7th April 2013

Railway Touring Company
The Atlantic Coast Express

Locos Used 57601 & steam: 34067 'Tangmere'
Stock Used 35518+99121+99125+99712+99127+99122+99350+99311+4984+99304

Route :
1Z82 : London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids
1Z84 : Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo

Loco(s) Route
34067 (1) London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Farnborough Main - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Andover - Tunnel Jn - Salisbury - Gillingham - Sherborne - Yeovil Junction - Axminster - Honiton - Exeter Central - Exeter St Davids
57601 (2) Exeter St Davids - (reverse of outward route) - Salisbury - Tunnel Jn - Laverstock South Jn
34067 (1) Laverstock South Jn - Laverstock North Jn - Andover - (reverse of outward route) - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) 57601 on rear.
(2) 34067 on rear.
(3) John Clifford comments: This tour was first advertised as being 34067 'Tangmere' from London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids and 34046 'Braunton' from Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo, with 34067 banking from Exeter St Davids to Exeter Central. However 34046 is not yet ready for main line work so 30777 'Sir Lamiel' was substituted. It was then found that 30777 is out of gauge and the tour then became the one shown, as no other steam engine was available. Since there are no facilities for turning an engine at Exeter, 34067 had to be dragged backwards to Laverstock South Jn, so that there was steam haulage for at least part of the return journey to London Waterloo.

Source : John Clifford (on the tour throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)

Location Booked Revised Actual   Booked Revised Actual
London Waterloo 09.37d [P16] [WFL] 09.37d [P16] [WFL] 09.37 [P16] [WFL   23.22a [P17] 23.22a [P18] 23.25½ [P18]
Nine Elms Jn 09/42 [WL] 09/42 [WL] 09/44 [WL]   23/13 [WL] ? ?
Queenstown Road 09/44 [P3] [MFL] 09/44 [MFL] 09/45½ [P3] [MFL]   23/12 [P2] [WL] ? ?
Clapham Junction 09/48½ [P9] [DF] 09/47 [P9] [DF] 09/50 [P9] [DF]   23/08 [P8] [MFL] 23/12 [P7] [MFL] 23/14 [P7] [MFL]
Wimbledon 09/55½ [P7] 09/55½ [P7] 09/55½ [P7] [DF]   23/02 [P6] 23/06 [P6] 23/06½ [P6] [UF]
New Malden 09/59½ [P3] 09/59½ [P3] 10/00 [P3] [DF]   22/55½ 23/03½ 23/04 [P2] [UF]
Surbiton 10/02 [DF] 10/02 [DF] 10/02½ [DF]   22/50½ [P1] [US] 23/01½ [P2] [UF] 23/01½ [P2] [UF]
Hampton Court Jn 10/04 [DF] 10/04 [DF] 10/04 [DF]   22/46½ [US] 23/00 23/00 [UF]
Woking 10.18a ~ 10.22d [P4] [DF] 10.18a ~ 10.22d [P4] 10.18½ ~ 10.22 [P5] [DS]   22.30a ~ 22.33d [P1] [US] 22.43a ~ 22.47d [P1] [UF] 22.44 ~ 22.46½ [P1] [US]
Woking Jn 10/24 [DS] 10/24 [DS] 10/24 [DS]   22/28 22/41 [US] 22/42 [US]
Pirbright Jn 10/29½ 10/29½ 10/30 [DS]   22/22½ [US] ? ?
Farnborough Main 10/33½ [P2] 10/33½ [P2] 10/33½ [P2] [DS]   22/18½ [P1] [US]  22/34 22/32 [UF]
Fleet 10/37½ [P2] 10/37½ [P2] 10/36½ [P2] [DS]   22/15 [P1] ? ?
Winchfield 10w44a ~ 10w58d [P2] 10w44a ~ 10w58d [P2] 10w41 ~ 10w58 [P2] [DS]   ? ? ?
Basingstoke 11.09a ~ 11.13d [P1] [DS] 11.09a ~ 11.13d [P1] [DS] 11.10½ ~ 11.13 [P1] [DS]   22.00a ~ 22.04d [P4] [US] 22.17a ~ 22.20d [P3] [UF] 22.14½ ~ 22.18 [P3] [UF]
Worting Jn 11/18 11/18 11/19   21/55 [US] 22/13 [UF] 22/09½ [UF]
Andover 11/36 [P2] 11/36 [P2] 11/34 [P2]   21/35 [P1] 21/53 [P1] 21/55 [P1]
Laverstock North Jn ? ? ?   ? 21/34 21/35½
Laverstock South Jn - - -   - 21.28 ~ 21.32 21.24 ~ 21.32
Tunnel Jn 11/52 11/52 11/54½   21/17 21/25 21/22
Salisbury 11w55a ~ 12w23d [P4] 11w55a ~ 12w23d [P4] 11w57½ ~ 12w22 [P4]   20w50 ~ 21w14d [P4] 20w50a ~ 21w20d [P4] 20w52½ ~ 21w18½ [P4]
Wilton Jn 12/26½ 12/26½ 12/27½   20/46 20/42 20/48½
Wilton South 12/28½ 12/28½ 12/29   20/44 20/41 20/47
Tisbury Loop 12/38½ 12/38½ 12/41½   20/33 20/33 20/37
Gillingham 12.49a ~ 12.55d [P1] 12.49a ~ 12.55d [P1] 12.56½ ~ 12.57½ [P1]   19.44a ~ 20.22d [P2] 19.44a ~ 20.22d [P2] 19.51 ~ 20.23½ [P1]
Templecombe 13/07 [DM] 13/07 [DM] 13/07 [DM]   19/34 19/26½ 19/41
Sherborne 13/15 [P2] 13/20 [P2] 13/16 [P2]   19/27½ 19/21½ [P1] 19/31 [P1]
Yeovil Junction 13.22a ~ 13.31d [P2] 13.27a ~ 13.31d [P2] 13.23 ~ 13.32 [P2]   19/21 19/17 [P1] 19/24½ [P2] [U&DML]
Crewkerne 13/44 13/44 13/47   19/12 19/09½ 19/11½
Chard Jn 13.56 ~ 14.23 13w56 ~ 14w23 13w59½ ~ 14w27½ [Loop]   18.41 ~ 19.02 18.41 ~ 19.02 18.43½ ~ 19.01 [Loop]
Axminster East Jn 14/29 14/29 14/33   18/35½  18/35½ 18/37
Axminster 14/31 14/31 [P1] 14/35 [P1]   18/33 18/33 [P2] 18/35½ [P2]
Axminster West Jn 14/33½ 14/33½ 14/37   18/30 18/30 18/33½
Honiton 14.49a ~ 14.57d [P1]  14.49a ~ 14.57d [P1] 14.49 ~ 14.57 [P1]   18.07a ~ 18.20d [P1] 18.07a ~ 18.20d [P1] ? ~ 18.21½ [P1]
Feniton 15/03 15/07 15/05½   17/58 17/58 18/09
Pinhoe 15/11½ 15/15½ 15/17½ [P2]   17/49 17/49½ 17/55 [P1]
Exmouth Jn 15/18 15/20 15/22   17/39 17/45½ 17/52½
Exeter Central 15.24a ~ 15.26d [P2] 15.24a ~ 15.28d [P2] 15.25½ ~ 15.30   17.25a ~ 17.36d [P2] 17/42 [P3] 17.47½ ~ 17.50 [P3]
Exeter St Davids 15.32a [P3] 15.34a [P3] 15.34 [P1]   17.19d [P3] [RVL] 17.38d [P1] 17.44d [P1]


