7th May 1967
Locomotive Club of Great
Britain
The Dorset Coast Express
Locos Used | 34021 'Dartmoor', 34023 'Blackmoor Vale', 35003 'Royal Mail', 73029, 76026 & 80011 |
Route : at least (from photographic evidence); SPL 11, SPL 12 & SPL 14
Loco(s) | Route |
34021 | London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Earlsfield - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Guildford - Haslemere - Havant - Cosham - Fareham - Netley - Southampton Central - Brockenhurst - Bournemouth Central - Poole - Wareham |
34023 (1) | Wareham - Swanage |
76026 (2) | Swanage - Wareham |
34023 (3) | Wareham - Swanage |
80011 (2) | Swanage - Wareham |
34023 | Wareham - Dorchester South - Weymouth |
73026 + 76029 | Weymouth - Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole - Bournemouth Central |
35003 | Bournemouth Central - Brockenhurst - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Winchester City - Basingstoke - Woking - (reverse of outward route) - London Waterloo |
Notes:
(1) 76026 on rear.
(2) 34023 on rear.
(3) 80011 on rear.
(4) Photographs show 80011 with 'SPL 12' code at Swanage, and at Weymouth; 73026 leading with 'SPL11' boards and 73029
behind with a 'SPL14' board; confirmation is required where each code was valid
from and to.
Sources : John Clifford (on the train
throughout) & Andy Muir
Photo Review
80011 displaying, headcode 'SPL 12', at Swanage (photo: Andy Muir)
73026 leading 73029 prior to departing from Weymouth.
(photos: The John Law Collection, courtesy of Nick Catford)
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)
M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
0.00 | Waterloo | 09.13d | 09.13 |
3.71 | Clapham Junction | 09/20 | 09/21 |
13.26 | Hampton Court Jn | 09/36 | 09/36 |
24.26 | Woking | 09.48a ~ 09.52d | 09w48½ ~ 09w53½ |
30.27 | Guildford | 09/59 | 10/03 |
43.02 | Haslemere | 10/16 | 10/18 |
54.73 | Petersfield | 10/28 | 10/30 |
66.38 | Havant | 10/42 | 10/42 |
69.37 | Farlington Jn | 10/48 | 10.46 ~ 10.46½ |
70.40 | Cosham | 10/54 | 10/54 |
76.27 | Fareham | 11w04a ~ 11w09d | 11.04 ~ 11.11½ |
89.00 | St Denys | 11/32 | 11/35 |
89.74 | Northam Jn | 11/34 | 11/38 |
90.79 | Southampton Central | 11w37a ~ 11w41d | 11.44 ~ 11.48½ |
93.50 | Redbridge | 11/46 | 11/54 |
105.40 | Lymington Jn | 11/58 | 12/09 |
119.62 | Bournemouth Central | 12/24 | 12/26 |
125.42 | Poole | 12/34 | 12/36 |
132.50 | Wareham | 12L45a ~ 13L05d | 12.46 ~ 13.04 |
133.57 | Worgret Jn | 13/08 | 13/08 |
138.54 | Corfe Castle | 13p17a ~ 13p27d | 13.17 ~ 13.27 |
143.53 | Swanage | 13.36a ~ 13.51d | 13.37 ~ 13.51 |
148.52 | Corfe Castle | 14.00a ~ 14.10d | 14.01 ~ 14.09 |
153.49 | Worgret Jn | 14/18½ | 14/19 |
154.46 | Wareham | 14L21a ~ 14L31d | 14.22½ ~ 14.32 |
155.63 | Worgret Jn | 14/34 | 14/35 |
160.60 | Corfe Castle | 14.43a ~ 14.53d | 14.43 ~ 14.52 |
165.59 | Swanage | 15.02a ~ 15.17d | 15.02 ~ 15.17 |
170.58 | Corfe Castle | 15.27a ~ 15.32d | 15.25 ~ 15.31½ |
175.55 | Worgret Jn | 15/40½ | 15/38½ |
176.62 | Wareham | 15L43a ~ 15L55d | 15.41½ ~ 15.54 |
177.69 | Worgret Jn | 15/58 | 15/57½ |
192.07 | Dorchester Jn | 16/16 | 16/16½ |
198.57 | Weymouth | 16L27a ~ 17L00d | 16.28 ~ 16.59 |
205.27 | Dorchester Jn | 17/12 | 17/11 |
219.45 | Worgret Jn | 17/28 | 17/25 |
227.60 | Poole | 17/39 | 17/35 |
233.40 | Bournemouth Central | 17L50a ~ 18L05d | 17.44½ ~ 17.57 |
247.62 | Lymington Jn | 18/23 | 18/13 |
259.52 | Redbridge | 18/35 | 18/25 |
262.23 | Southampton Central | 18w40a ~ 18w45d | 18.26½ ~ 18.39 |
263.38 | Northam Jn | 18/48½ | 18/43 |
267.77 | Eastleigh | 18/55 | 18/49 |
291.19 | Worting Jn | 19/22 | 19/17 |
316.61 | Woking Jn | 19/42 | 19/41 |
328.16 | Hampton Court Jn | 19/52 | 19/50 |
337.51 | Clapham Junction | 20/02 | 20/03 |
341.42 | Waterloo | 20.09a | 20.09 |