9th July 2012
Steam Dreams
The Cathedrals Express
Locos Used | 66070 & steam: 35028 'Clan Line' |
Stock Used (2) | (17096)+5322+5040+4927+21245+13227+3140+3107+1692+3144+3148 |
Route :
1Z67 : London Waterloo to Weymouth
1Z68 : Weymouth to London Waterloo
Loco(s) | Route |
35028 | London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Farnborough Main - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Overton - Andover - Tunnel Jn - Salisbury - Gillingham - Templecombe - Sherborne - Yeovil Junction |
66070 | Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill - Maiden Newton - Dorchester West - Weymouth |
35028 (3) | Weymouth - Dorchester South - Wool - Wareham - Poole |
35028 | Poole - Bournemouth - Brockenhurst - Redbridge - Southampton Up Goods Loop - Southampton Central - Northam Jn - St Denys - Eastleigh - Winchester - Worting Jn - (reverse of outward route) - London Waterloo |
Notes:
(1) This tour marked the 45th anniversary of the end of steam on the Southern Region.
(2) 17096 was only in the consist when 35028 was on the train.
(3) 66070 on rear.
35028 climbs through Parkstone station with the return leg
of the tour (photo: David Lawery)
Sources : John Clifford (on the tour throughout), Claude Andrews, Mark Herriott and Nick Bartlett.
Timings (Booked & actual)
(from John Clifford)
Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
London Waterloo | 09.55d [P16] [DMF] | 10.00 [P16] [DMF] | 21.54a [P19] | 21.55 [P19] | |
Nine Elms Jn | ? | ? | 21/43½ [RVL] | 21/46 [RVL] | |
Queenstown Road | ? | ? | 21/42½ [P2] [RVL] | 21/45 [P2] [RVL] | |
Clapham Junction | 10/03 [P9] [DF] | 10/08½ [P9] [DF] | 21/39 [P8] [UMF] | 21/38 [P8] [UMF] | |
Wimbledon | 10/07½ [P7] [DF] | 10/16 [P7] [DF] | 21/34½ [P6] [UF] | 21/32 [P6] [UF] | |
New Malden | 10/10½ [P3] [DF] | 10/18½ [P3] [DF] | 21/32 [P2] [UF] | 21/30 [P2] [UF] | |
Surbiton | 10/12½ [DF] | 10/20½ [DF] | 21/30 [P2] [UF] | 21/28 [P2] [UF] | |
Hampton Court Jn | 10/13½ [DF] | 10/21½ [DF] | 21/29 [UF] | 21/27 [UF] | |
Woking | 10/23½ [P4] [DF] | 10/30½ [P4] [DF] | 21/16 [P2] [UF] | 21/18 [P2] [UF] | |
Woking Jn | 10/24½ [DF] | 10/31 [DF] | 21/15 [UF] | 21/17½ [UF] | |
Farnborough Main | 10/32 [DF] | 10/40 [DF] | 21/07 [UF] | 21/11 [UF] | |
Basingstoke | 10/47 [P2] [DF] | 10/53½ [P2] [DF] | 20/54 [P3] [UF] | 20/59 [P3] [UF] | |
Worting Jn | 10/50 | 10/56 | 20/51 [UF] | 20/57 [UF] |
Location | Booked | Actual |
Overton | 10w55a ~ 11w04d [P2] | 11.02 ~ 11.07 [P2] |
Andover | 11/16 [P2] | 11/19 [P2] |
Tunnel Jn | 11/33 | 11/35 |
