1st August 2009

UK Railtours
The Weymouth Seaside Special

Locos Used 73141 & 73204
Stock Used 5419+4831+1859+99311+3096+3115+1961+99371+21241

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

Loco(s) Route
73141 + 73204 London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Richmond - Staines - Ascot - Wokingham - Earley - Reading - Southcote Jn - Basingstoke - Worting Jn (2)
73141 + 73204 (3) Worting Jn - Winchester - Eastleigh - St Denys - Southampton - Brockenhurst - Bournemouth - Poole - Wareham - Dorchester South - Weymouth
73204 + 73141 (3) Weymouth - (reverse of outward route) - St Denys - Fareham - Cosham - Havant - Chichester - Ford - Pulborough - Horsham - Dorking - Leatherhead - Epsom - Sutton - Mitcham Junction - Tulse Hill - Herne Hill - Brixton - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) John Clifford comments: Because of a problem with the power supply in the Wareham area the train was to operate with only one ED taking power from the third rail west of Branksome (out) & Bournemouth (back). The other loco was to operate on diesel power west of these points. It didn't work out like this! We left on time but made a brief stop at Richmond to set down a passenger who had got on the train by mistake. All the went well (including running via platform 4 at Basingstoke) until Worting Jn when 73141 packed up. So we carried on with just 73204 providing power. Just north of Winchester we were stopped by signals. It looked like a signal failure. This caused us to lose some time. As only one loco was working there was no need to stop at Branksome but, because the trains in front were late we were checked a few times before we got to Weymouth 19 late. The return working ran with only 73204 working but kept roughly to time.
(2) 73141 failed.
(3) 73204 only powering.

Source : John Clifford

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)

Location Booked Actual
Waterloo 08.40d 08.40
Loco Jn 08/44 08/45
Queens Road 08/45 08/46
Clapham Junction 08.48a ~ 08.51d 08.49 ~ 08.51
Barnes 08/56 08/55½
Richmond 09/01 09.03 ~ 09.03
Twickenham 09/06 09/08
Whitton Jn 09/08 09/11
Feltham Jn 09/09 09/11½
Feltham 09/11 09/12½
Staines 09/19 09/18
Virginia Water 09/27½ 09/27
Ascot 09/33½ 09/33
Wokingham 09/47 09/47
Earley 09/51½ 09/51½
Reading Spur Jn 09/55 09/55½
Reading New Jn 10/01 09.57 ~ 09.58½
Reading 10/03 10/01
Southcote Jn 10/08 10/05
Bramley 10/18 10/15½
Basingstoke 10/28 10/28
Worting Jn 10/31 10/31½
Winchester 10/43 10/50
Shawford Jn 10/45 10/53
Eastleigh 10/49 10/56½
St Denys 10/52 11/00
Northam Jn 10/53 11/01½
Southampton 10/56 11/04
Redbridge 10/59 11/08½
Brockenhurst 11/11 11/19
Bournemouth 11/31 11/37½
Branksome 11.36 ~ 11.41 11/42
Poole 11/47 11.53 ~ 11.54
Hamworthy Jn 11/51 12/01
Wareham 11/56 12/07
Wool 12/01 12/12
Moreton 12/05 12/18
Dorchester South 12/11 12/31
Dorchester Jn 12/12 12/32
Weymouth 12.24a ~ 16.38d 12.43 ~ 16.38½
Dorchester Jn 16/49 16/48½
Dorchester South 16/51 16/49½
Moreton 16/57 16/55½
Wool 17/01 17/00
Wareham 17/08 17/05½
Hamworthy Jn 17/13 17/11
Poole 17/17 17/14½
Branksome 17/22 17/19
Bournemouth 17.26 ~ 17.31 17.24 ~ 17.29
Brockenhurst 17/50 17/49
Redbridge 18/01 18/00½
Southampton 18/08 18/08
Northam Jn 18/11 18/10½
St Denys 18/22 18/21
Fareham 18/41 18/40
Cosham 18/48 18/48
Cosham Jn 18/49 18/49
Farlington Jn 18/50 18/50
Havant 18/54 18/54
Chichester 19/12 19/09½
Barnham 19/19 19/18
Ford 19/23½ 19/24½
Arundel Jn 19/26 19/26
Pulborough 19/45 19/46
Billingshurst 19/52 19/54
Horsham 20/00 20/03½
Dorking 20/16 20/20
Leatherhead 20/21 20/28
Epsom 20/28 20/35
Sutton 20/39 20/42
Mitcham Jn 20/44 20/47
Streatham South Jn 20/53 20/51
Streatham 20/55 20/54
Tulse Hill 20/58 20/58
Herne Hill 21/01 21/01
Brixton 21/02 21/02½
Voltaire Road Jn 21/04 21/04
Battersea Pier Jn 21/07 21/07
Victoria 21.10a 21.13


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