Days Out No. 15 - 16th September 1956 - Hither Green to Tonbridge

A C class 0-6-0 No. 31298 at Hither Green on 12 March 1960. 

Photo - Ben Brooksbank, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons 2.0 licence.

This was a short day out by train from Charing Cross to visit the sheds at Norwood Junction, Redhill, Tonbridge and Hither Green.
Norwood Junction
Opened by the Southern Railway							opened:	1935	prior to 1950		NOR
type:	A concrete-built 6TS dead-ended shed						closed:	Jun-64	Feb 1950 - Jun 1964		75C
location:	On the east side of the line, north of the station.
Abbreviations		Fb - Fairburn		LBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
Sunday 16 September 1956					75C		10.00am - 10.20am			total:	32
E6 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		E6X 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		W 2-6-4T		C2X 0-6-0 (LBSCR)				0-6-0 diesels
32413	75C	32407	75C	31914	73A	32443	75C	32543	75C	13047	15201
32414	75C	32411	75C	31917	75C	32444	75C	32544	75C	13048	15202
32416	75C	Q 0-6-0		31918	75C	32445	75C	32545	75C	13049	15211
E4X 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		30533	75C	31919	75C	32446	75C	32546	75C	K 2-6-0 (LBSCR)
32466	75C	30537	75C	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		32447	75C	32554	73B	32353	75E
32477	75C	30549	75C	42069	75E
shed codes		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		75C Norwood Junction		75E Three Bridges
Visits to Norwood Junction 1937 - 1963
Redhill
Opened by South East Coast Railway							opened:	1853	prior to 1950		RED
type:	A brick-built 3TS through-road shed.						closed:	Jun-65	Feb 1950 - Jun 1965		75B
location:	In the fork of the Tonbridge and Brighton lines, south of the station.
Abbreviations		LBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway					SECR - South East Coast Railway
		LSWR - London & South Western Railway					BR - British Railways
Sunday 16 September 1956					75B		11.35am - 11.50am			total:	25
E4 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		C2X 0-6-0 (LBSCR)		N 2-6-0				BR 4MT 2-6-0		S15 4-6-0 (LSWR)
32507	75B	32449	75B	31863	74A	31868	75B	76014	75B	30836	75B
32560	75B	32450	75B	31864	75B	31869	75B	76053	75B	L 4-4-0 (SECR)
Q 0-6-0		Q1 0-6-0		31865	75B	U 2-6-0		76057	75B	31760	74D
30534	75C	33030	74D	31866	75B	31621	70A	76059	75B	31777	75A
0-6-0 diesels		33031	74D	31867	75B	U1 2-6-0
13226	15212					31909	74D
shed codes		70A Nine Elms		74A Ashford		74D Tonbridge		75A Brighton
		75B Redhill		75C Norwood Jct.
Visits to Redhill 1946 - 1965
Tonbridge
Pre Grouping Ownership - South Eastern Railway						opened:	1842		prior to Feb 1950		TON
type:	A brick-built 6TS shed with 3 through roads.					closed:	Jan-65		Feb 1950 - Oct 1958		74D
location:	In the fork of the Ashford and Tunbridge Wells lines.								Nov 1958 - May 1962		73J
									Jun 62 - Aug 63		75D sub
Abbreviations		LBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway							Sep 63 - Jan 65		75B sub
		SECR - South Eastern & Chatham Railway				BR - British Railways
Sunday 16 September 1956					74D		2.15pm - 2.35pm			total:	52
H 0-4-4T (SECR)		E3 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)		Q1 0-6-0		V "Schools" 4-4-0
31164	74D	32454	74D	31270	73C	33024	74D	30927	73B Clifton
31177	74D	32456	74D	31583	74D	33028	74D	D1 4-4-0 (SECR)		L 4-4-0 (SECR)
31184	74D	E4 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		31585	74D	33029	74D	31246	74D	31761	74D
31259	73E	32488	74D	31588	73D	33032	74D	31470	74D	31763	74D
31329	75F	32578	74D	31590	74D	33034	74D	31492	74D	31773	74D
31517	74D	32580	74D	31681	73A	33036	74D	31735	73B	E1 4-4-0
31523	74D	BR 4MT 2-6-4T		31691	73C	U1 2-6-0		31749	73A	31019	73A
31530	74D	80016	75A	31716	74D	31890	73B	N 2-6-0 (SECR)		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)
31554	74D	0-6-0 diesels		31717	74D	31897	73A	31817	75B	31822	73C
		13100	15220			31908	74D	31828	73B	BR 4MT 2-6-0
		15217				31910	74D	31872	73B	76058	75B
shed codes		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		73D Gillingham		73E Faversham
		74D Tonbridge		75A Brighton		75B Redhill		75F Tunbridge Wells
Visits to Tonbridge 1941 - 1963
Hither Green
Opened by the Southern Railway							opened:	1933	prior to Feb 1950		HIT
type:	A concrete-built 6TS dead-ended shed.					closed to steam:		Oct-61	Feb 1950 - Oct 1961		73C
location:	East of the line, south of the station.
Abbreviations		LBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway					LSWR - London & South Western Railway
J - Johnson		SECR - South Eastern & Chatham Railway				BR - British Railways		GER - Great Eastern Railway
LCDR - London, Chatham & Dover Railway				SER - South Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
Sunday 16 September 1956					73C		4.20pm - 4.30pm			total:	48
W 2-6-4T		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				C 0-6-0 (SECR)				0-6-0 diesels
31911	73C	30772	73C Sir Percivale			31033	73C	31692	73C	13097	15221
31912	73C	30806	73C Sir Galleron			31061	73C	31693	73C	13099	15222
31913	73C	N 2-6-0 (SECR)		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		31280	73B	31694	73C	13101	15224
31916	73C	31402	74A	31876	73C	31480	73C	31695	73C	15216	15227
31922	73C	31407	74A	31880	73C	31498	73C	31719	73C	15218	15228
31923	73C	31851	73B	U1 2-6-0		31686	73C	31725	73C	15219
31924	73C	31855	73C	31902	73B	31688	73C	Q1 0-6-0		Drewry 0-6-0DM
31925	73C	31856	73C			31689	73C	33014	73C	DS1173*
		31858	73C			31690	73C	* Hither Green Engineers Department
		31859	73C
shed codes		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		74A Ashford
Visits to Hither Green 1939 - 1961
Notes:	Charing Cross to Norwood Junction - 9.23am - Electric Set
	Charing Cross Station held four Schools class 4-4-0s: 30928, 30932, 30924 and 30939
	Norwood Junction to East Croydon and then East Croydon to Redhill by Electric sets.
	Redhill to Tonbridge - 12.37pm, three coach train hauled by U1 2-6-0 31909 (74D)
	Tonbridge to Sevenoaks - 3.05pm, nine coach train pulled by 'Schools' 4-4-0 30907 "Dulwich" (74E)
	Sevenoaks to Hither Green - 3.38pm, four coach electric set.
	Hither Gren to Charing Cross - 4.45pm, four coach electric set.