9th July 2007

Steam Dreams
Waterloo Sunrise

Tour was postponed due to the failure of E850 'Lord Nelson' at Westbury whilst working a railtour on 8th July (the problem being that the coaches could not be got back to London for servicing and for reforming the train after the failure). Re-dated to run on 12th September 2007.

Route:
1Z82 : Waterloo to Weymouth
1Z83 : Weymouth to Waterloo

Booked Traction Booked Route
34067 'Tangmere' London Victoria - Clapham Junction - Earlsfield - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Basingstoke - Andover Junc - Salisbury - Gillingham - Templecombe - Yeovil Junction
diesel Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill
diesel Yeovil Pen Mill - Maiden Newton - Weymouth
34067 (1) Weymouth - Dorchester South
34067 Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole - Bournemouth Central - Brockenhurst - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) diesel on rear.
(2) Booked to have been an 11 coach formation.
(3) This tour was to be run to commemorate the end of Southern steam 40 years ago on 9th July 1967. Special features were to have been non-stop runs Waterloo - Salisbury & Southampton Central - Waterloo. Re-dated to run on 12th September 2007.

Source : John Clifford

Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Clifford & LASERman)

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Waterloo 09.55d [P16] [MFL] 22.10a [P16]
Clapham Junction 10/03 [P9] [FL] 22/02 [P7] [MFL]
Wimbledon 10/07 [P7] 21/57 [P6]
New Malden 10/10 21/54
Surbiton 10/12 [DF] 21/51 [P2]
Hampton Court Jn 10/13 21/48
Woking 10/23½ [P4] 21/33 [P2]
Woking Jn 10/24 21/32 [FL]
Pirbright Jn - 21/24
Farnborough 10/33 21/19
Fleet - 21/14
Basingstoke 10/46 [P2] 20/57 [P4]
Worting Jn 10/49 20/51½ [SL]

 

Location Booked
Andover 11/09
Tunnel Jn 11/26
Salisbury 11w30 ~ 12w04
Wilton Jn 12/09
Wilton South 12/12
Tisbury Loop 12/23
Gillingham 12*35 ~ 12*43 [P2]
Templecombe 12/52
Sherborne 13/01 [P2]
Yeovil Junction 13L13 ~ 13L46 [DS]
Yeovil Pen Mill 13.51 ~ 14.07 [P3]
Maiden Newton 14t30 ~ 14t34
Dorchester West 14/48
Dorchester Jn 14/49
Weymouth [P2] 14L58a ~ 17L27d [P2]
Dorchester Jn 17/40
Dorchester South 17L42 ~ 17L49
Moreton 17/57
Wool 18/03
Wareham 18/16 [P1]
Poole 18/28 [P1]
Branksome 18/37 [P1]
Bournemouth Central 18*49 ~ 19*02 [P2]
Brockenhurst 19/21 [P2]
Redbridge 19/35 [FL]
Southampton Central 19w40 ~ 20w10 [P1]
Northam Jn 20/13 [FL]
St Denys 20/15
Eastleigh 20/22½ [P1]
Shawford 20/30
Winchester 20/34½

Timings continue in first table.

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