Boat Trains - 1953

Date Loco(s) From - to for/from ship Route
28/08/53 (3) 7004 London Paddington - Weymouth Jn ????? via B&H
???? (2) Weymouth Jn - Weymouth Quay ????? -
???? (2) Weymouth Quay - Weymouth Jn ????? -
7004 Weymouth Jn - London Paddington ????? via B&H
27/08/53 (3) 7024 London Paddington - Weymouth Jn ????? via B&H
???? (2) Weymouth Jn - Weymouth Quay ????? -
???? (2) Weymouth Quay - Weymouth Jn ????? -
7024 Weymouth Jn - London Paddington ????? via B&H
26/08/53 (3) 7027 London Paddington - Weymouth Jn ????? via B&H
???? (2) Weymouth Jn - Weymouth Quay ????? -
???? (2) Weymouth Quay - Weymouth Jn ????? -
7027 Weymouth Jn - London Paddington ????? via B&H
25/08/53 (3) 7027 London Paddington - Weymouth Jn ????? via B&H
???? (2) Weymouth Jn - Weymouth Quay ????? -
???? (2) Weymouth Quay - Weymouth Jn ????? -
7027 Weymouth Jn - London Paddington ????? via B&H
24/08/53 (3) 7027 London Paddington - Weymouth Jn ????? via B&H
???? (2) Weymouth Jn - Weymouth Quay ????? -
???? (2) Weymouth Quay - Weymouth Jn ????? -
7027 Weymouth Jn - London Paddington ????? via B&H
11/07/53 30486 London Waterloo - Southampton Eastern Docks Cunarder via SW mainline
20/04/53 (1) ????? London Waterloo - Salisbury ????? as shown
35004 Salisbury - Exeter Central
????? Exeter Central - Okehampton - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) Train named "The Cunarder".
(2) Usually a 1366 pannier tank engine. Trains were load 11 but the main loco from London removed 2 coaches including the restaurant car for the other loco to take over for the run to the Quay. As the train was to be banked out of Weymouth, the banking engine would push the 2 coaches onto the end of the train, whilst the Castle would take over from the tank engine. When ready, the train would leave, with the banking engine (unattached) pushing the train as far as the north end of Bincombe Tunnel North.
(3) "Channel Island Boat Express"
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