4th May 2024

Branch Line Society
May The Fourth Be With You

Locos Used (4) 33012 'Lt Jenny Lewis RN', 59101 'Village of Whatley', 59104 'Village of Great Elm', 59202 'Pride of Ferrybridge' & 73136 'Mhairi'
Stock Used 4TC unit (formed: 76324+70823+71163+76297)

Route : 
1Z73 : Eastleigh to Exeter Central
1Z33 : Exeter Central to London Waterloo
1Z34 : London Waterloo to Eastleigh

Loco(s) Route
73136 (1) Eastleigh - Botley - Fareham - Cosham - Portcreek Jn - Fratton - Portsmouth & Southsea - Portsmouth Harbour
33012 (2) Portsmouth Harbour - Portsmouth & Southsea - Fratton - Portcreek Jn - Cosham - Fareham - Netley - St Denys - Southampton Central - Redbridge - Romsey - Salisbury - Wilton Jn - Warminster - Westbury
59202 + 59101 + 59104 + 33012 (2) Westbury - Trowbridge - Bradford-on-Avon - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads - Yatton - Worle Jn - Weston-super-Mare - Uphill Jn - Bridgwater - Cogload Jn - Taunton - Tiverton Parkway - Exeter St Davids - Exeter Central - Exeter Sig.E730
73136 (3) Exeter Sig.E730 - Exeter Central
33012 (2) Exeter Central - Honiton - Axminster - Yeovil Junction - Sherborne - Templecombe - Gillingham - Wilton Jn - Salisbury - Andover - Worting Jn - Basingstoke - Farnborough (Main) - Woking - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo
73136 (1) London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Richmond - Twickenham - Feltham - Staines - Virginia Water - Chertsey - Byfleet & New Haw - Woking - Guildford - Haslemere - Petersfield - Havant - Farlington Jn - Cosham - Fareham - Botley - Eastleigh

Notes: 
(1) 33012 on rear.
(2) 73136 on rear.
(3) 33012+59104+59101+59202 on rear.
(4) 33012 running as D6515.

Source : John Clifford (on the tour from Eastleigh to London Waterloo)

