9th July 2021

Railway Touring Company
The End of Southern Steam

Locos Used 47245 'V.E. Day 75th Anniversary' & steam: 35018 'British India Line'
Stock Used 80217+3058+99351+99712+99352+99347+99125+3143+1860+5035+99723

Route : 
1Z50 : London Victoria to Yeovil Pen Mill
1Z52 : Yeovil Pen Mill to Weymouth
1Z54 : Weymouth to London Victoria

Loco(s) Route
35018 (1) London Victoria - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Richmond - Twickenham - Feltham - Staines - Virginia Water - Chertsey - Addlestone Jn - Byfleet & New Haw - Woking - Farnborough (Main) - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Andover - Salisbury - Gillingham - Templecombe - Sherborne - Yeovil Junction
47245 Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill
47245 Yeovil Pen Mill - Maiden Newton - Dorchester West - Weymouth
35018 (1) Weymouth - Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole - Bournemouth - Brockenhurst - Redbridge - Southampton Central - St Denys - Eastleigh - Winchester - Worting Jn - Basingstoke - (reverse of outward route) - Feltham - Hounslow - Brentford - Barnes - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria

Notes: 
(1) 47245 on rear.
(2) This tour marked the 54th anniversary since the end of Southern Steam on 09/07/1967.

Source : Nick Bartlett (on the tour from Weymouth to Woking)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
London Victoria 08.20d [P2] [DCF] 08.20
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/24 08/23
Stewarts Lane Jn 08/35 [RVL] 08/24
Longhedge Jn 08/38 08/31
Clapham Junction 08/42½ [P5] [DWF] 08/44
Barnes 08/49½ [P3] 08/50
Richmond 08/53 [P1] 08/53
Twickenham 08/56 [P5] 08/55
Whitton Jn 09/00 08/59
Feltham Jn 09/01 09/00
Feltham 09/04 [P2] 09/03
Staines 09/11½ [P2] 09/11
Virginia Water 09/21½ [P4] 09/21
Chertsey 09/26½ 09/26
Addlestone Jn 09/31½ 09/32
Byfleet & New Haw 09/45 [P2] [DS] 09/48
Woking 09.52a ~ 09.54d [P5] [DS] 09.59 ~ 10.03 [P5] [DS]
Woking Jn 09/55½ [DS] 10/05
Brookwood 10/00 [P2] [DS] 10/11
Pirbright Jn 10/02 [DS] 10/14 [DS]
Farnborough (Main) 10/07 [P2] [DS] 10/19 [P2] [DS]
Fleet 10/13 [P2] [DS] 10/23
Winchfield 10w19 ~ 10w36 [P2] [DS] 10.27 ~ 10.46
Basingstoke 10.47a ~ 10.49d [P1] [DS] 10.58 ~ 11.01
Worting Jn 10/54½ 11/07
Andover 11/12½ [P2] 11/23 [P2]
Tunnel Jn 11/30 11/40
Salisbury 11w36a ~ 12w10d [P4] 11.42 ~ 12.07 [P4]
Wilton Jn 12/14½ 12/14
Wilton 12/16½ 12/17
Tisbury Loop 12/27 12/32
Gillingham 12*39 ~ 12*51 [P2] 12.49 ~ 12.51
Templecombe 13/03 [DM] 13/01
Sherborne 13/11 [P2] 13/15 [P2]
Yeovil Junction 13.22a ~ 14.02d [P3] 13.21 [P3] ~ 14.03 [P3]
Yeovil Pen Mill 14.10a ~ 14.29d [P3] 14.16 ~ 14.38
Maiden Newton 14t55 ~ 14t57 15.05 ~ 15.07
Dorchester West 15.10 ~ 15.11 15.21 ~ 15.23
Dorchester Jn 15/12 15/24
Weymouth 15.24a [P2] ~ 17.40d [P2] 15.34 [P2] ~ 17.56 [P2]
Dorchester Jn 17/52 18/08
Dorchester South 17/53½ [P1] 18/09 [P1]
Moreton 18/01 [P1] 18/16 [P1]
Wool 18/06 [P1] 18/20 [P1]
Wareham 18/13 [P1] 18/26 [P1]
Poole 18/23 [P1] 18/35 [P1]
Branksome 18/30 [P1] 18/41 [P1]
Bournemouth 18/34 [P2] 18/48 [P2]
Brockenhurst 18w52 ~ 19w20 [P1] 19.15 ~ 19.35 [P1]
Redbridge 19/34½ [P1] 19/51 [P1]
Church Lane Jn 19/38 [UF] 19/53 [US]
Southampton Central 19/40 [P1] 19/56 [P2]
Northam Jn 19/43 [UF] 20/00 [US]
St Denys 19/46 [P1] 20/07 [P1]
Southampton Airport Parkway 19/51 [P1] [UF] 20/11 [P1] [UF]
Eastleigh 19/54 [UF] 20/13 [UF]
Shawford 20/05½ [P1] 20/18 [P1]
Winchester 20/10 [P1] 20/22 [P1]
Wallers Ash Loop 20*19 ~ 20*25 [UPL] 20/29 [UM]
Worting Jn 20/38½ [US] 20/41 [US]
Basingstoke 20*42 ~ 20*52 [P4] [US] 20.45 ~ 20.54 [P4]
Fleet 21/05 [P1] [US] 21/08 [P1] [US]
Farnborough (Main) 21/10 [P1] [US] 21/11 [P1] [US]
Pirbright Jn 21/17 [US] 21/15 [US]
Brookwood 21w21 ~ 21w33 [P1] [US] 21.19 ~ 21.33 [P1] [US]
Woking Jn 21/36 [US] 21/40 [US]
Woking 21.38a ~ 21.40d [P1] [US] 21.41 ~ 21.43 [P1] [US]
Byfleet & New Haw 21/47 [P1] 21/51
Addlestone Jn 21/49 21/53
Chertsey 21/54½ 21/58
Virginia Water 22/00 [P3] 22/04
Staines 22/11 [P1] 22/14
Feltham 22/20 [P1] 22/21
Feltham Jn 22/23 22/25
Hounslow 22/25 [P1] 22/27
Brentford 22/29 [P1] 22/32
Barnes 22/38 [P1] [UWS] 22/41
Clapham Junction 22/48 [P3] 22/52
Longhedge Jn 22/52 22/57
Stewarts Lane Jn 22/54 [RVL] 23/00
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 22/56 [UCS] 23/01
London Victoria 23.01a [P2] 23.09


