70000 Britannia hauls The Garden of England Lunchtime Tour & Sunset Steam Express - 06.08.24

70000 Britannia would once again grace Kent and Surrey as she took charge of another week of Steam Dreams “Garden of England” and “Sunset Steam Express” tours. On this occasion, the ‘Brit’ would be sporting a 73A shed plate, representing Stewarts Lane depot.

Starting with the Garden of England circular round Kent, Britannia is firstly seen cresting the summit at Sole Street through a fairly strong wind, taking it easy to cut back on the fire risk. The next shot comes from Canterbury East, as we witness Britannia departing from the water stop, heading for Dover. The next shot should’ve been at Folkestone, however my SD card suffered a malfunction and didn’t fully save the recording, so the shot was unusable. We therefore move onto Pluckley, where Britannia cruises through as she heads back towards London. Moving onto the Sunset Steam Express, we head to Chilworth station to capture the soundtrack of the Brit working hard up Gomshall bank, making for a great performance for the locals.

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