12th December 2006

Steam Dreams
Cathedrals Express

Locos Used 73107 'Spitfire' & steam : 45231 'Sherwood Forrester'
Stock Used 99241+5236+5237+1961+5249+9392+13440+1840+5216+5222

Route:
1Z92 : London Waterloo to Salisbury
1Z93 : Salisbury to London Waterloo

Loco(s) Route
45231 (1) London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Hounslow - Staines - Chertsey - Woking - Basingstoke - Andover - Salisbury
45231 (1) Salisbury - Dean - Romsey - Redbridge - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Woking - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Earlsfield - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) 73107 on rear.
(2) The train should have been hauled by 71000 "Duke of Gloucester" but, due to its failure on the Ely trip on 9.12.06, 45231 was substituted.

Source : John Clifford (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
London Waterloo 10.00d 10.00   21.04a 21.09½
Nine Elms Jn 10/05 10/10   ? ?
Queenstown Road 10/06 10/12   ? ?
Clapham Junction 10/10½ 10/16½   20/55 20/56½
Barnes 10/17 10/23½  
Brentford 10/26 10.30½ ~ 10.31½  
Hounslow 10/35 10/39½  
Feltham Jn 10/40 10/42½  
Feltham 10/42 10/46  
Staines 10/50½ 10/54  
Virginia Water 10/59 11/05  
Addlestone Jn 11/09 11/16  
Wimbledon   20/48 20/49½
New Malden   20/45 20/45½
Surbiton   20/34½ 20/35
Hampton Court Jn   20/32½ 20/34
Weybridge   20/27 20/27
Byfleet Jn 11/12 11/18   20/25 20/25
Woking 11.20½a ~ 11.22½d 11.27a ~ 11.28d   20.16 ~ 20.18 20.18 ~ 20.19
Woking Jn 11/24½ 11/30   20/14½ 20/16
Brookwood ? ?   19w59 ~ 20w09 19w58 ~ 20w11
Pirbright Jn 11/32 11/38   19/54½ 19/54
Farnborough 11/37½ 11/42   19/50 19/50
Fleet 11/42 11/45½   19/44 19/45
Winchfield 11w48 ~ 11w59 11w50 ~ 12w03   ? ?
Basingstoke 12/11 12/14½   19*19 ~ 19*27 19.23½ ~ 19.28
Worting Jn 12/16 12/20   19/16 19/18½
Andover 12/35 12/42  
Winchester   18/56 18/58½
Shawford   18/51½ 18/53
Eastleigh   18/45 18/46
St Denys   18/38 18/39½
Northam Jn   18/35 18/37
Southampton Central   18/32 18/34
Southampton UGL   17w53 ~ 18w29 17w55 ~ 18w32
Redbridge   17/48 17/46
Romsey   17/39½ 17/38
Dean   17/31 17/28½
Tunnel Jn 12/53½ 12/58½   17/18 17/17½
Salisbury 12.57a 13.01   17.13d 17.12½


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