25th April 1976

Lea Valley Railway Club
Royal Wessex

Locos Used 33103 & 33115
Stock Used 4TC 406 & 411 plus RMB 1873

Route :

Loco Route
33115 (1) London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Earlsfield - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Basingstoke - Andover Jn - Ludgershall - Tidworth Road Crossing
33103 (2) Tidworth Road Crossing - Ludgershall - Andover Jn
33115 (1) Andover Jn - Salisbury - Gillingham - Yeovil Junction
33103 (2) Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill
33115 (1) Yeovil Pen Mill - Dorchester West - Weymouth Jn - Weymouth Quay
33103 (2) Weymouth Quay - Weymouth Jn - Dorchester South - Wareham
33115 (1) Wareham - Furzebrook Sidings
33103 (2) Furzebrook Sidings - Wareham - Hamworthy Jn
33115 (1) Hamworthy Jn - Hamworthy
33103 (2) Hamworthy - Hamworthy Jn - Poole Yard
33115 (1) Poole Yard - Broadstone - Wimborne
33103 (2) Wimborne - Broadstone - Poole - Bournemouth Central - Brockenhurst - Totton
33115 (1) Totton - Fawley
33103 (2) Fawley - Totton - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Woking - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Earlsfield - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo

Notes:
(1) 33103 on rear.
(2) 33115 on rear.


33103 at Weymouth Quay (photo : John Law)

Source : David Hills (compiled from contemporary reports)
& John Clifford (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)

Location Booked Actual
Waterloo 08.10d 08.11
Clapham Junction 08/16½ 08/17
Hampton Court Jn 08/26½ 08/26½
Woking 08.36a ~ 08.37d 08.35 ~ 08.37½
Worting Jn 09/01 08/59
Andover Jn 09.16a ~ 09.26d 09.12½ ~ 09.20
Ludgershall 09/51 09.47a ~ 09.47d
Tidworth Road Crossing 10.01a ~ 10.16d 09.56 ~ 10.15
Andover Jn 10.51a ~ 10.57d 10.54 ~ 10.58
Tunnel Jn 11/14 11/13
Salisbury 11.17a ~ 11.20d 11.16 ~ 11.22
Wilton South 11/25½ 11/27½
Gillingham 11.46a ~ 11.52d 11.50 ~ 11.53
Templecombe 12.01a ~ 12.11d 12.01 ~ 12.13
Yeovil Junction 12.26a ~ 12.32d 12.26 ~ 12.31
Yeovil Pen Mill 12.37a ~ 12.43d 12.38 ~ 12.43
Dorchester West 13/10 13/10½
Dorchester Jn 13/11 13/11
Weymouth Jn 13.20a ~ 13.24d 13.20 ~ 13.25
Weymouth Quay 13.41a ~ 14.00d 13.48 ~ 14.00
Weymouth Jn 14.19a ~ 14.21d 14.17 ~ 14.26
Dorchester Jn 14/36 14/36
Wareham 14.53a ~ 14.59d 14.53 ~ 15.00
Worgret Jn 15/02 15/04
Furzebrook Sidings 15.08a ~ 15.21d 15.16 ~ 15.22
Worgret Jn 15/27 15/30
Wareham 15.30a ~ 15.31d 15/32
Hamworthy Jn 15.38a ~ 15.50d 15.38 ~ 15.43
Hamworthy 16.00a ~ 16.20d 16.02 ~ 16.19
Hamworthy Jn 16.30a ~ 16.35d 16.31½ ~ 16.37
Poole Yard 16.41a ~ 16.47d 16.44 ~ 16.49
Wimborne 17.27a ~ 17.47d 17.18 ~ 17.45½
Poole 18.28a ~ 18.30d 18.27 ~ 18.29
Bournemouth Central 18.42a ~ 18.44d 18.43½ ~ 18.45½
Lymington Jn 19/00 18/59
Totton 19.12a ~ 12.17d 19.11 ~ 19.15
Fawley 19.40a ~ 19.59d 19.39 ~ 19.59
Totton 20.21a ~ 20.22d 20.24 ~ 20.24
Redbridge 20/24 20/25½
Southampton Central 20/28 20/29
Northam Jn 20/31 20/32
Eastleigh 20/38 20/37
Worting Jn 21/02 20/56½
Woking 21.25a ~ 21.26d 21.19 ~ 21.20
Hampton Court Jn 21/36½ 21/30½
Waterloo 21.53a 21.49


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