12th December 1965

L.C.G.B.
The Cross Countryman

Locos Used 9773, 48309, 34015 'Exmouth' & 34100 'Appledore'

Route :

Loco Route
34100 London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Earlsfield - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Basingstoke
34015 Basingstoke - propel to Basingstoke "B" Box
34015 Basingstoke "B" Box - Basingstoke - Reading West - Tilehurst - Cholsey
9773 Cholsey - Wallingford
9773 Wallingford - Cholsey (1)
34015 Cholsey - Didcot - Oxford
48309 Oxford - Bicester London Road - Bletchley - Ridgemont - Bedford St. Johns
48309 Bedford St. Johns - (reverse of outward route) - Oxford
34015 Oxford - Morris Cowley - Thame - Princes Risborough - High Wycombe - Greenford - Drayton Green - Old Oak Common - North Pole Jn - Kensington (Olympia) - Latchmere Jn - Stewarts Lane - London Victoria

Notes:
(1) Loco stalled near Cholsey & was assisted into Cholsey by 34015.

John Clifford comments: This was a tour which looked interesting and as it was advertised as using 34015 which I had not had for haulage I booked. Things went wrong early on with single line working between Farnborough & Hook. Then the Pannier tank stalled coming into Cholsey & had to be helped by 34015. On the Oxford - Bedford section we had a number of signal checks with consequent slow running both ways as well as another bit of single line working between Stewartby & Bedford. All in all, not one of my better tours.


A tour ticket (courtesy: Rob Fraser)

Source : John Clifford (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Waterloo 09.20d 09.20
3.71 Clapham Junction 09/27 09/28
13.26 Hampton Court Jn 09/38 09/39
24.61 Woking Jn 09/48 09/50
33.18 Farnborough ??/?? 10.00a ~ 10.10d
42.14 Hook ??/?? 10/33
47.63 Basingstoke 10.18a ~ 10.28d 10.43 ~ ??.??
48.03 Basingstoke 'B' SB 10.30a ~ 10.34d ??.?? ~ 10.50
61.72 Southcote Jn 10/54 11/09
62.74 Oxford Road Jn 10.59a ~ 11.03d 11/12
63.43 Reading West Jn 11/05 11/13
75.02 Cholsey 11.20a ~ 11.35d 11.30 ~ 11.48
77.53 Wallingford 11.47a ~ 12.03d 11.58 ~ 12.09
80.24 Cholsey 12.15a ~ 12.25d 12.43 ~ 12.59
84.55 Didcot East Jn 12/31 13/08
85.51 Didcot North Jn 12/33 13/09
90.13 Radley 12.42a ~ 12.55d 13.16 ~ 13.20
95.17 Oxford 13.05a ~ 13.20d 13.31 ~ 13.41
95.50 Oxford North Jn 13/22 13/42
106.77 Bicester London Road 13/47 14/01
117.02 Verney Jn 14/05 14/17
126.37 Bletchley 14/23 14.35a ~ 14.36d
142.37 Bedford St Johns 14.48a ~ 15.08d 15.28 ~ 16.04
158.37 Bletchley 15/33 16.47a ~ 16.48d
167.72 Verney Jn 15/49 17/14
117.77 Bicester London Road 16/02 17/30
189.24 Oxford North Jn 16/27 17/49
189.57 Oxford 16.29a ~ 16.40d 17.51 ~ 18.05
192.05 Kennington Jn 16/45 18/11
194.43 Morris Cowley 16/53 18/17
197.40 Wheatley 17/00 18/25
205.00 Thame 17/15 18/37
210.53 Princes Risborough 17.34a ~ 17.36d 18/53
218.63 High Wycombe 17/51 19/09
235.22 Northolt Jn East 18/16 19/35
237.43 Greenford 18.21a ~ 18.24d 19.39 ~ 19.41
239.50 Drayton green 18/30 19/47
240.15 West Ealing 18/32 19/49
243.71 Old Oak Common East Jn 18.42a ~ 18.43d 19.58 ~ 20.01
244.35 North Pole Jn 18/47 20/05
246.25 Kensington (Olympia) 18.55a ~ 18.57d 20.10 ~ 20.13
249.23 Latchmere Jn 19/05 20/22
250.08 Longhedge Jn 19/08 20/25
250.35 Stewarts Lane 19/11 20/27
251.57 Victoria (E) 19.18a 20.36


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