4 Cep/3 Cep/4 Bep (Class 411/2)
"The Cep
Salute" Railtour
| On Sunday, 27th April 2003, Hertfordshire Railtours ran their "The Cep Salute" railtour using a pair of 4 Cep units and covering virtually all the Kent routes where these saw service. The tour started from Victoria and then travelled by way of Nunhead, Lewisham, Parks Bridge Junction, Chislehurst, Swanley, Borough Green Down Loop, Maidstone East, Ashford International, Canterbury West, Minster and Deal to Dover Priory with photo stops at Asford and Canterbury West. Following a further photo stop at Dover the units reversed and proceeded via Deal, Ramsgate, Faversham and Sittingbourne to Sheerness-on-Sea for another photo stop and reversal and then continued via Western Junction, Gillingham (another reversal), Faversham, Canterbury East, Dover Priory again, with another photo stop, Folkestone Central, Sevington Loop, Ashford and Headcorn Up Goods Loop to Tonbridge. Reversing once more at Tonbridge the tour then went via Tunbridge Wells Central, Battle and Hastings to Ore for a final photo stop and reverse, then via Hastings, Battle, Tunbridge Wells Central, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Bat & Ball, Swanley, Shortlands Junction, Catford and Nunhead to London Victoria. |
| Green liveried 1592 at Victoria prior to leaving on the first
leg of the tour.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
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The other unit that made up the tour train, 1602, stands at
Dover with one of the Electrostar units that are replacing the Ceps just across
the tracks.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
| 1602 is the lead unit at Ore after crossing over to the track
for Hastings. Has Ore ever been this busy? Lots of weeds and grass in evidence
in the four foot, and the carriage shed that once was has been demolished.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
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The driver's controls in the cab of unit 1602.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
| 1592 was the leading unit out of Sheerness. It looks as if it were all getting too much for this man! photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
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1602 at the buffer stop at Sheerness-on-Sea before moving on to
Gillingham.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
| 1602 standing at Gillingham before returning to Dover.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
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1592 stands at Dover before moving on to Tonbridge and Hastings.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
| 1592 is about to lead down to Ore at Hastings.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
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1602 at Hastings before moving on to Ore. 4 Cig 1857 is about to
leave for Victoria.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
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After withdrawal:
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This page was created 29 April 2003