Associated E.C.S. Moves

06/04/13
5Z81 : (34067 with 57601 on rear) : Southall to Willesden No.7 Jn
5Z81 : (57601 with 34067 on rear) : Willesden No.7 Jn to Acton Lane Reception Sidings

Location Booked
Southall Depot 17.40d
Southall Yard 17.50 ~ 18.00
West Ealing 18/06
Acton West 18/09
Acton Main Line 18/11
Acton Wells Jn 18/15
Acton Canal Wharf Jn 18/19
Willesden No.7 Jn 18.34 ~ 18.38
Acton Lane Reception Sdgs 18.40a

07/04/13
5Z82 : (57601 with 34067 on rear) : Acton Lane Reception Sidings to London Waterloo

Location Booked
Acton Lane Reception Sdgs 08.33d
Willesden WL Jn 08/38
Mitre Bridge Jn 08/40
Kensington Olympia 08.47 ~ 09.02
Latchmere Jn 09/12
West London Jn 09/15
Queenstown Road 09/17
Nine Elms Jn 09/23
London Waterloo 09.28a

5Z83 : (34067 with 57601 on rear) : Exeter St Davids to Riverside Yard
5Z84 : (57601 with 34067 on rear) : Riverside Yard to Exeter St Davids

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Exeter St Davids 15.42d 17.33a
Riverside Yard 15.46a 17.29d

5Z77 : (30777 with Support coach) : Bishops Lydeard to Exeter Riverside Yard (Cancelled)
5Z67 : (34067 with 35518) : Exeter Central to Bishops Lydeard (Cancelled)

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Bishops Lydeard 13.43d 19.10a
Norton Fitzwarren 13.53 ~ 13.55 19.00 ~ 19.02
Taunton 14.02 ~ 14.22 18.34 ~ 18.54
Norton Fitzwarren 14/25 18/30
Whiteball 14/37 18/20
Tiverton Parkway 14/42 18/14
Tiverton Loop 14/46 18.01 ~ 18.11
Cowley Bridge Jn 15/02 17/43
Exeter Riverside Yard 15.05a -
Exeter St Davids - 17.36 ~ 17.38
Exeter Central - 17.33d

5Z85 : (57601 with 34067 on rear) : London Waterloo to Southall

Location Booked
London Waterloo 23.40d
Nine Elms Jn 23/50
Queenstown Road 23/53
West London Jn 23/54
Latchmere Jn 23/58
Kensington Olympia 00/06
Mitre Bridge Jn 00/09
Willesden SW Sdgs 00/13
Acton Wells Jn 00/15
Acton Main Line 00/20
Acton West 00/23
Southall Yard 00.29 ~ 00.39
Southall Depot 00.49a


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