19th December 2022

Steam Dreams Rail Co
The Santa Steam Express (3 trains)

Locos Used 47593 'Galloway Princess' & steam: 45231 'The Sherwood Forester'
Stock Used 35479+11075+11070+80043+11076+11091+10411+11077+11098+10416+9513

Route :
1Z81 : London Victoria to Willesden No.7
1Z82 : Willesden No.7 to London Victoria
1Z83 : London Victoria to Willesden No.7
1Z84 : Willesden No.7 to London Victoria
1Z85 : London Victoria to Willesden No.7
1Z86 : Willesden No.7 to London Victoria

Loco(s) Route (3)
47593 (1) London Victoria - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Longhedge Jn - Latchmere Jn - Kensington Olympia - North Pole Jn - Mitre Bridge Jn - Willesden West London Jn - Willesden No.7
45231 (2) Willesden No.7 - Acton Canal Wharf - Acton Wells Jn - South Acton - Kew East Jn - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - London Victoria

Notes : 
(1) 45231 on rear.
(2) 47593 on rear.
(3) Three round trips made.
(4) John Clifford's comments: It was intended that this would have been one of four days that these trips ran. However the earlier two dates were cancelled because of R.M.T. strike action, leaving this on 19th and 21st December as the only two which ran. 1Z83 left London Victoria one minute late and we were stopped at Longhedge Jn to let the 11.15 Clapham Junction - Dalston Junction clear the junction. At Latchmere Jn we were booked to follow the 11.20 Clapham Junction - Stratford, but this was 4 minutes late, so we went ahead, arriving early at our reversal point at the site of Willesden No.7 Signalbox. After reversal we set off back to London Victoria. The timings included a stop at New Kew Jn to let the 11.30 Windsor & Eton Riverside to London Waterloo pass. A further stop at Clapham Junction was to let the 12.34 Clapham Junction to Stratford leave ahead of us. The final stop was on the approach to Grosvenor Bridge. After restarting we saw the 12.50 London Victoria to Westbury 'Northern Belle' pass. It had been occupying our platform. Arrival back at London Victoria was 3 minutes late.

Source : John Clifford (travelled on 1Z83/1Z84)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford & Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
London Victoria 08.45d [P2] [DCF] 08.50
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/49 08/53
Stewarts Lane Jn 08/52 [RVL] 08/54
Longhedge Jn 08/54 08/57
Latchmere Jn 08*58 ~ 09*03 09.00 ~ 09.04
West Brompton 09/09 [P4] 09/11
Kensington Olympia 09/12 [DM] 09/14
Shepherds Bush 09/15 [P2] 09/16
North Pole Jn 09/18 09/20
Mitre Bridge Jn 09/19 09/22
Willesden West London Jn 09/21 [DR] 09/23
Willesden No.7 09.24 ~ 09.27 09.26 ~ 09.32
Acton Canal Wharf 09/30 09/36
Acton Wells Jn 09/35 09/45
South Acton 09/40 [P1] ?
Kew East Jn 09/43 09/52
New Kew Jn 09/46 ?
Barnes 09/53½ [P1] [UWS] 10/07
Clapham Junction 10/09 [P3] 10/18
Longhedge Jn 10/14 [RVL] 10/24
Stewarts Lane Jn 10/17 10/26
Grosvenor Bridge 10/24 [UCS] 10/28
London Victoria 10.27a [P2] 10.39

 

Location Booked Actual
London Victoria 11.12d [P2] [DCF] 11.13 [P2] [DCF]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 11/16 11/17
Stewarts Lane Jn 11/18 [RVL] 11/19 [RVL]
Longhedge Jn 11/21 11.20 ~ 11.21 [DKL]
Latchmere Jn 11/26 11/25 [DWL]
West Brompton 11/30½ [P4] 11/28 [P4]
Kensington Olympia 11/33½ [DM] 11/30½ [DM]
Shepherds Bush 11/37 [P2] 11/32 [P2]
North Pole Jn 11/40 11/34
Mitre Bridge Jn 11/41 11/35½
Willesden West London Jn 11/43 [DR] 11/37 [DR]
Willesden No.7 11.46 ~ 11.49 11.41½ ~ 11.46
Acton Canal Wharf 11/51 11/49½
Acton Wells Jn 11/53 11/52½
South Acton 11/59 [P1] 11/58 [P1]
Kew East Jn 12/03 12/00
New Kew Jn 12*07 ~ 12*22 12.02½ ~ 12.17½
Barnes 12/29½ [P1] [UWS] 12/25 [P1] [UWS]
Clapham Junction 12*38 ~ 12*40 [P3] 12.34 ~ 12.40½ [P3]
Longhedge Jn 12/44½ [RVL] 12/46 [RVL ]
Stewarts Lane Jn 12/48 12/48
Grosvenor Bridge 12/58 [UCS] 12.49½ ~ 12.59 [UCS]
London Victoria 13.01a [P2] 13.04 [P2]

 

Location Booked Actual
London Victoria 13.45d [P2] [DCF] 13.48
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 13/49 13/51
Stewarts Lane Jn 13/56 [RVL] 13/52
Longhedge Jn 13/58 13/54
Latchmere Jn 14/02 13/59
West Brompton 14/08 [P4] 14/06
Kensington Olympia 14/11 [DM] 14/12
Shepherds Bush 14/13 [P2] 14/14
North Pole Jn 14/15 14/17
Mitre Bridge Jn 14/16 14/23
Willesden West London Jn 14/18 [DR] 14/24
Willesden No.7 14.21 ~ 14.24 14.28 ~ 14.32
Acton Canal Wharf 14/26 14/35
Acton Wells Jn 14/35 14/37
South Acton 14/43 [P1] ?
Kew East Jn 14/45 14/45
New Kew Jn 14/52 ?
Barnes 14/57 [P1] [UWS] 14/53
Clapham Junction 15/09 [P3] 15/01
Longhedge Jn 15/13 [RVL] 15/10
Stewarts Lane Jn 15/16 15/14
Grosvenor Bridge 15/24 [UCS] 15/17
London Victoria 15.27a [P2] 15.26


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z81 : (45231 with 47593 on rear) : Southall to Willesden No.7
5Z81 : (47593 with 45231 on rear) : Willesden No.7 to London Victoria

Location Booked
Southall LSL 06.05d
Southall 06.15 ~ 06.25
Southall East Jn 06/26
West Ealing 06/28
Acton West 06/32
Acton Main Line 06*36 ~ 06*40
Acton Wells Jn 06/43
Acton Canal Wharf 06/48
Willesden No.7 06.50 ~ 07.39
Willesden West London Jn 07/42
Mitre Bridge Jn 07/44
North Pole Jn 07/46
Shepherds Bush 07/47
Kensington Olympia 07/49
West Brompton 07c51 ~ 07c53
Latchmere Jn 07/58
Longhedge Jn 08/07
Stewarts Lane Jn 08/08
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/16
London Victoria 08.21a [P2]

5Z86 : (47593 with 45231 on rear) : London Victoria to Stewarts Lane Jn
5Z86 : (45231 with 47593 on rear) : Stewarts Lane Jn to Battersea Loop

Location Booked
London Victoria 16.00d [P2]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 16/04
Stewarts Lane Jn 16.10 ~ 16.13
Battersea Loop 16.17a


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