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South Eastern And Chatham Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Wainright ex-SECR 'D' class 4-4-0 no 31737 of 1901 stands in the sidings alongside Stewarts Lane shed in the 1950s. The locomotive was subsequently preserved and restored and is now on display at the NRM in York... via Tweedmouth [see image 32893]. <br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/37000/37242.jpg "Stewarts Lane")
![D1 4-4-0 no 31749 stands in the sidings alongside Stewarts Lane shed in the late 1950s.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/37000/37298.jpg "Stewarts Lane")
![Maunsell 2-6-0 no 31409 in the shed yard at Stewarts Lane in the late 1950s.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/40000/40775.jpg "Stewarts Lane")
![Wainright 'H' class 0-4-4T no 31550, photographed on Stewarts Lane shed, thought to have been taken in the late 1950s. The locomotive was withdrawn in February 1961. <br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/41000/41157.jpg "Stewarts Lane")
![BR Standard Class 2 2-6-2T 84024 alongside Stewarts Lane shed in August 1961.<br><br>[K A Gray 21/08/1961]](/images/43000/43797.jpg "Stewarts Lane")
![Maunsell U class 2-6-0 no 31809 awaits its departure time from Reading Southern station in the summer of 1964 with a train for Basingstoke. Reading GWR station stands in the right background. <br><br>[John Robin 24/08/1964]](/images/46000/46545.jpg "Reading Southern")
![The BLS <I>East Kent Railtour</I> from London Victoria, seen on arrival at Sheerness on 19 November 1967 behind D6585.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 19/11/1967]](/images/28000/28247.jpg "Sheerness-on-Sea")
![The station at Wadhust in East Sussex in February 1986. Situated on the Hastings line, the station was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1851.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /02/1986]](/images/35000/35986.jpg "Wadhurst")
![Looking north towards the Isle of Sheppey and Sheerness over the vertical lift Kingsferry Bridge from the platform at Swale station on an October evening in 1989.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /10/1989]](/images/39000/39809.jpg "Swale")
![4 CEP (Class 411) unit 1560 emerges from Dover Western Docks on 13 February 1993 bound for London Victoria. The station at Western Docks (formerly Dover Marine) closed the following year. The listed station building was subsequently put to use as a cruise terminal.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 13/02/1993]](/images/41000/41380.jpg "Dover Western Docks")
![Traffic queue at the level crossing at East Farleigh, Kent, in August 1994.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /08/1994]](/images/39000/39324.jpg "East Farleigh")
![Looking over the station at East Farleigh, Kent, in August 1994. Note the hop fields in the background.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /08/1994]](/images/40000/40571.jpg "East Farleigh")
![Train at Maidstone West station in August 1994, view towards Strood.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /08/1994]](/images/41000/41643.jpg "Maidstone West")
![A Hitachi Class 395 <I>Javelin</I> EMU passes Minster station on 6 March 2010 with one of the hourly London St Pancras to Margate services via Stratford Intl, Ebbsfleet Intl, Ashford Intl (all on HS1), Canterbury West and Ramsgate.<br><br>[John McIntyre 06/03/2010]](/images/28000/28003.jpg "Minster")
![Looking east with 375613 entering Minster station on a Ramsgate to London Charing Cross service on 6 March 2010. On the right is the south western side of the triangle with the line to Deal.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 06/03/2010]](/images/28000/28017.jpg "Minster")
![A morning London to Ramsgate service enters Minster station in the hands of 375712 on 6 March 2010.<br>
<br><br>[John Mcintyre 06/03/2010]](/images/28000/28070.jpg "Minster")
![A Southeastern service from Ramsgate to London arrives at Wye between Canterbury and Ashford on 23 October 2010. The Signalbox is no longer in use although the level crossing at the south end of the platform is now worked from the station building.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/10/2010]](/images/31000/31278.jpg "Wye")
![A Southeastern service from Ramsgate to London departs from Wye <br>
station in Kent on 23 October 2010.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/10/2010]](/images/33000/33630.jpg "Wye")
![An Ashford to Brighton service waits at Rye to pass an Ashford bound train on 26 October 2010. It was a longer than usual wait as, on this occasion, the Ashford train was running 20 minutes late.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 26/10/2010]](/images/31000/31287.jpg "Rye")
![Looking east from the footbridge at Rye station on 26 October 2010 <br>
as 171724 arrives with a service to Hastings and Brighton. Like many of the stations on the line, the platforms are staggered, with the westbound platform (and main station building) located behind the camera. <br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 26/10/2010]](/images/31000/31402.jpg "Rye")
![An Ashford to Brighton service calls at Rye on 26 October 2010. This is the only passing loop on the single line from Appledore to Ore and on this occasion a late running eastbound service resulted in a longer than usual station call for the westbound service.<br><br>[John McIntyre 26/10/2010]](/images/62000/62677.jpg "Rye")
![A Southeastern Class 395 <i>Javelin</i> emu heads towards Ramsgate on 23 February 2012 with Minster SB and station in the background.<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/02/2012]](/images/37000/37782.jpg "Minster")
![The signalbox at Minster looking west towards the station on 23 February 2012. The photograph is taken from the middle of a triangular junction with lines running past towards Dover (left) and Ramsgate (right). There had been a number of railway staff in hi-viz clothing in the area earlier, however, at this point in time they were behind the signalbox assisting with the removal of a trespassing goose!<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/02/2012]](/images/37000/37801.jpg "Minster")
![Southeastern emu 375809 calls at Minster on the penultimate stop on its journey from London to Ramsgate, late in the evening of 31 August 2013.<br><br>[John McIntyre 31/08/2013]](/images/44000/44437.jpg "Minster")
![Southeastern 375917 arrives at Minster, Kent, on 14 September with a London Victoria to Ramsgate service.<br><br>[John McIntyre 14/09/2014]](/images/48000/48720.jpg "Minster")
![A Southeastern 4 car Class 375 emu on a Ramsgate to London Victoria service on 14 September 2014 heads west between Minster and the closed station of Grove Ferry. On the high ground is the A253 Canterbury to Ramsgate road. The photograph was taken from the delightfully named Gore Street.<br><br>[John McIntyre 14/09/2014]](/images/48000/48765.jpg "Minster")
![South West Trains 458508 approaching Reading Station on the ex Southern line, near the site of the former Reading South shed on a service from London Waterloo via Staines. Photographed on 30 October 2014 from a passing train on the GW main line.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 30/10/2014]](/images/49000/49373.jpg "Reading Southern")
![Late January afternoon grab shot from vehicle standing at traffic lights, showing the rather unimposing station building at Sheerness on Sea. The station is the terminus of the branch line running north onto the Isle of Sheppey from Sittingbourne, via Kemsley and Swale stations. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 24/01/2017]](/images/58000/58017.jpg "Sheerness-on-Sea")