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

Location Booked Actual
Eastleigh 06.48d [P2] 06.48 [P2]
Eastleigh South Jn 06/51 06/50½
Botley 06/56 06/56½ [P2]
Fareham North Jn 07/02 07/03
Fareham 07/03 [P3] 07/04½ [P3]
Cosham 07/11 07.14 ~ 07.17 [P1]
Cosham Jn 07/12 07/19
Portcreek Jn 07/13 07/20
Fratton East 07/16 [DM] 07/24 [DM]
Fratton 07/18 [P3] 07/25 [P3] [DM]
Portsmouth & Southsea 07/22 [P2] 07/27 [P2]
Portsmouth Harbour 07.26a ~ 07.40d [P4] 07.31 ~ 07.40 [P4]
Portsmouth & Southsea 07/46 [P1] [UM] 07/43½ [P1] [UDL]
Fratton 07/50 [P2] 07/45½ [P2]
Portcreek Jn 07/55 07/51
Cosham Jn 07/56 07/52
Cosham 07/57 07/54 [P2]
Fareham 08/11 [P1] 08.04 ~ 08.10½ [P1]
Swanwick 08/18 08/17½ [P1]
Hamble 08/24 08/23 [P1]
Netley 08/26 08/24 [P1]
Sholing 08/32 08.29 ~ 08.30 [P1]
St Denys 08/39 [P4] [DS] 08/36½ [P4] [DS]
Northam Jn 08/41 08/39
Southampton Central 08.49a ~ 08.53d [P1] 08.48½ ~ 08.53 [P1] [UF]
Southampton Up Goods Loop 08*55 ~ 09*11 [UGL] [UF] 08.57 ~ 09.14 [UGL] [UF]
Church Lane Jn 09/14 09.17 ~ 09.23
Redbridge 09/17 [P2] 09/28½ [P2]
Romsey 09/26 [P2] 09/36½ [P2]
Dean 09/34 09/46 [P2]
Tunnel Jn 09/44 09/56½
Salisbury 09.47a ~ 09.50d [P4] 09.59½ ~ 10.01½ [P4]
Wilton Jn 09/54 10/05
Wishford 09/58 10/09
Wylye AHB 10/02 10/12½
Upton Lovell 10/06 10/17½
Warminster Sig.W301 10/10 10/22
Warminster 10/11 [P1] 10/23 [P1]
Westbury Sig.W305 10/17 10/29½
Westbury 10L19a ~ 10L34d [P1] 10.32½ ~ 10.45 [P1]
Hawkeridge Jn 10/36 10/49
Trowbridge 10/41 10/52
Bradford Jn 10/43 10/54
Bradford-on-Avon 10/45½ 10/58
Bathampton Jn 10/55 11/13
Bath Spa 10/59 [P1] 11.17 ~ 11.17½ [P1]
Bath Goods Loop 11*01 ~ 11*02 [DGL] 11/21 [DGL]
North Somerset Jn 11/14 [DM] 11/32 [DM]
Bristol East Jn 11/15 [UM] 11/34 [UM]
Bristol Temple Meads 11*17 ~ 11*18 [DT] 11/35 [DT]
Bristol West Jn 11/20 [DM] 11/37 [DM]
Yatton Loop 11*33 ~ 11*34 [DPL] 11/54½ [DPL]
Worle Jn 11/41 12.05 ~ 12.06½
Weston-super-Mare 11.45 ~ 11.45 [P2] 12/12 [P2]
Uphill Jn 11/48 12/15
Bridgwater 12/00 12/29 [P1]
Cogload Jn 12/06 12/36
Taunton 12/10 [P3] 12/40½ [P3]
Norton Fitzwarren 12/11 12/42½
Whiteball 12/20 12/52
Tiverton Parkway 12/23 [P1] 12/55 [P1]
Tiverton Loop 12*27 ~ 12*36 [DPL] 12.59½ ~ 13.05 [DPL]
Cowley Bridge Jn 12/50 13/20
Exeter St Davids 12.56a ~ 12.58d [P1] 13/24½ ~ 13.29 [P1]
Exeter Central 13/01 [P3] 13.32 ~ 13.34½
Exeter Sig.E730 13.02 ~ 13.07 13.35½ ~ 13.39½
Exeter Central 13L09a ~ 14L40d [P1] 13.43 ~ 14.40 [P1]
Exmouth Jn 14/44 14/46
Pinhoe 14/48 14.49 ~ 14.56 [P1]
Feniton 14/58 15/05½
Honiton 15*05 ~ 15*35 [P2] 15.12 ~ 15.35 [P2]
Axminster West Jn 15/44 [DM] 15/44½ [DM]
Axminster 15/46 [P2] 15/46½ [P2]
Axminster East Jn 15/48 15/48½
Chard Jn 15*53 ~ 16*21 15.55 ~ 16.20½ [Loop]
Crewkerne 16/31 16/30
Yeovil Junction 16/39 [P1] 16/38½ [P1] [UL]
Sherborne 16/46 [P1] 16/44 [P1]
Templecombe 16/54 16/51½
Gillingham 17*04 ~ 17*17 [P2] 17.00½ ~ 17.20½ [P2]
Tisbury 17/29½ 17.33 ~ 17.38
Tisbury Loop 17/30 17/40 [Loop]
Wilton South 17/39 17/49
Wilton Jn 17/41 17/50
Salisbury 17.45a ~ 17.52d [P2] 17.54 ~ 17.57 [P2]
Tunnel Jn 17/55 18/00
Andover 18/13 [P1] 18/15½ [P1]
Worting Jn 18/32 [UF] 18/31 [UF]
Basingstoke 18.42a ~ 18.45d [P1] [US] 18.36 ~ 18.45 [P1] [US]
Winchfield 18/54 [P1] [US] 18/54 [P1] [US]
Fleet 18/58 [P1] [US] 18/57 [P1] [US]
Farnborough (Main) 19.02a ~ 19.10d [P1] [US] 19.01 ~ 19.10 [P1] [US]
Pirbright Jn 19/17 [US] 19/16½ [US]
Brookwood 19/19 [P1] [UF] 19/20½ [P1] [UF]
Woking Jn 19/23 [US] 19/27 [US]
Woking 19/25 [P1] [US] 19/27½ [P1] [US]
Byfleet & New Haw 19/31½ [P1] [US] 19/32 [P1] [US]
Weybridge 19/33 [P2] [US] 19/33 [P2] [US]
Hampton Court Jn 19/40 [UF] 19/39 [UF]
Surbiton 19/41 [P2] [UF] 19/41 [P2] [UF]
Berrylands Jn 19/43 19/42½ [UF]
New Malden 19/45 [UF] 19/44 [P2] [UF]
Wimbledon 19/48 [P6] [UF] 19/47 [P6] [UF]
Clapham Junction 19/53 [P8] [UMF] 19/51 [P8] [UMF]
Waterloo West Crossings 19/59 [UMR] 19/56½ [UMR]
London Waterloo 20.01a ~ 20.22d [P17] [DW] 19.59 ~ 20.22 [P17]
Waterloo West Crossings 20/24 [DWS] 20/24
Nine Elms Jn 20/31 [DW] 20/28
Queenstown Road Battersea 20/32 [P3] [DWS] 20/29
Clapham Junction 20/34 [P6] [DWS] 20/31
Barnes 20/39 [P4] 20/36
Richmond 20/42 [P1] 20/40
Twickenham 20/45 [P5] 20/44
Whitton Jn 20/48 20/47
Feltham Jn 20/49 20/48
Feltham 20/52 [P2] 20/50
Staines 20/59 [P2] 20/58
Virginia Water 21/08 [P4] 21/10
Chertsey 21/12 21/14
Addlestone Jn 21/15 21/18
Byfleet & New Haw 21/23 [P2] [DS] 21/21
Woking 21.34a ~ 21.37d [P5] 21.30 ~ 21.37
Woking Jn 21/38 21/38
Guildford 21/45 [P4] 21/50
Shalford Jn 21/48 21/52
Farncombe 21/50 21/55
Haslemere 22/02 [P1] 22/05
Petersfield 22/19 [P2] 22/19
Havant 22.34a ~ 22.35d [P2] 22.35 ~ 22.36
Farlington Jn 22/41 22/41
Cosham Jn 22/42 22/42
Cosham 22/43 22/43
Fareham 22/50 [P1] 22/50
Fareham North Jn 22/51 22/52
Botley 22/57 22/58
Eastleigh South Jn 23/02 23/03
Eastleigh 23.04a [P3] 23.05


