28th February 2004
Steam Dreams
The Cathedrals Express
| Locos Used | diesel: 47703 & steam: 73096 |
Route:
1Z96 : Victoria to Weymouth
1Z97 : Weymouth to Victoria
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 73096 (1) | London Victoria - Stewarts Lane - Clapham Junction - Balham - Tooting - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Basingstoke - Andover Jn - Salisbury - Gillingham - Yeovil Junction |
| 47703 | Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill |
| 47703 | Yeovil Pen Mill - Maiden Newton - Dorchester West - Weymouth |
| 73096 (1) | Weymouth - (reverse of outward route) - Yeovil Pen Mill |
| 47703 (2) | Yeovil Pen Mill - Yeovil Junction |
| 73096 (1) | Yeovil Junction - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria |
Notes:
(1) 47703 on rear.
(2) 73096 on rear.
(3) Loco confirmation required (i.e. each loco hauled legs as indicated above).
Source : John Clifford (viewed the train leaving Victoria)
& Simon Cross
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Victoria | 08.00d | 08.00 | 21.06a | 21.27 | |
| Grosvenor Bridge Jn | 08/03 | ? | 21/03 | ? | |
| Stewarts Lane | 08/06 | ? | 21/00 | ? | |
| Longhedge Jn | 08/12 | ? | 20/57 | ? | |
| Pouparts Jn | 08/14 | ? | 20/55 | ? | |
| Clapham Junction | 08/16 | 08/18 | 20/53 | 21/17 | |
| Balham | 08/20 | 08/22 | 20/49 | 21/13 | |
| Streatham North Jn | 08/22 | ? | 20/47 | ? | |
| Streatham South Jn | 08/25 | ? | 20/42 | ? | |
| Wimbledon | 08.31a ~ 08.32d | ??.?? ~ 08.34 | 20.34a ~ 20.36d | ??.?? ~ 21.02 | |
| Wimbledon West Jn | 08/34 | ? | 20/32 | ? | |
| Raynes Park | 08/37 | ? | ? | ? | |
| New Malden | 08/40 | 08/43 | 20/29 | 20/47 | |
| Surbiton | 08/42 | 08/45 | 20/26 | 20/44 | |
| Hampton Court Jn | 08/44 | 08/47 | 20/25 | 20/41 | |
| Weybridge | 08/50 | 08/53 | 20/18 | 20/34 | |
| Byfleet & New Haw | 08/52 | ? | 20/16 | ? | |
| Woking | 08.58a ~ 08.59d | 08.59 ~ 09.02 | 20.09a ~ 20.11d | 20.23 ~ 20.26 | |
| Woking Jn | 09/00 | 09/04 | 20/08 | 20/21 | |
| Brookwood | 09/06 | ? | ? | ? | |
| Pirbright Jn | ? | ? | 20/03 | 20/16 | |
| Farnborough | 09/12 | 09/16 | 19/55 | 20/10 | |
| Basingstoke | 09/26 | 09/31 | 19/40 | 19/53 | |
| Worting Jn | 09/30 | 09/35 | 19/38 | 19/49 | |
| Overton | 09*38a ~ 09*51d | ? | ? | ? | |
| Whitchurch | 09/57 | ? | ? | ? | |
| Andover | 10/03 | ? | 19.04a ~ 19.18d | 19.11 ~ 19.21 | |
| Tunnel Jn | 10/18 | ? | 18/44 | ? | |
| Salisbury | 10.21a ~ 10.25d | 11.18 ~ 11.57 | 18.38a ~ 18.41d | 18.44 ~ 18.47 | |
| Wilton Jn | 10/29 | ? | 18/34 | ? | |
| Wilton | 10/31 | ? | 18/32 | ? | |
| Tisbury Loop | 10/42 | ? | 18*12a ~ 18*19d | ? | |
| Gillingham | 10.53a ~ 10.57d | 12.23 ~ 12.27 | 18/00 | 18/11 | |
| Templecombe | 11/07 | 12/30 | 17/54 | 18/03 | |
| Sherborne | 11/15 | ? | 17/46 | ? | |
| Yeovil Junction | 11.24a ~ 12.10d | ??.?? ~ 12.52 | 17.26a ~ 17.38d | 17.27 ~ 17.37 | |
| Yeovil Pen Mill | 12.15a ~ 12.45d | 13.02 ~ 13.15 | 16.58a ~ 17.10d | 16.59 ~ 17.02 | |
| Maiden Newton | 13.05a ~ 13.08d | ? | 16.29a ~ 16.35d | 16.34 ~ 16.35 | |
| Dorchester West | 13.18a ~ 13.20d | 13.50 ~ 13.53 | 16.16a ~ 16.18d | 16.13 ~ 16.17 | |
| Dorchester Jn | 13/21 | ? | 16/15 | ? | |
| Weymouth | 13.30a | 14.04 | 16.00d | 16.00 |