5th December 1965
Locomotive Club of Great
Britain
The Steyning Line Rail Tour
| Locos Used | 31866 & 82006 |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 31866 | London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Raynes Park - Epsom - Horsham - Shoreham - Brighton |
| 31866 | Brighton - Shoreham-by-Sea - Steyning - Christ's Hospital - Horsham - Epsom - Sutton - Mitcham Junction - Streatham |
| 82006 |
Streatham - Streatham Common - Selhurst - West Croydon - Wallington - Sutton - St Helier - Wimbledon - Tooting - Streatham South Jn - Balham Jn - Clapham Junction - London Victoria |
Source : Terry Jackson
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Photo Review

31866 arriving back into Streatham (photo: The Bob Mitchell Collection)

A tour ticket (courtesy: Rob Fraser)
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Timings (Booked Only)
(from Terry Jackson)
| M.C | Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) | M.C |
| 0.00 | Waterloo | 09.52d | ||
| 3.71 | Clapham Junction | 09/59 | ||
| 8.50 | Raynes Park | 10/07 | ||
| - | Victoria | - | 16.22a | 140.36 |
| - | Balham Jn | - | 16/11 (LL) | 135.47 |
| - | Streatham Jn | - | 16/08 (LL) | 133.72 |
| - | Wimbledon | - | 16/01 | 133.66 |
| - | St Helier | - | 15/52 | 131.14 |
| - | Sutton | - | 15/42 | 128.32 |
| - | West Croydon | - | 15/26 | 123.72 |
| - | Selhurst | - | 15*18a ~ 15*22d (emergency spur) |
122.57 |
| - | Streatham Common | - | 15/11 (LL) | 119.73 |
| - | Streatham | - | 15L00a ~ 15L09d | 119.26 |
| - | Streatham Jn | - | 14/59 | 118.60 |
| - | Mitcham Junction | - | 14/54 | 116.44 |
| - | Sutton | - | 14/46 | 113.19 |
| 14.19 | Epsom | 10.17a ~ 10.18d | 14/38 | 109.23 |
| 18.05 | Leatherhead | 10/25 | 14/31 | 105.37 |
| 22.09 | Dorking North | 10/32 | 14/24 | 101.33 |
| 35.51 | Horsham | 10.53a ~ 10.55d | 13.57a ~ 14.02d | 87.71 |
| 38.47 | Itchingfield Jn | 11/00 | 13/52½ | 84.75 |
| 45.43 | Partridge Green | 11.13a ~ 11.25d | - | - |
| - | Steyning | - | 13p21a ~ 13p31d | 72.31 |
| 55.71 | Shoreham-by-Sea | 11/50 | 13/11 | 67.51 |
| 60.25 | Hove | 11/58 | 13/02 | 63.17 |
| 61.61 | Brighton | 12.02a | 12.58d | 61.61 |
The mileages shown above are taken from the tour
itinerary but there is an obvious error on the distances from Wimbledon on the
return journey to Victoria.
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