16th September 1972

Rail Tours Syndicate
Boomerang No.3

Tour cancelled at the last minute (tickets & timing sheets had already been sent out).

Planned route & locos: (1Z30 throughout)

Loco Route
33/1 (propelling all the way) London Victoria (E) - Stewarts Lane - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - East Putney - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Weybridge - Chertsey - Staines Central - Hounslow - Clapham Junc. - Kensington (Olympia) - North Pole Jn - Old Oak Common - Greenford East Loop - Drayton Green - Hanwell - Slough - Reading General - Didcot (for visit to Didcot railway centre) - Swindon - Thingley Jn - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury - Warminster - Salisbury - Romsey - Eastleigh - Botley - Fareham - Cosham - Havant - Barnham - Worthing Central - Hove - Preston Park - Haywards Heath - Three Bridges - Redhill - East Croydon - Selhurst - Clapham Junction - Battersea Park - Victoria

Stock : 4TC + RMB 1758

Source : John Clifford

Booked Timings
(from John Clifford)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Cictoria (E) P7 08.47d
1.26 Stewarts Lane 08/56
1.59 Longhedge Jn 08/58
2.68 Clapham Junction (W) 09.02a ~ 09.04d
4.03 Point Pleasant Jn 09/07
4.54 East Putney 09/09
7.40 Wimbledon 09/15
13.49 Hampton Court Jn 09/23
19.32 Weybridge 09/30
21.14 Addlestone Jn 09/33
25.08 Virginia Water 09/40
29.22 Staines Central
(via Goods Loop)		 09/46
34.71 Feltham Jn 09/54
35.70 Hounslow 09/56
42.27 Barnes 10/09
45.40 Clapham Junction (W) 10.14a ~ 10.15d
46.10 Latchmere Jn 10/18
48.78 Kensington (Olympia) 10.25a ~ 10.27d
50.68 North Pole Jn 10/32
51.22 Old Oak Common East 10.35a ~ 10.37d
51.69 Old Oak Common West 10/39
55.67 Greenford East Loop 10/45
57.74 Drayton Green 10/50
58.71 Hanwell 10/53
60.49 Southall 10/55
69.79 Slough 11/08
75.62 Maidenhead 11/12½
82.44 Twyford 11/18
87.41 Reading General 11/22
104.53 Didcot Parkway
(visit to steam centre)		 11.40a ~ 14.00d
114.75 Challow 14/12
128.68 Swindon 14.25a ~ 14.27d
133.52 Wotton Basett Jn 14/35
144.41 Chippenham 14/45
146.55 Thingley Jn 14/49
155.05 Bradford South Jn 15/01
161.21 Westbury 15.11a ~ 15.13d
162.49 Dilton Marsh Halt 15/18
185.43 Salisbury 15.43a ~ 15.55d
186.51 Tunnel Jn 15/59
202.06 Romsey 16/17
217.18 Eastleigh 16/28
226.09 Cosham 16/52
227.12 Farlington Jn 16.54a ~ 16.57d
230.01 Havant 17.02a ~ 17.03d
239.04 Chichester 17/15
245.26 Barnham 17/23
248.44 Arundel Jn 17/28
255.78 Worthing Central 17/43½
260.57 Shoreham 17/51
265.09 Hove 17/58
266.44 Preston Park 18/01½
274.65 Keymer Jn 18/10
284.14 Balcombe Tunnel SB 18/21½
286.44 Three Bridges 18/24½
294.17 Earlswood 18/34
? Redhill 18/36
301.07 Coulsdon North 18/45½
306.05 Windmill Bridge Jn 18/52
311.20 Balham Jn 19/02
316.08 Victoria (E) 19.13a


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