Salisbury | 11w36a ~ 12w00d [P4] | 11.38a ~ 11.59d [P4] |
Wilton Jn | 12/05 | 12/05½ |
Wilton South | 12/12 | 12/07½ |
Tisbury Loop | 12/23 | 12.29 ~ 12.31 |
Gillingham | 12/34 [P1] | 12/44½ [P1] |
Templecombe | 12/42 [P1] [DM] | 12/53 [P1] [DM] |
Sherborne | 12/52 [P2] [DM] | 13/00½ [P2] [DM] |
Yeovil Junction | 13L05a ~ 13L51d [P3] | 13L10½ ~ 13L58 [P3] |
Yeovil Pen Mill | 13t56a ~ 14t12d [P1] | 14.15 ~ 14.34 [P3] |
Maiden Newton | 14t35a ~ 14t39d [P2] | 15.03½ ~ 15.07 [P2] |
Dorchester West | 14/53 [P2] | 15/22 [P2] |
Dorchester Jn | 14/57 | 15/23 |
Weymouth | 15.06a [P3] ~ 17.38d [P3] | 15.35 [P3] ~ 17.40 [P3] |
Dorchester Jn | 17/51 | 17/56 |
Dorchester South | 17/53 [P1] | 17/57 [P1] |
Moreton | 18/00 [P1] | 18/04½ [P1] |
Wool | 18/06 [P1] | 18/09 [P1] |
Wareham | 18/13 [P1] | 18/15 [P1] |
Poole | 18L23a ~ 18L35d [P1] | 18L25 ~ 18L34 [P1] |
Branksome | 18/44 [P1] | 18/41 [P1] |
Bournemouth | 18/49 [P2] | 18/48½ [P2] |
Brockenhurst | 19/08 [P2] | 19/04 [P2] |
Redbridge | 19/22 [P1] | 19/17 [P1] |
Southampton Up Goods Loop | 19w27a ~ 19w59d [UGL] | 19.24½ ~ 20.02 [UGL] |
Southampton Central | 20/02 [P1] | 20/04 [P1] |
Northam Jn | 20/05 [UF] | 20/07 [UF] |
St Denys | 20/07 [P1] | 20/09 [P1] |
Eastleigh | 20.17a ~ 20.21d [P1] [US] | 20.18 ~ 20.23 [P1] [US] |
Shawford | 20/29 [P1] | 20/36½ [P1] |
Winchester | 20/34 [P1] | 20/41½ [P1] |
Timings continue in first table.
Associated E.C.S.
& Light Engine Workings
5Z63 : (67024) : Eastleigh T&RSMD to Battersea Loop
5Z63 : (35028 with 67024 on rear) : Battersea Loop to Kensington Olympia
5Z63 : (67024 with 35028 on rear) : Kensington Olympia to
London Waterloo
Location | Booked | Actual |
Eastleigh T&RSMD | 05.00d | |
Eastleigh | 05/12 | |
Winchester | 05.23a ~ 05.25d | |
Basingstoke | 05/43 | |
Woking | 06/15 | |
Byfleet & New Haw | 06/24 | |
Virginia Water | 06/41 | |
Staines | 06/55 | |
Feltham | 07/01 | |
Hounslow | 07/08 | |
Brentford | 07/18 | |
Barnes | 07/30 | |
Clapham Junction | 07/38 | |
Longhedge | 07/42 | |
Stewarts Lane Jn | 07/47 | |
Battersea Loop | 07L50a ~ 08L25d | |
Stewarts Lane Jn | 08/30 | |
Longhedge Jn | 08/35 | |
Latchmere Jn | 08/38 | |
Kensington Olympia | 08.46a ~ 09.04d | |
Latchmere Jn | 09/13 | |
West London Jn | 09.16a ~ 09.30d | |
Queenstown Road | 09/32 | |
Nine Elms Jn | 09/34 | |
London Waterloo | 09.43a [P16] | 09.48 [P16] |
5Z64 : (35028 with 17096) : Stewarts Lane T&RSMD to Battersea Loop
Location | Booked |
Stewarts Lane T&RSMD | 07.50d |
Stewarts Lane Jn | 07/55 |
Battersea Loop | 08.00a |
5Z65 : (35028 with 17096) : Yeovil Junction to Weymouth