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

5Z50 : (35018 with 47245 on rear) : Southall to Willesden No.7 Jn
5Z50 : (47245 with 35018 on rear) : Willesden No.7 Jn to London Victoria

Location Booked
Southall WCR 05.50d
Southall 06.00 ~ 06.11
Southall East Jn 06/12
West Ealing 06/16
Acton West 06/20
Acton Main Line 06/23
Acton Wells Jn 06/26
Acton Canal Wharf 06/34
Willesden No.7 Jn 06.38 ~ 06.42
Acton Lane Reception Sidings 06*47 ~ 07*20
Willesden West London Jn 07/22
Mitre Bridge Jn 07/23
North Pole Jn 07/24
Shepherds Bush 07/28
Kensington Olympia 07c30 ~ 07c32
West Brompton 07/36
Latchmere Jn 07/39
Longhedge Jn 07/42
Stewarts Lane Jn 07/44
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 07/54
London Victoria 08.01a [P2]

5Z52 : (47245 + tour stock) : Weymouth to Jersey Sidings

Location Booked
Weymouth 15.33d [P2]
Jersey Sidings 15.36a

0Z54 : (35018) : Yeovil Junction to Weymouth Jersey Sidings
(Loco turned at Yeovil Railway Centre)

Location Booked
Yeovil Junction 15.32d [P3]
Yeovil Pen Mill 15.40 ~ 15.50 [P3]
Maiden Newton 16t13 ~ 16t17
Dorchester West 16.31 ~ 16.32
Dorchester Jn 16/34
Weymouth 16.43 ~ 16.45 [P2]
Jersey Sidings 16.48a

5Z54 : (47245 with 35018 on rear) : Jersey Sidings to Weymouth

Location Booked
Jersey Sidings 17.27d
Weymouth 17.30a [P2]

5Z55 : (47245 with 35018 on rear) : London Victoria to Southall

Location Booked
London Victoria 23.20d [P2]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 23/23
Stewarts Lane Jn 23/25
Longhedge Jn 23/39
Latchmere Jn 23/45
West Brompton 23c48 ~ 23c49
Kensington Olympia 23/52
Shepherds Bush 23/54
North Pole Jn 23/56
Mitre Bridge Jn 23/59
Willesden West London Jn 00/01
Willesden SW Sidings 00/02
Acton Wells Jn 00/04
Acton Main Line 00.07 ~ 00.08
Acton West 00/12
West Ealing 00/15
Southall East Jn 00/20
Southall 00.21 ~ 00.31
Southall WCR 00.41a


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