9th January 1966
L.C.G.B.
The
S15 Commemorative Rail Tour (repeat)
Locos Used | 30073, 30837 & 31639 |
Stock Used | load 7 (booked for six coaches of BR/SR stock formed: BSK, 2x SO, RB, SO, BSK) |
Route :
Loco | Route |
30837 | London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Ash Vale - Aldershot - Farnham - Bentley |
31639 | Bentley - Bordon |
31639 | Bordon - Bentley |
30837 | Bentley - Alton - Alresford - Winchester Jn - Eastleigh |
30073 | Eastleigh - Eastleigh Works (3) |
30073 | Eastleigh Works - Eastleigh |
30837 | Eastleigh - Fareham - Cosham - Havant - Haslemere - Guildford - Woking - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo |
Notes :
(1) The 'original' S15 Commemorative Railtour was the tour on Saturday 16 January 1966. Due to demand, this was a
duplicate tour to meet that demand.
(2) Tony Deller (shedmaster at the time of Feltham MPD) comments: though booked
for six coaches in fact it was load seven which was officially one over the
permitted load for an S15 going over the alps. On this day I rode on 30837 for
most of the trip.
(3) For works visit. The following locomotives were noted during the guided
tour;
2818 | 30053 | 30067 | 30069 | 30073 | 30926 | 31619 | 31809 | 31858 | 34002 |
34006 | 34023 | 34046 | 34053 | 34079 | 34090 | 34095 | 34101 | 34104 | 35004 |
35012 | 35017 | 35022 | 41287 | 41294 | 41299 | 41313 | 41319 | 73022 | 73085 |
73086 | 73089 | 73168 | 73169 | 75005 | 75068 | 75074 | 75075 | 75076 | 75078 |
76012 | 76018 | 76019 | 76025 | 76026 | 76053 | 76056 | 76058 | 76060 | 76064 |
76066 | 76068 | 80065 | 80082 | 80083 | 80102 | 80104 | 80132 | 80139 | 80150 |
84014 | D6548 |
Sources : John Clifford (from contemporary sources)
& John Debens
Photo Review
Driver Ozzie Jones prepares 30837 for the special at Feltham MPD
(photo: The Jim Porter Collection)
A comment from Tony Deller: The above picture caption cannot be right unless referring to an earlier day. The train left Waterloo around 09:15 hrs which meant the engine prep at Feltham would have been around 07:00hrs, it would have still been dark in January, not a bright sunny day as in the picture. Around a five days before the run the engine was taken on a test run leaving the shed around 11:00 hrs and getting back around 14:00 hrs. This test was to ensure the engine was OK because it had been out of service for over five months at that time. I would suggest it was on this day that the photo was taken. It was a bright sunny day as my pictures of the event show.
30837 passes what is thought to be Six Bells Jn! (confirmation of the
location
would be appreciated). Photo: courtesy of "The
Creech Crusader"
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Debens)
M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
0.00 | Waterloo | 09.15d [TL] | 09.15 |
3.71 | Clapham Junction | 09/22 | 09/25 |
13.26 | Hampton Court Jn | 09/34 | 09/36 |
24.26 | Woking | 09.46a ~ 09.48d | 09.46 ~ 09.48 |
27.79 | Brookwood | 09/54 | 09/55 |
32.40 | Ash Vale | 10/01 | 10/02 |
35.03 | Aldershot | 10/05 | 10/05 |
38.08 | Farnham | 10/12 | 10/09 |
42.01 | bentley | 10L19 ~ 10L30 | 10.16 ~ 10.30 |
46.59 | Bordon | 10.55 ~ 11.10 | 10.47 ~ 11.13 |
51.37 | Bentley | 11L35 ~ 11L54 | 11.31 ~ 11.53 |
56.24 | Alton | 12/04 | 12.00 ~ 12.04 |
60.59 | Medstead & Four Marks | 12/16 | 12/17 |
66.34 | Alresford | 12p26a ~ 12p40d | 12.26 ~ 12.46 |
73.20 | Winchester Jn | 12/50 | 12/58 |
81.35 | Allbrook | ? [TL] | 13/08 |
82.25 | Eastleigh | 13L02 ~ 13L12 | 13.13 ~ 13.18 |
82.55 | Loco Works Yard | 13.17a ~ 15.05d | 13.21 ~ 15.04 |
83.05 | Eastleigh | 15L10 ~ 15L20 | 15.07 ~ 15.20 |
93.75 | Fareham | 15/10 | 15/41 |
99.62 | Cosham | 15/49 | 15/52 |
100.65 | Farlington Jn | 15/52 | 15/56 |
103.64 | Havant | 15/58 | 16/00 |
115.29 | Petersfield | 16/20 | 16/18 |
127.20 | Haslemere | 16/38 | 16/35 |
139.75 | Guildford | 16w54 ~ 17w00 | 16.51 ~ 17.00 |
145.41 | Woking Jn | 17/10 [TL] | 17/09 |
156.76 | Hampton Court Jn | 17/22 | 17/22 |
166.31 | Clapham Junction | 17/33 | 17/32 |
170.22 | Waterloo | 17.40a | 17.39 |