Location | Booked |
Yeovil Junction | 14.40d |
Yeovil Pen Mill | 14t45a ~ 15t05d |
Maiden Newton | 15t27a ~ 15t34d |
Dorchester West | 15/56 |
Dorchester Jn | 15/57 |
Weymouth | 16.07a ~ 16.09d |
Jersey Sidings | 16.12a ~ 16.42d |
Weymouth | 16.45a [P3] |
5Z67 : (67024 with 35028 on rear) :
London Waterloo to Willesden
SW Sidings
5Z67 : (67024) : Willesden SW Sidings to Eastleigh T&RSMD
Location | Booked |
London Waterloo | 22.24d [P19] |
Nine Elms Jn | 22/30 |
Queenstown Road | 22/32 |
West London Jn | 22/33 |
Latchmere Jn | 22/38 |
Kensington Olympia | 22/45 |
North Pole Jn | 22/51 |
Mitre Bridge Jn | 22/52 |
Willesden SW Sidings | 22L55a ~ 23L15d |
Acton Wells Jn | 23/19 |
Kew East Jn | 23/27 |
Brentford | 23/30 |
Hounslow | 23/37 |
Feltham | 23/41 |
Staines | 23/47 |
Virginia Water | 23/58 |
Byfleet & New Haw | 00/13 |
Woking | 00/17 |
Basingstoke | 00/44 |
Winchester | 01.04a ~ 01.06d |
Eastleigh | 01/14 |
Eastleigh South Jn | 01/16 |
Eastleigh T&RSMD | 01.30a |
5Z68 : (35028 with 17096) : Willesden SW Sidings to Stewarts Lane T&RSMD
Location | Booked |
Willesden SW Sidings | 23.05d |
Mitre Bridge Jn | 23/09 |
North Pole Jn | 23/10 |
Kensington Olympia | 23/15 |
Latchmere Jn | 23/23 |
Longhedge Jn | 23/25 |
Factory Jn | 23.26 ~ 23.39 |
Stewarts Lane Jn | 23.32 ~ 23.35 |
Stewarts Lane T&RSMD | 23.40a |
0Z65 : (67024) :
London Waterloo to Wembley Yard
0Z67 : (67024) : Wembley Yard to London Waterloo
Location | Booked | Booked |
London Waterloo | 10.05d [P16] | 21.56a [P19] |
Nine Elms Jn | 10/09 | 21/49 |
Queenstown Road | 10/11 | 21/48 |
West London Jn | 10/12 | 21.12 ~ 21.46 |
Latchmere Jn | 10/14 | 21/10 |
Kensington Olympia | 10/20 | 21/02 |
North Pole Jn | 10/25 | 20/58 |
Mitre Bridge Jn | 10/26 | 20/56 |
Willesden West London Jn | 10/27 | 20/55 |
Willesden No.7 Jn | 10/28 | 20/53 |
Wembley Yard | 10.35a | 20.45d |
0Z66 : (66070) : Westbury to Yeovil Junction
Location | Booked |
Westbury Down Yard | 11.54d |
Fairwood Jn | 11/59 |
Clink Road Jn | 12/04 |
Blatchbridge Jn | 12/07 |
East Somerset Jn | 12/11 |
Castle Cary | 12.21 ~ 12.27 |
Yeovil Pen Mill | 12.47 ~ 12.55 |
Yeovil Junction | 13.00a |
0Z68 : (66070) : Poole to Eastleigh T&RSMD
Location | Booked |
Poole | 18.32d |
Poole Sidings | 18.33 ~ 19.17 |
Poole | 19/18 |
Branksome | 19/27 |
Bournemouth | 19/33 |
Brockenhurst | 19/50 |
Redbridge | 20/02 |
Southampton Central | 20/08 |
Northam Jn | 20/11 |
Bevois Park Sidings | 20.14 ~ 20.27 |
St Denys | 20/29 |
Eastleigh | 20.35 ~ 20.38 |
Eastleigh South Jn | 20/40 |
Eastleigh T&RSMD | 20.45a |