File:34046 'Braunton' 1Z82 Bristol Temple Meads to Canterbury West (15182885018).jpg

Braunton climbs the 1 in 50 gradient of the down Chatham Fast line with ease working Pathfinder Tours Limited's excursion "The Canterbury Belle" from west London to Canterbury on 27 September 2014. Ian Dyer photographed it later on route approaching <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95011660@N06/15369759915/">Petts Wood</a>.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Bristol Temple Meads [BRI] 5...0635..............0636............................1L Bristol East Junction...................0637..............0637...........................RT North Somerset Junction..........0638..............0638...........................RT Keynsham [KYN] 2......................0642/0645..0642 1/2/0645 3/4..RT Twerton..........................................0650..............0650 1/2....................RT Oldfield Park [OLF] 2..................0650 1/2.......0651 1/4......................RT Bath Spa [BTH] 2.........................0652/0655..0653/0655 1/4.........RT Bathampton Junction.................0659..............0658 3/4....................RT Thingley Junction........................0706 1/2.......0704...........................2E Thingley East Junction...............0707..............0704 3/4....................2E Chippenham [CPM] 2.................0709/0712....0707 1/4/0712...........RT Dauntsey.......................................0719...............0718 1/2......................RT Wootton Bassett Junction.........0724..............0721 3/4.....................2E Rushey Platt..................................0730 1/2........0726 1/4.....................4E Swindon [SWI] 3...........................0733/0745...0728 3/4/0744 1/2...RT Highworth Junction....................0746 1/2........0746 1/2.....................RT Uffington (Oxfordshire) U...........0756..............0753 1/4.....................2E Challow..........................................0758..............0754 1/4.....................3E Wantage Road.............................0801...............0757 1/4.....................3E Steventon......................................0805..............0759...........................6E Milton Junction............................0806 1/2.......0800 3/4....................5E Foxhall Junction[XJF].................0808..............0802 3/4....................5E Didcot Parkway [DID] 4..............0817/0820...0806/0821 3/4..........1L Didcot East Junction..................0821 1/2........0822 1/4.....................RT Moreton Cutting..........................0824..............0823...........................RT Cholsey [CHO] 4..........................0829 1/2.......0828 1/4.....................RT Goring & Streatley [GOR] 4.......0836..............0831 3/4.....................4E Pangbourne [PAN] 2...................0842..............0841 3/4.....................RT Tilehurst [TLH] 4..........................0847..............0846 1/2.....................RT Tilehurst East Junction..............0847 1/2........0847 1/2.....................RT Reading West Junction..............0850..............0849 1/2.....................RT Reading [RDG] 13.........................0853/0856..0853/0856 1/2.........RT Reading Southern Junction......0859..............0857 3/4.....................1E Reading Spur Junction..............0900.............0859 1/4.....................RT Earley [EAR] 1................................0903..............0901 1/4.......................1E Winnersh Triangle [WTI] 1..........0904 1/2.......0902 1/4......................1E Winnersh [WNS] 1........................0905..............0903 1/4......................1E Wokingham [WKM] 1...................0907 1/2.......0906 1/4......................1E Bracknell [BCE] 1..........................0914/0917.....0913 1/4/0917 1/2.....RT Martins Heron [MAO]..................0918 1/2........0920 1/4......................1L Ascot [ACT] 1................................0920 1/2.......0921............................RT Sunningdale [SNG] 1...................0923..............0923 1/2.....................RT Longcross [LNG] 1.......................0925..............0925 1/2.....................RT Virginia Water [VIR] 1..................0927 1/2........0927 1/2.....................RT Egham [EGH] 1..............................0934 1/2........0932...........................2E Staines [SNS] 1..............................0941/0944...0940 3/4/0943 1/2..RT Ashford (Surrey) [AFS] 1..............0946 1/2.......0945 3/4....................RT Feltham [FEL] 1.............................0950..............0948 3/4.....................1E Feltham Junction.........................0952..............0951 1/2......................RT Hounslow Junction.....................0952 1/2.......0952 1/2.....................RT Hounslow [HOU] 1.......................0954..............0953 3/4....................RT Isleworth [ISL] 1.............................0957..............0956 1/4.....................RT Syon Lane [SYL] 1........................0958 1/2.......0958 1/4.....................RT Brentford [BFD] 1..........................1000...............0959 1/4.....................RT Old Kew Junction........................1001 1/2.........1001 1/4.......................RT Kew East Junction.......................1003...............1002 1/2......................RT Acton Central [ACC]...................1014 1/2..........1014.............................RT Acton Wells Junction.................1018................1018.............................RT Willesden S.W.S. [XWS].............1021/1103.......1021/1103....................RT Mitre Bridge Junction.................1107................1105 3/4.......................1E North Pole Signal Vc818............1108 1/2.........1108 1/4.......................RT North Pole Junction....................1109................1107 1/2........................1E Shepherds Bush [SPB] 1.............1112.................1112..............................RT Kensington Olympia 3................1114/1118.........1113 1/4/1116 1/2...........1E West Brompton [WBP] 3............1120................1120.............................RT Imperial Wharf [IMW] 1................1121.................1121 1/4........................RT Latchmere Junction....................1122 1/2..........1123 1/2........................1L Factory Junction..........................1127................1127 3/4......................RT Voltaire Road Junction .............1128................1128 1/2.......................RT Denmark Hill [DMK] 2.................1133................1133..............................RT Crofton Road Junction...............1135................1134..............................RT Peckham Rye [PMR] 4................1136................1134 1/2........................1E Nunhead [NHD] 2........................1138................1136 3/4.......................1E Bellingham [BGM]........................1142 1/2..........1142 1/4.......................RT Shortlands Junction[XOR].........1146................1144 3/4.......................1E Shortlands [SRT]..........................1146 1/2..........1145 3/4......................RT Bromley South [BMS] 3..............1148................1146 3/4.......................1E Bickley Junction[XLY]................1151.................1150 3/4......................RT Petts Wood Junction[XPE]........1155................1153.............................2E Orpington [ORP] 3.......................1158................1158 1/2.......................RT Chelsfield [CLD]...........................1200...............1201 1/2........................1L Sevenoaks [SEV] 3......................1208...............1209 1/4.......................1L Tonbridge [TON] DF...................1218................1220 3/4.....................2L Paddock Wood [PDW] DM........1236...............1234 1/2.......................1E Headcorn [HCN] 2......................1249/1305.....1249/1307..................2L Ashford International 6..............1322/1325.....N/R/1326.....................1L