Main Line Steam 2025: Year in Review!

A compilation of steam-hauled rail tours out on the Main Lines around Kent throughout 2025.

Featured Locomotives:
SR Merchant Navy Class No. 35028 'Clan Line'
SR West Country Class No. 34046 'Braunton'
BR Standard Class 7 No. 70000 'Britannia'
LNER Thompson Class B1 No. 61306 'Mayflower'
SR West Country Class No. 34028 'Eddystone'

Featured Rail Tours:
The Belmond British Pullman: Golden Age of Travel by Steam
Saphos Trains: The Golden Arrow
Railway Touring Company: The Armistice Steam Express
Railway Touring Company: The Rochester Dickensian Christmas Express

Timestamps:

0:00 - 35028 'Clan Line' Whistling through Gillingham with the Belmond British Pullman Golden Age of Travel. 20/02/2025.
0:36 - 35028 'Clan Line' running through Gillingham with the Belmond British Pullman: Golden Age of Travel. 06/03/2025.
1:14 - 34046 'Braunton' steaming through East Malling railway station with the Golden Arrow. 26/03/2025.
1:38 - 35028 'Clan Line' working the Belmond British Pullman through the Kent countryside. 28/03/2025.
2:06 - The Golden Arrow Rail Tour hauled by 34046 'Braunton' at East Malling Station. 02/04/2025.
3:00 - 35028 'Clan Line' disturbing the peace of the Kentish countryside with the British Pullman at Cuxton. 10/04/2025.
3:34 - 35028 'Clan Line' with the Belmond Golden Age of Travel Pullman at Mill Hill. 24/04/2025.
3:54 - 35028 'Clan Line' with a special set of discs and flags to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. 09/05/2025.
4:41 - 70000 'Britannia' hauling The Golden Arrow Rail Tour at East Malling. 14/05/2025.
5:09 - 35028 'Clan Line' steaming through Twydall with a whistle and Golden Arrow headboards. 05/06/2025.
5:34 - 35028 'Clan Line' whistles through Gillingham Level Crossing with the British Pullman Train. 10/07/2025.
6:15 - 35028 'Clan Line' with The Golden Age of Travel Rail Tour at Gillingham. 07/08/2025
6:56 - 35028 'Clan Line' Steaming along the Chatham Main Line at Gillingham EMU Depot. 21/08/2025.
7:31 - 35028 'Clan Line' returning from Ashford Depot's Railway 200 Open Day. 25/08/2025.
7:56 - 35028 'Clan Line' steaming along the Chatham Main Line at Gillingham with the British Pullman. 11/09/2025.
8:43 - 61306 'Mayflower' whistling through Paddock Wood Station. 23/09/2025
9:10 - 35028 'Clan Line' speeding along the Chatham Main Line at Bloors Lane. 20/09/2025.
9:35 - 61306 'Mayflower' Storms through Paddock Wood. 29/09/2025.
9:52 - 35028 'Clan Line' at Bloors Lane, Rainham. 10/10/2025.
10:15 - 35028 'Clan Line' steaming through Paddock Wood. 10/10/2025.
10:40 - 35028 'Clan Line' Steaming through a wet and windy Gillingham on the Chatham Main Line. 23/10/2025.
11:33 - 34028 'Eddystone' with The Armistice Steam Express at Newington. 11/11/2025.
12:00 - 34028 'Eddystone' with The Armistice Steam Express at Swale. 11/11/2025.
12:35 - 34028 'Eddystone' speeding through Hollingbourne with The Armistice Steam Express. 11/11/2025.
12:48 - 34028 'Eddystone' with The Rochester Dickensian Christmas Express bound for Sittingbourne. 06/12/2025.
13:21 - 34028 'Eddystone' with The Rochester Dickensian Christmas Express returning to Newbury. 06/12/2025.
13:50 - End screen.

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