5th March 1966
L.C.G.B.
Somerset & Dorset Rail Tour
Locos Used | 34006 'Bude', 34057 'Biggin Hill', 35028 'Clan Line', 41249 & 41307 |
Route :
Loco(s) | Route |
35028 | London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Earlsfield - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Basingstoke - Andover Jn - Salisbury - Gillingham - Templecombe |
41307 + 41249 | Templecombe - Evercreech Jn - Glastonbury - Highbridge |
41249 + 41307 | Highbridge - Glastonbury - Evercreech Jn |
34006 + 34057 | Evercreech Jn - Radstock North - Bath Green Park |
34006 + 34057 | Bath Green Park - Radstock North - Evercreech Jn - Templecombe No. 2 Jn - Blandford Forum - Broadstone - Poole - Bournemouth Central |
35028 | Bournemouth Central - Brockenhurst - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Winchester City - Basingstoke - (reverse of outward route) - London Waterloo |
Notes :
(1) John Clifford comments: The tour was run as the Somerset & Dorset line
shut from the following Monday. It was one of four run over that weekend. On
looking at my notes for this tour I find that we had a good run to Salisbury in
between some signal checks, running on the local line from Winchfield to
Basingstoke & a permanent way check between Allington & Idmiston Halt.
Despite this we only slightly exceeded the 81 min schedule from Waterloo to
Salisbury. During the tour some extra photographic stops were added, at
Glastonbury, Chilcompton (northbound) & Shepton Mallet (southbound) which
meant that we ran late. Our return run from Bournemouth lost almost an hour's
time because of signal checks (I counted 10), single line working from
Christchurch to Hinton Admiral & running on the local line from Farnborough
to Hampton Court Junc. I still managed to get the final Somerset & Dorset
tour from London the next day.
(2) Roger Newman has commented with regards to the two LMS 2MTT's used - many
contemporary records list them as 41269 & 41307 but he has confirmed that,
without doubt (as 41269 was withdrawn from service several years before the
tour!), the former loco identity was 41249 as given above. This is further
confirmed by Graham Stacey.
Sources : John Clifford (on the train throughout)
& Roger Newman
Photo Review
A tour ticket courtesy of Rob Fraser.
35028 arriving at Templecombe (photo: Bob Bishop)
41307 & 41249 storming away from Templecombe (photo: Bob Bishop)
34006 & 34057 ascending the 1 in 57 Devonshire bank out of Bath
(photo: Bob Taylor/The Guy Vincent Collection)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Terry Jackson & John Clifford)
M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
0.00 | Waterloo | 08.55d TL | 08.55 |
3.71 | Clapham Junction | 09/02 | 09/01 |
13.26 | Hampton Court Jn | 09/13 | 09/11 |
24.61 | Woking Jn | 09/23 | 09/21 |
50.23 | Worting Jn | 09/46 | 09/47 |
83.56 | Salisbury | 10w16a ~ 10w22d | 10.16 ~ 10.23 |
86.17 | Wilton South | 10/28 | 10/29 |
112.15 | Templecombe | 11L00a ~ 11L20d | 11.00 ~ 11.19 |
115.64 | Wincanton | 11/27 | 11/26 |
122.66 | Evercreech Jn | 11w40a ~ 11w50d | 11.36 ~ 11.37 |
133.42 | Glastonbury | 12/23 | 11.58 ~ 12.10 |
145.35 | Highbridge | 12.45a ~ 13.05d | 12.35 ~ 13.13 |
157.28 | Glastonbury | ??/?? | 13/34 |
168.04 | Evercreech Jn | 14L00a ~ 14L10d | 13.56 ~ 14.05 |
177.33 | Binegar | 14/33 | 14/29 |
183.66 | Radstock North | 14/42 | 14/51 |
190.09 | Midford | 14/53 | 15/02 |
193.77 | Bath Jn | 15/00 | 15/10 |
194.38 | Bath Green Park | 15w02a ~ 15w50d | 15.11 ~ 16.07 |
194.79 | Bath Jn | 15/52 | 16/09 |
198.67 | Midford | 16/00 | 16/19 |
205.10 | Radstock North | 16/09 | 19/31 |
213.09 | Masbury | 16/32 | 16/49 |
216.26 | Shepton Mallet | 16/37 | 16.54 ~ 17.01 |
220.72 | Evercreech Jn | 16w46a ~ 16w51d | 17.12 ~ 17.16 |
227.74 | Wincanton | 17/06 | 17/27 |
231.12 | Templecombe Jn | 17*13a ~ 17*16d | 17.32 ~ 17.33 |
234.34 | Stalbridge | 17/25 | 17/40 |
238.32 | Sturminster Newton | 17/32 | 17/45 |
241.35 | Shillingstone | 17/38 | 17/50 |
246.72 | Blandford Forum | 17/48 | 17/57 |
254.63 | Corfe Mullen SB | 17/57 | 18.10a ~ 18.18d |
257.63 | Broadstone | 18/04 | 18/24 |
261.17 | Poole | 18/10 | 18.31a ~ 18.31d |
266.77 | Bournemouth Central | 18L20a ~ 18L28d | 18.51 ~ 18.59 |
281.19 | Lymington Jn | 18/55 | 19/42 |
293.09 | Redbridge | 19/07 | 19/53 |
294.68 | Millbrook | TL | - |
295.60 | Southampton Central | 19/12 | 19/57 |
296.65 | Northam Jn | 19/15 | 19/59 |
301.34 | Eastleigh | 19/23 | 20/12 |
324.56 | Worting Jn | 19/50 | 20/50 |
350.18 | Woking Jn | 20/14 | 21/20 |
371.08 | Clapham Junction | 20/33 | 22/02 |
374.79 | Waterloo | 20.40a | 22.10 |