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


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