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used - many contemporary records list them as 41269 & 41307 but he has confirmed that, without doubt (as 41269 was withdrawn from service several years before the tour!), the former loco identity was 41249 as given above.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


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