The Railtour Files

Loco(s)	Route
120 + 30926	London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Surbiton - Weybridge - Woking - Farnborough - Basingstoke - Winchester City - Eastleigh
76011	Eastleigh - Eastleigh Works
76011	Eastleigh Works - Eastleigh
30062 + 30072	Eastleigh - Southampton Central - Milbrook Dock Entrance - Southampton Old Docks - Southampton Ocean Terminal
30062 + 30072	Southampton Ocean Terminal - Southampton Old Docks - Southampton Dock Gates - Eastleigh
120 + 30926	Eastleigh - Fareham - Cosham - Havant - Petersfield - Haslemere - Guildford - Woking - (reverse of outward route) - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) For Eastleigh Works & Shed tour, plus Southampton Docks & Ocean Terminal. Quoting from the tour itinerary; the HCRC '...committee agreed on 'County of Middlesex' to haul this Special but this type of engine was found to be out of the loading gauge so another class had to be chosen, this turned out to be a 'King Arthur' and 30770 was to be kept from scrap for this train but early this month this engine failed and it was taken out of service', hence the Schools and the T9. Bill Armstrong adds 'I find it somewhat strange that the Club asked for a County having regard to the non-appearance on the Southern of the King and Modified Hall in the 1948 exchanges'.
(2) Subsequent HCRC tour itineraries gave the running date for this tour as 4th November but this has been confirmed by Ron Walker and Bill Armstrong as being in error.
(3) Formed in 1955 and originally known as the 'Middlesex Loco Spotters Club', their name was changed in the late 1950's to the 'Home Counties Railway Club' then in January 1963 it changed again, to the 'Home Counties Railway Society'.

Miles	Location	Booked	Actual
0	Waterloo	09.15d	09.17
4	Clapham Junction	09/22	09/23
12	Surbiton	09/30	09/33
14½	Esher	09/35	?
19¼	Weybridge	09/39	09/41½
24½	Woking	09/44	09/46
33¼	Farnborough	10/00	09/55
10	Winchfield	10/06	10/03
48	Basingstoke	10/14	10/14
66½	Winchester City	10/34	10/32
73½	Eastleigh	10L43 ~ 10L50	10.46 ~ ??.??
74	Eastleigh Works	10.55a ~ 12.50d	?
73½	Eastleigh	12.55 ~ 13.10	?
79¼	Southampton	13/24	?
80¼	Milbrook Dock Entrance	13/25	?
?	Southampton Old Docks	13/50	?
? 0.00	Ocean Terminal	13.55a ~ 15.50d	?
?	Southampton Old Docks	15/55	?
?	Southampton Dock Gates	16/00	?
5¾ 0	Eastleigh	16L12 ~ 16L20	?
9½	Fareham	16/40	?
14	Cosham	16/48	?
24	Havant	16c55 ~ 16c57	?
35½	Petersfield	17/20	?
40	Liss	17/25	?
48½	Haslemere	17/35	?
61	Guildford	17w54 ~ 17w58	?
66	Woking	18/08	?
78.15	Hampton Court Jn	18/19	?
87½	Clapham Junction	18/30	?
91½	Waterloo	18.37a	19.03


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.