Pheasant prevents connection

375810 arrives at London Victoria working 2A54 with a cock pheasant having been picked up somewhere in Kent and now preventing it from coupling to 375 number 706. The birds have had a bad day with a dead pigeon laying on the track below the pheasant.

 

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;

Ashford International 1.....1702..........................1702 1/4...................RT

Bearsted [BSD]..................1727/1728................NoRep/1728...........RT

Maidstone East [MDE] 1...1732 1/2/1733 1/2...1733 1/4/1733 3/4..RT

Borough Green ...............1750 1/2/1751..........1754/1755...............4L

Otford Junction[XOT]......1758..........................1803 3/4..................5L

Swanley [SAY] 1.................1808 1/2/1809 1/2..1813 1/2/1813 3/4...4L

St Mary Cray Junction.....1816..........................1819 3/4....................3L

Bickley Junction[XLY]......1817...........................1820 1/4...................3L

Bromley South [BMS] 3...1819 1/2/1820 1/2...1822 3/4/1824........3L

Shortlands [SRT]................1822.........................1825 1/4...................3L

Shortlands Junction.........1822.........................1826.........................4L

Beckenham Junction 2...1823 1/2...................1826 3/4...................3L

Kent House [KTH] 2.........1824 1/2...................1827 1/2....................3L

Herne Hill [HNH] 2............1830.........................1832 1/4...................2L

Brixton [BRX]......................1831...........................1833 1/4...................2L

Voltaire Road Junction....1832 1/2...................1834 1/2...................2L

London Victoria [VIC] 2...1837..........................1840..........................3L

 

375810 was eventually joined to 375 number 706 and worked 1S62 from London Victoria to Ramsgate and Dover Priory.

 

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;

London Victoria [VIC] 2...1857............................1857.............................RT

Voltaire Road Junction....1901 1/2......................1901.............................RT

Brixton [BRX]......................1903...........................1902 3/4.....................RT

Herne Hill [HNH] 3............1904...........................1904 1/2......................RT

Kent House [KTH] 3..........1908 1/2.....................1909 3/4.......................1L

Beckenham Junction 3...1909 1/2.....................1912 1/4........................2L

Shortlands Junction.........1911..............................1913 1/4........................2L

Shortlands [SRT]................1911 1/2.......................1914...............................2L

Bromley South [BMS] 4...1912 1/2/1914.............1915/1916 1/4...............2L

Bickley Junction[XLY]......1916 1/2......................1918 3/4.......................2L

St Mary Cray Junction.....1917 1/2......................1919 3/4.......................2L

Swanley [SAY] 4................1921 1/2......................1923 1/2.......................2L

Sole Street [SOR] 2..........1929 1/2.....................1929 1/2......................RT

Rochester Bridge Jn........1936...........................1939 1/2.......................3L

Rochester [RTR] 3.............1938/1939.................1942/1943 3/4............4L

Chatham [CTM] 2..............1940 1/2/1942...........1945 1/4/1946.............4L

Gillingham [GLM] 3...........1945 1/2/1947...........1950/1951....................4L

Rainham [RAI] 2.................1951/1952..................1956/1956 3/4............4L

Newington [NGT] 2..........1955 1/2/1956..........2001/2001 3/4...........5L

Sittingbourne [SIT] 2........2000 1/2/2001 1/2...2007/2008.................6L

Faversham [FAV] 3...........2012/2016.................2018 1/4/2021 3/4.....5L

 

At Faversham the train divided 1S63 continuing to Dover Priory.

Faversham [FAV] 3.............2018.....................2023 1/4.....................5L

Canterbury East [CBE] 2...2030 1/2/2032..2036/2036 3/4.........4L

Shepherds Well [SPH] 2...2049/2050........2052 3/4/2054 1/2..4L

Dover Priory [DVP] 2.........2059....................2104 1/4......................5L

 

Whitstable [WHI] 2............2023 1/2/2024 1/2..2028 1/2/2029 1/4....4L

Herne Bay [HNB] 2...........2030 1/2/2031 1/2...2035/2036 1/2...........5L

Margate [MAR] 1................2047/2048...............2051 3/4/2052..........4L

Broadstairs [BSR] 2...........2053/2054...............2056 3/4/2058.........4L

Ramsgate [RAM] 4............2100...........................2104 3/4......................4L

 

 

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