09 20/46
238.32 Eltham Well Hall 19/17 20/54
240.38 Blackheath 19/21½ 20/58
241.32 Lewisham 19/23½ 21.01a ~ 21.03d
243.15 Nunhead 19/28 21/07
245.21 Cambria Jn 19/32 21/11
245.75 Brixton 19/35 21/13
250.11 Victoria 19.40a 21.19½


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