3rd June 1967
(Privately Organised)
The Dorset Limited
Locos Used | 34034 'Honiton', 35007 'Aberdeen Commonwealth' & 35030 'Elder Dempster Lines' |
Route :
Loco(s) | Route |
34034 + 35030 | Weymouth - Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole - Bournemouth Central |
35030 | Bournemouth Central - Brockenhurst - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Winchester City - Basingstoke - Woking - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Earlsfield - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo |
35007 | London Waterloo - (reverse of outward route) - Weymouth |
Source : John Clifford (on the train from
Waterloo to Bournemouth Central only)
Photo Review
35030 seen on arrival at Waterloo (photo: The Jim Porter Collection).
Webmasters note: The above photo was purchased off e-bay by Jim Porter and on the back it carried the words 'Waterloo 09-07-1967 Last steam Service' which, from research on the Internet, Jim identified that as the 14.09 Weymouth to Waterloo service however both John Clifford and Peter Austin have confirmed it is NOT a photo of that train but is of this tour. John Clifford comments: 'I was on the 14.09 Weymouth - Waterloo on 9th July and no headboard was carried although there were some chalked inscriptions on the engine smoke box door'. Peter Austin adds: 'The Service Train did not have a headboard, and as John Clifford states the engine was adorned with chalked inscriptions on the smokebox door'.
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Terry Jackson & John Clifford)
Location | Booked (out) | Booked | Actual | |
Weymouth | 08.25d | 19.09a | ? | |
Dorchester South | 08.41a ~ 08.43d | 18.54a ~ 18.56d | ? | |
Wareham | 09.02a ~ 09.03d | 18.34a ~ 18.36d | ? | |
Poole | 09.14a ~ 09.16d | 18.22a ~ 18.24d | ? | |
Bournemouth Central | 09.27a ~ 09.36d | 18.04a ~ 18.07d | 18.12 ~ ??.?? | |
Lymington Jn | - | 17/47 | 17/54 | |
Redbridge | - | 17/35 | 17/43 | |
Southampton Central | 10/08 | 17.21a ~ 17.30d | 17.31 ~ 17.36 | |
Northam Jn | - | 17/18 | 17/26 | |
Eastleigh | 10/18 | 17/13 | 17/21 | |
Worting Jn | 10/45 TL | 16/52 | 16/52 | |
Woking Jn | 11/05 | 16/28 | 16/27 | |
Hampton Court Jn | 11/15 | 16/18 | 16/14 | |
Clapham Junction | 11/25 | 16/07 | 16/05 | |
Waterloo | 11.32a | 16.00d | 15.59 |