17th August 2005

Steam Dreams
Sunny South Special

Locos Used 47712 & steam: 71000 'Duke of Gloucester'
Stock Used 35329+5222+5216+1840+5171+13474+9392+5237+1961+5236+5249

Route:
1Z91 : Kensington Olympia to Weymouth
1Z92 : Weymouth - Clapham Junction

Loco(s) Route
71000 (1) Kensington Olympia - Clapham Junction - Balham - Tooting - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Basingstoke - Andover Jn - Salisbury - Gillingham - Yeovil Junction
47712 Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill
47712 Yeovil Pen Mill - Dorchester West - Weymouth
71000 (1) Weymouth - Dorchester West - Yeovil Pen Mill
47712 (2) Yeovil Pen Mill - Yeovil Junction
71000 (1) Yeovil Junction - (reverse of outward route) - Wimbledon - Earlsfield - Clapham Junction

Notes :
(1) 47712 on rear.
(2) 71000 on rear.
(3) 35329 only in formation when 71000 was on the train.

Source : John Clifford

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Kensington Olympia 08.36d 08.35½  
Latchmere Jn 08/42 08/43  
Clapham Junction 08.45a ~ 08.50d 08.45½ ~ 08.50   23.04a 23.14½
Balham 08/54½ 08/56½  
Streatham North Jn 08/57 09/00  
Streatham South Jn 08/58½ 09/01  
Wimbledon 09.09a ~ 09.11d 09.08½ ~ 09.16½  
Wimbledon West Jn 09/16 09/13   22.56½a ~ 22.58d 23.04½ ~ 23.06
Raynes Park 09/19 09/14½   ? ?
New Malden 09/21 09/16   22/53½ 23/00½
Surbiton 09/23½ 09/18½   22/50 22/58½
Hampton Court Jn 09/26 09.23 ~ 09.24½   22/48½ 22/57½
Woking 09.38½a ~ 09.40d 09.39 ~ 09.41½   22.33½a ~ 22.35d 22.42 ~ 22.43½
Woking Jn 09/41 09/43   22/31½ 22/40½
Farnborough 09/51 09/57   22/19 22/27½
Fleet 09/55 10/00½   22/16 22/24
Winchfield ? ?   22/08 22/21
Basingstoke 10/11 10/15½   21.37a ~ 21.57d 21.59½ ~ 22.10½
Worting Jn 10/16 10/19   21/34 21/54½
Overton 10.24a ~ 10.37f 10.26 ~ 10.36½   ? ?
Andover Jn 10/48 10/49   21/16 21/34½
Tunnel Jn 11/02½ 11/03   20/57½ 21/15½
Salisbury 11.05a ~ 11.07f 11.06 ~ 11.09   20.52a ~ 20.54d 20.53 ~ 21.11½
Wilton Jn 11/12 11/14   20/48½ 20/48½
Wilton South 11/13½ 11/15   20/47 20/47½
Tisbury Loop 11/26 11/26   20/35 20/38
Gillingham 11.38a ~ 11.53d 11.37 ~ 11.47   20.08a ~ 20.21d 20.12½ ~ 20.22
Templecombe 12/01½ 11/58   20/00½ 20/03
Sherborne 12.09a ~ 12.11d 12.07 ~ 12.09   19.48a ~ 19.50d 19.50 ~ 19.51½
Yeovil Junction 12.20a ~ 12.39d 12.20½ ~ 12.38½   19.29a ~ 19.39d 19.35 ~ 19.41½
Yeovil Pen Mill 12.44a ~ 13.02d 12.48½ ~ 13.09½   18.49a ~ 19.24d 18.58½ ~ 19.27
Maiden Newton 13.20a ~ 13.23d 13/30½   18.17a ~ 18.30d 18.32½ ~ 18.35
Dorchester West 13/33 13.42a ~ 13.42½d   18/07 18.14a ~ 18.16½d
Dorchester Jn 13/34 13/44   18/05½ 18/12½
Weymouth 13.45a 13.54   17.52d 17.52½


Back to "The Railtour Files"