14th August 1985

 

No. 1006 managed to derail itself at the eastern end of Hastings station. The power car can be seen dislodged from the rails, underneath the lattice bridge. Sidings at Tonbridge, Hastings, and Grove Park were used to stable the DEMU stock overnight. © David Glasspool Collection

 

14th August 1985

 

Five-vehicle No. 1032 is seen at High Brooms (formerly Southborough), 1½-miles north of Tunbridge Wells Central, London-bound. Rusty conductor rails show that electrification of the route was imminent. © David Glasspool Collection

 

14th August 1985

 

A Charing Cross service, bearing the usual ''22'' head code, is seen pulling into Tonbridge's platform 2. The platform structures in view date from a Southern Railway rebuilding programme, begun in 1935. © David Glasspool Collection

 

15th August 1985

 

No. 1005 is seen trundling into platform No. 3 at Tonbridge. The flat sides are seen to good effect, these being necessary to ensure the stock physically fitted through the narrow tunnels between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings. © David Glasspool Collection