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

5Z73 : (73136 with 33012 on rear) : Eastleigh East Yard to Eastleigh

Location Booked Actual
Eastleigh East Yard 06.30d  
Eastleigh 06.33a [P2] 06.34 [P2]

0Z73 : (59202+59101+59104) : Exeter Central to Exeter Sig.E739
0Z73 : (59104+59101+59202) : Exeter Sig.E739 to Westbury Tarmac

Location Booked
Exeter Central 13.59d [P1]
Exeter Sig.E730 14.00 ~ 14.04
Exeter Central 14/05 [P2]
Exeter St Davids 14/12 [P3]
Riverside Yard 14*17 ~ 14*30
Cowley Bridge Jn 14/33
Tiverton Loop 14/47
Tiverton Parkway 14/49 [P2]
Whiteball 14/52
Norton Fitzwarren 15/01
Taunton 15/03 [P4]
Cogload Jn 15/07
Athelney LC 15/10
Somerton GF 15/18
Castle Cary 15/28 [P1]
East Somerset Jn 15/37
Blatchbridge Jn 15/44
Clink Road Jn 15/47
Fairwood Jn 15/51
Westbury 15/53 [P2]
Heywood Road Jn 15/56
Westbury Tarmac 15.59a

5Z34 : (73136 with 33012 on rear) : Eastleigh to Eastleigh East Yard

Location Booked
Eastleigh 23.15d [P3]
Eastleigh East Yard 23.18a


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