8th September 2010

Railway Touring Company
The Dorset Coast Express

Locos Used 37706 & steam: 44932 & 60019 'Bittern'
Stock Used (4) (99035+) 5171+3093+99316+3136+99121+99125+99348+1861+5216 (+17013) (4)

Route :
1Z96 : London Victoria to Weymouth
1Z97 : Weymouth to London Waterloo

Loco(s) Route
44932 (2) London Victoria - (2) Stewarts Lane Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Brentford - Hounslow - Feltham - Staines - Virginia Water - Addlestone Jn - Byfleet & New Haw - Woking - Farnborough (Main) - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Winchester - Eastleigh - Northam Jn - Southampton Central - Redbridge - Brockenhurst - Bournemouth - Poole - Wareham - Dorchester South - Weymouth
60019 (3) Weymouth - (reverse of outward route) - Byfleet & New Haw - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Clapham Junction - Queenstown Road (Battersea) - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) 44932 substituted for booked 30777 'Sir Lamiel' which was on loan to the North Norfolk Railway.
(2) 37706 provided banking assistance from Victoria station to Grosvenor Bridge. Train then stopped at Stewarts Lane Jn to check dragging brakes on rear coaches.
(3) 44932 on rear from Weymouth to Wareham.
(4) POB 99035 only in formation when 44932 was on the train and 17013 only in formation when 60019 was on the train.

Sources : Nick Bartlett (on the train throughout) & Neil Kearns

Photo Review


44932 on arrival at Weymouth...what nice weather! (photo: Nick Bartlett)


60019 waiting to leave Weymouth on the return leg (photo: Nick Bartlett)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Neil Kearns & Nick Bartlett)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Victoria 08.45d [P2] [FL] 08.45 [P2] [FL]  
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/48 08/48  
Stewarts Lane Jn 08/51 [RVL] 08/51 [RVL]  
Longhedge Jn 08/56 09/13  
Waterloo   20.50a [P16] 20.57 [P17]
Nine Elms Jn   20/44 [RVL] 20/51 [RVL]
Queenstown Road (Battersea)   20/42 [P2] [RVL] 20/49 [P2] [RVL]
Clapham Junction 09/01 [P5] [FL] 09/17 [P5] [FL]   20/39 [P8] [MFL] 20/45 [P8]
Barnes 09/08 [P3] 09/24  
Chiswick 09.11a ~ 09.13d 09.28 ~ 09.29  
Brentford 09/16 [P2] 09/33 [P2]  
Hounslow 09/22 [P2] 09/37 [P2]  
Feltham Jn 09/24 09/40  
Feltham 09/26 [P2] 09/42 [P2]  
Staines 09.32a ~ 09.34d [P2] 09.50 ~ 09.53 [P2]  
Virginia Water 09/45 [P4] 10/02 [P4]  
Addlestone Jn 09/53 10/11  
Wimbledon   20/33 [P6] [FL] 20/41 [P6] [FL]
New Malden   20/30 [P2] [FL] 20/38 [P2] [FL]
Surbiton   20/28 [P2] [FL] 20/34 [P1] [SL]
Hampton Court Jn   20/27 [FL] 20/33 [SL]
Weybridge   20/22 [P2] [FL] 20/27 [P2] [FL]
Byfleet & New Haw 09/56 [SL] 10/15 [SL]   20/19 [SL] 20/25 [SL]
Woking 10.03a ~ 10.06d [P5] [SL] 10.23 ~ 10.26 [P5] [SL]   20.11a ~ 20.14d [P1] [SL] 20.16 ~ 20.19 [P1] [SL]
Woking Jn 10/07 [SL] 10/28 [SL]   20/10 [SL] 20/15 [SL]
Brookwood 10/12 [P2] [SL] 10/34 [P2] [SL]   19w56 ~ 20w06 [P1] [SL] 20.00 ~ 20.10 [P1] [SL]
Pirbright Jn 10/15 [SL] 10/37 [SL]   19/54 [SL] 19/56 [SL]
Farnborough (Main) 10/19 [P2] [SL] 10/41 [P2] [SL]   19/49 [P1] [SL] 19/52 [P1] [SL]
Fleet 10/22 [P2] [SL] 10/44 [P2] [SL]   19/44 [P1] [SL] 19/47 [P1] [SL]
Winchfield 10w26 ~ 10w37 [SL] 10.48 ~ 10.56 [SL]   ? ?
Basingstoke 10.47a ~ 10.49d [P1] [SL] 11.09 ~ 11.09 [P1] [SL]   19.28a ~ 19.30d [P4] [SL] 19.27 ~ 19.29 [P4] [SL]
Worting Jn 10/55 11.15 ~ 11.22   19/19 [SL] 19/21 [SL]
Winchester 11/12 [P2] 11/38 [P2]   19/02 [P1] 19/03 [P1]
Shawford Jn / Shawford 11/16 [FL] 11/41 [FL]   18/57 [P1] 18/57 [P1]
Allbrook ? ?   18/49 [SL] 18/49 [SL]
Eastleigh 11/23 11/44 [FL]   18w36 ~ 18w47 [FL] 18.36 ~ 18.46 [P1] [SL]
St Denys 11/33 [P2] [SL] 11/49 [P2] [SL]   18/27 [P1] 18/28 [P1]
Northam Jn 11.37 ~ 11.50 11.51 ~ 11.56   18/24 18/27
Southampton Central 11/54 [P4] [FL] 12/03 [P4] [FL]   18c18 ~ 18c21 18/24 [FL]
Millbrook ? ?   18/07 [P1] 18/23 [FL]
Redbridge 11/58 [P2] 12/07 [P2]   18/05 [P1] [SL] 18/21 [P1]
Brockenhurst 12/09 [P3] 12/20 [P3]   17/53 [P2] 18/08 [P2]
Bournemouth 12.27a ~ 12.29d [P4] 12.39 ~ 12.41 [P3]   17.33a ~ 17.35d [P2] 17.47 ~ 17.49 [P2]
Branksome 12/35 [P2] 12/46 [P2]   17/29 [P1] 17/36 [P1]
Poole 12/44 [P2] 12/52 [P2]   17/23 [P1] 17/31 [P1]
Hamworthy 12/51 [P2] 12/56 [P2]   ? ?
Wareham 12w57 ~ 13w09 [P2] 13.02 ~ 13.13 [P2]   17L09 ~ 17L15 [P1] 17.12 ~ 17.19 [P1]
Wool 13/16 [P2] 13/20 [P2]   17/02 [P1] 17/06 [P1]
Moreton 13/22 [P2] 13/26 [P2]   16/57 [P1] 17/02 [P1]
Dorchester South 13/28 [P1] 13/33 [P2]   16.49a ~ 16.50d [P1] 16.54 ~ 16.55 [P1]
Dorchester Jn 13/29 13/34   16/48 16.48 ~ 16.51
Weymouth 13.38a [P2] 13.45 [P2]   16.35d [P2] 16.35 [P2]


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