14th March 1964

The Railway Enthusiasts' Club
The Hampshire Hog

Locos Used 6921, 33035 & 41329

Route :

Loco(s) Route
33035? (8) (8) ?Farnborough North - North Camp - Aldershot East Jn - Ash? (8)
33035 (1) Ash - Aldershot East Jn - Aldershot North Jn - Aldershot - Farnham Jn - Bentley - Bentley Jn - Bordon
33035 Bordon - Bentley Jn - Bentley
33035 Bentley - Bentley Jn - Alton (2) - Alresford - Winchester City - Shawford (3) - Eastleigh
41329 Eastleigh - Shawford - Winchester Chesil - Whitchurch Town - Burghclere - Newbury - Newbury East Jn - Compton - Didcot East Jn - Didcot (4) [P5] - Foxhall Jn
41329 Foxhall Jn - Didcot
6921 (5) Didcot (6) - Didcot North SB
41329 Didcot North SB - Didcot East SB - Reading General - Wokingham - Ascot - Sunningdale - (7) Virginia Water (?- Staines?)
41329 (?Staines -?) Virginia Water - Chertsey - Byfleet Jn - Woking - Farnborough Main

Note :
(1) 30667 was to have hauled the train from Ash but was failed before the start (see photo below) and 33035 substituted. The comment already made on this page "an M7 was sent over from Salisbury for the second part of the tour but this failed so the train got the 'Mickey Mouse' tank instead" suggests a second loco failure took place - confirmation anyone?
(2) After Alton the train was booked to cover the freight sections to Farringdon & Treloars Hospital but these were omitted as it was not a push-pull engine and the train was very late anyway.
(3) Booked reversal point was Shawford.
(4) At Didcot the train was booked to run direct to Foxhall Jn, then to West Curve Jn, then to No.7 bay. In the event it stopped in Didcot Platform 5 (4.03 pm), proceeded to Foxhall Jn and then reversed, probably back to Platform 5.  The 2-6-2T probably ran round and was serviced at this point.
(5) 41329 on rear.
(6) At 5.20 pm (13min late) the train was reversed, with 6921 as pilot, to Didcot North SB.  1 min stop here, to detach 6921, then the 2-6-2T ran direct, past Didcot East SB and on the local line, to Reading.
(7) After Ascot the train was booked to cover the Virginia Water west curve but could not do so as one of the signal boxes was shut so it went to Staines Central to reverse. Tony Davies however records the reason for not covering the curve as "points failure" and he also notes that 41329 ran round the train at Virginia Water, not Staines Central as suggested. David Manders comments: The West box was rarely used and the explanations I heard were 1) They could not find the key to the box and were not prepared to break in,  or 2) the points had seized and could not be moved. He also thinks the train reversed at Staines, but adds: at the same time I have a recollection of reversing in the sidings at Virginia Water so one of these may have been another occasion.
(8) Although showing in the booked timings, no contributor has mentioned this leg - did it take place and, if so, was 33035 the traction?

Sources : John Clifford (joined at Aldershot, left at Woking), Terry Dorrity, Tony Davies, David Manders & John Debens

Photo Review


30667 at Ash - ready to roll, but subsequently failed (photo: Terry Dorrity)


33035 running round the train at Borden (photo: Terry Dorrity)


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Debens)

M.C Location Booked
0.0 Farnborough North 09.05d
3.76 Ash 09.13a ~ 09.17d
? Aldershot North Jn 09/28
6.64 Aldershot 09w31a ~ 09w36d
13.61 Bentley 09*50 ~ 09*52
18.40 Bordon 10.07 ~ 10.27
23.19 Bentley 10/47
28.07 Alton 10w57 ~ 11w04
29.32 Treloars Siding 11.16 ~ 11.26
30.57 Alton 11*38 ~ 11*43
33.13 Farringdon Sidings 11.55 ~ 12.05
35.49 Alton 12w17 ~ 12w25
40.04 Medstead & Four Marks 12x40 ~ 12x46
45.59 Alresford 12/56
54.51 Winchester City 13w12 ~ 13w17
57.61 Shawford 13.22 ~ 13.33
73.17 Whitchurch Town 14w00 ~ 14w05
? Burghclere 14x20 ~ 14x33
? Enborne Jn 14*55 ~ 15*07
87.03 Newbury 15w10 ~ 15w15
? Hampstead Norris 15p33a ~ 15p48d
? Didcot East Jn 16/12
105.45 Foxhall Jn 16.19 ~ 16.22
? Didcot West Curve Jn 16.26 ~ 16.29
? Didcot No.7 Bay 16.31a ~ 17.06d
106.23 Didcot North Jn 17.09 ~ 17.12
107.19 Didcot East Jn 17/16
124.09 Reading General 17w42 ~ 18w08
? Wokingham 18/20
137.47 Ascot 18w32 ~ 18w37
? Virginia Water West Curve 18/48
148.13 Addlestone Jn 18.56 ~ 19.03
149.01 Byfleet Jn 19/05
153.09 Woking 19w13 ~ 19w20
162.00 Farnborough Main 19.35a

Note: The timing sheet carried a footnote that the mileages excluded the distance from Didcot North Jn to Didcot West Jn and into the No.7 bay. A further note confirmed the distance quoted from Reading General to Ascot was via the Old Jn.


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