6233 passes Lymington Jn, heading for Weymouth (photo: Nick Bartlett)
13th August 2008
Steam Dreams
Sunny South Special
| Locos Used | 47245 & steam : 6233 'Duchess of Sutherland' |
| Stock Used | 99041+5171+5222+1840+5200+13440+9392+99371+5236+1961+5249 |
Route:
1Z92 : Clapham Junction to Weymouth
1Z93 : Weymouth to London Waterloo
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 6233 | Clapham Junction - Hounslow - Staines - Chertsey - Woking - Basingstoke - Winchester - Eastleigh - Southampton Central - Brockenhurst - Bournemouth - Poole - Wareham - Dorchester South - Weymouth |
| 6233 (1) | Weymouth - (reverse of outward route) - Bournemouth (2) |
| 6233 | Bournemouth - (reverse of outward route) - Woking - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Earlsfield - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo |
Notes :
(1) 47245 on rear.
(2) 47245 was booked to come off at Wareham but stayed on till Bournemouth.
(3) Carried the 'Cathedrals Express' headboard. The timing sheet
showed the reporting no. for the down train as 1Z82 whereas all other
information showed it as 1Z92.
(4) John Clifford comments: For those interested in cross-overs & the like the
down train ran via the up line (platform 2) at Bournemouth Central while the up
train ran via the new cross-over into the western extension.
6233 passes Lymington Jn, heading for Weymouth (photo: Nick Bartlett)
Source : John
Clifford (on the train throughout)
Tour Review
(from John Clifford)
This was another "Sunny South" which should have been called "Rainy South". However, unlike the trip on 9.7.08, the rain did ease off in the afternoon.
The trip did not get off to a good start. A class 92 hauled freight train had been signalled via South West Sidings at Willesden & did try to do so. Those familiar with the area will understand that such a manoeuvre would create a small problem, not least because the route is not electrified! This delayed trains on the West London line including ours which had come from Southall. We left over 40mins late but had made up 10mins by Woking. All this was to no avail as we were held by signals outside Farnborough & finally left the Winchfield water stop back to 40mins late. Some good running ensued but was interspersed with a signal stop between Southampton & Millbrook (to let a Voyager pass) & one at the country end of Bournemouth (to let a down Weymouth pass). The result was that we got to Weymouth just over an hour late.
Some good co-operation between Network Rail, West Coast Railways & the engine's support crew saw the light engine movements & the servicing at Yeovil Junction done smartly so we left just 51mins late. It could have been so much later. The class 47 should have come off at Wareham but it stayed on the back to Bournemouth to assist with the climb of Parkstone bank. There were problems with a passenger on a preceding train at Southampton Airport so we stopped before that station for a few minutes. There was another stop near Winchfield to allow a train to get ahead. We finally got to Waterloo 26mins late.
John Clifford
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)
| Location |
Booked
|
Actual
|
Booked
|
Actual
|
|
| London Waterloo |
|
22.14a
|
22.40
|
||
| Clapham Junction |
08.10d
|
08.51½
|
22/04
|
22/30½
|
|
| Barnes |
08/16½
|
08/58½
|
|||
| Brentford |
08/27½
|
09/04
|
|||
| Hounslow |
08/34
|
09/07
|
|||
| Feltham Jn |
08/39½
|
09/10
|
|||
| Feltham |
08/41
|
09/12½
|
|||
| Staines |
08/49
|
09/20
|
|||
| Virginia Water |
08/57½
|
09/30
|
|||
| Addlestone Jn |
09/08
|
09/40
|
|||
| Wimbledon |
21/59
|
22/27
|
|||
| New Malden |
21/56
|
22/24
|
|||
| Surbiton |
21/54
|
22/19½
|
|||
| Hampton Court Jn |
21/52
|
22/17½
|
|||
| Byfleet & New Haw |
09/16
|
09/46
|
?
|
?
|
|
| Woking |
09.23a ~ 09.26½d
|
09.54 ~ 09.57
|
21.35½a ~ 21.38d
|
22.05 ~ 22.06½
|
|
| Woking Jn |
09/28½
|
09/59
|
21/34
|
22/03
|
|
| Pirbright Jn |
09/34
|
10/05
|
?
|
?
|
|
| Farnborough |
09/38
|
10/21
|
21/27
|
21/54
|
|
| Fleet |
09/42
|
10/26
|
?
|
?
|
|
| Winchfield |
09w47 ~ 10w02
|
10.31 ~ 10.42
|
?
|
?
|
|
| Basingstoke |
10/12
|
10/53
|
20w35 ~ 21w12
|
21.20 ~ 21.31
|
|
| Worting Jn |
10/15
|
10/56½
|
20/28
|
21/14½
|
|
| Winchester |
10/30½
|
11/12
|
20/10
|
20/58
|
|
| Shawford Jn |
10/33½
|
11/15
|
|
||
| Shawford |
10.36a ~ 10.39d
|
11.17 ~ 11.18
|
20/05
|
20/54½
|
|
| Eastleigh |
10/48
|
11/24
|
19.57a ~ 19.59d
|
20.42½ ~ 20.47½
|
|
| St Denys |
10/53
|
11/32½
|
19/50
|
20/26
|
|
| Northam Jn |
10/55
|
11/35½
|
19/48
|
20/24½
|
|
| Southampton Central |
10/58
|
11/38½
|
19/45
|
20/22½
|
|
| Redbridge |
11/02
|
11/50
|
19/34
|
20/18½
|
|
| Brockenhurst |
11/13
|
12/01½
|
18w56 ~ 19w20
|
19.48 ~ 20.03
|
|
| Bournemouth |
11/36
|
12/26
|
18/38
|
19L16½ ~ 19L20
|
|
| Branksome |
11/41
|
12/40
|
18/34
|
19/07
|
|
| Poole |
11/47
|
12/47
|
18/26
|
19/00
|
|
| Wareham |
11w57a ~ 12w09d
|
13.02 ~ 13.12
|
18L10½a ~ 18L15½d
|
19.46 ~ 19.47
|
|
| Wool |
12/17
|
13/20½
|
18/04
|
18/39
|
|
| Moreton |
12/22
|
13/26
|
17/59
|
18/35
|
|
| Dorchester South |
12*32 ~ 12*34
|
13.36 ~ 13.37
|
17*48 ~ 17*51
|
18/27
|
|
| Dorchester Jn |
12/37
|
13/38½
|
17/47
|
18/26
|
|
| Weymouth |
12.46a
|
13.49½
|
17.35d
|
18.16
|
|
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