22nd January 1967
The Locomotive Club of
Great Britain
The Bridport Belle Rail Tour
Locos Used | 34013, 34057, 34102, 35030, 41295, 41320 & D6541 |
Stock Used | booked for load 9 BR/SR stock formed: BSK, 3x SO, RB, 3x SO, BSK) |
Route : at least SPL3
Loco(s) | Route |
34057 + 34102 | London Waterloo - (via Windsor through line) - Clapham Junction - Richmond - Staines - Chertsey - Byfleet - Woking - Basingstoke - Andover Junction - Salisbury |
34057 | Salisbury - Westbury |
34013 | Westbury - Frome - Castle Cary - Maiden Newton |
41295 (1) | Maiden Newton - Bridport |
41320 (2) | Bridport - Milepost 4 |
D6541 + 41320 (2) | Milepost 4 - Maiden Newton |
35030 | Maiden Newton - Yeovil Pen Mill |
35030 | Yeovil Pen Mill - Yeovil Junction |
35030 | Yeovil Junction - Salisbury |
34057 + 34102 | (3) Salisbury - Andover Junction - Basingstoke - (3) Woking - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo |
Notes:
(1) 41320 on rear.
(2) 41295 on rear.
(3) Booked route was: Salisbury - Romsey - Eastleigh - Fareham - Cosham - Petersfield -
Guildford - Woking - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo however train
ran direct to make up time.
(3) 34102 & 34057 were photographed carrying headcode SPL3 - was this used
throughout?
Sources : Terry Jackson, John Debens & Steve
Armitage
Comments/Review
(by Terry Jackson)
If memory serves me correctly, this was one of those tours which, whilst doing everything that was booked albeit running late, was overshadowed by unforeseen problems on the day.
Firstly we made an unscheduled stop at Basingstoke to offload a dead body which was found on the train. We later understood that apparently the stock for the tour had formed a service up to Waterloo the previous evening and a passenger on that service had collapsed and died in one of the toilets. Despite the stock supposedly being checked at Waterloo and later at Clapham sidings, the body of the gentleman concerned was not discovered until a ticket check was being carried out on the tour the following morning. A hurriedly arranged stop at Basingstoke (approx 7mins) was made and the body removed. Once this was done, the tour continued as planned. One can only speculate what would have happened if such an event had occurred today (immediate cancellation of the tour, interviewing of everyone on the tour, disruption of all services at Basingstoke, major criticism of the railway companies involved and probably demands for a public enquiry into rail safety from the usual quarters).
Nevertheless the tour continued only to suffer a further delay when the two Mickey Mouse tanks stalled on the return from Bridport to Maiden Newton. Despite repeated attempts to restart the train, we had to await the arrival of a Crompton to assist us back to Maiden Newton.
Despite the setbacks, it was a good tour as was usual with the LCGB in those days.
Terry Jackson.
Photo Review
Cine footage of this tour is available on YouTube, courtesy of Bob Bishop.
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Terry Jackson & John Debens)
M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
0.00 | Waterloo | 09.00d [WTL] | 09.00 |
2.50 | Queens Road | ? [WTL] | 09/02 |
3.71 | Clapham Junction | 09/07 | 09/07 |
7.04 | Barnes | 09/13 | 09/10 |
11.20 | Twickenham | 09/22 | 09/34 |
13.33 | Feltham Jn | 09/25 | 09/39 |
19.02 | Staines Central | 09/33 | 09/43 |
23.16 | Virginia Water | 09/41 | 09/50 |
28.08 | Addlestone Jn | 09/50 | 09/54 |
29.00 | Byfleet Jn | 09/52 | 10/05 |
30.31 | West Byfleet | ? [LL] | 10/08 |
33.04 | Woking | 09.56a ~ 09.58d | 10.19 ~ 10.20 |
59.01 | Worting Jn | 10/31 | 11/08 |
81.37 | Grateley | 10p50a ~ 11p00d | 11.42 ~ 11.53 |
91.26 | Tunnel Jn | 11/12 | 12/03 |
92.34 | Salisbury | 11L15a ~ 11L23d | 12.06 ~ 12.10 |
115.38 | Dilton Marsh Halt | 11/52 | 12/55 |
116.65 | Westbury | 11L55a ~ 12L05d | 12.58 ~ 13.08 |
122.46 | Frome | 12/15 | 13/18 |
136.48 | Castle Cary | 12/30 | 13/33 |
148.29 | Yeovil Pen Mill | 12/45 | 13/50 |
161.10 | Maiden Newton | 13L05a ~ 13L20d | 14.05 ~ 14.20 |
169.66 | Bradpole Crossing | ? | 14/38 |
170.32 | Bridport | 13.45a ~ 14.15d | 14.42 ~ 14.57 |
170.78 | Bradpole Crossing | ? | 15/00 |
179.54 | Maiden Newton | 14L40a ~ 14L50d | 17.50 ~ 18.07 |
192.26 | Yeovil Pen Mill | 15.10a ~ 15.20d | 18.38 ~ 18.55 |
192.65 | Yeovil South Jn | 15/22 | 19/03 |
193.77 | Yeovil Junction | 15.25a ~ 15.35d | 19.05 ~ 19.14 |
204.51 | Templecombe | 15/50 | 19/40 |
230.49 | Wilton South | 16/15 | 20/02 |
233.10 | Salisbury | 16L20a ~ 16L55d | 20.17 ~ 20.27 |
234.18 | Tunnel Jn | 16/58½ | 20/30 |
235.22 | Milford Goods | 17/00½ | DIV |
238.08 | Alderbury Jn | 17/05 | DIV |
246.54 | Kimbridge Jn | 17/15 | DIV |
249.53 | Romsey | 17/19 | DIV |
256.79 | Eastleigh | 17/30 | DIV |
267.69 | Fareham | 17w50 ~ 18w00 | DIV |
273.56 | Cosham | 18/08 | DIV |
274.59 | Farlington Jn | 18/10 | DIV |
277.20 | Havant | 18c14 ~ 18c15 | DIV |
288.65 | Petersfield | 18/31 | DIV |
300.56 | Haslemere | 18/44 | DIV |
313.31 | Guildford | 19w01 ~ 19w11 | DIV |
? | Basingstoke | DIV | 21.17 ~ 21.21 |
319.32 | Woking | 19.21a ~ 19.22d [TL] | 21.45 ~ 21.47 |
330.32 | Hampton Court Jn | 19/35 | 22/00 |
339.67 | Clapham Junction | 19/46 | 22/16 |
343.58 | Waterloo | 19.53a | 22.25 |