5th October 2017

Steam Dreams
The Cathedrals Express

Locos Used 33207 'Jim Martin' & steam: 45212
Stock Used 99035+5216+5171+9104+13440+99352+99351+1666+5236+5237

Route : 
1Z67 : West Brompton to Swanage
1Z69 : Swanage to West Brompton

Loco(s) Route
45212 (1) West Brompton - Latchmere Jn - Clapham Junction - Balham - Streatham North Jn - Streatham South Jn - Mitcham Junction - Sutton - Cheam - Epsom - Leatherhead - Effingham Junction - Guildford - Shalford Jn - Haslemere - Petersfield - Havant - Farlington Jn - Cosham - Fareham - Netley - St Denys - Southampton Central - Redbridge - Brockenhurst - Bournemouth - Poole - Wareham - Worgret Jn - Norden - Corfe Castle - Swanage
33207 (2) Swanage - (reverse of outward route) - Southampton Central - St Denys - Eastleigh
45212 (1) Eastleigh - Botley - Fareham - (reverse of outward route) - West Brompton

Notes: 
(1) 33207 on rear.
(2) 45212 on rear.
(3) John Clifford comments: This tour was originally advertised as being hauled by 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' but 45212 was substituted. On this day South Western Railway were running late, hence the stop at Epsom to let the 08.07 Waterloo - Guildford via Leatherhead precede us which we then followed to Guildford. At Guildford we waited for the 08.45 Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea (10 minutes late) and the 09.00 Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour (5 minutes late) to depart.  At Haslemere the watering took longer than expected, so we left there late. The following 09.30 Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour which was behind us left Haslemere 17 minutes late. We made up some time, but discovered at Southampton that South Western were still late as the 10.35 Waterloo - Weymouth departed Southampton Central a bit behind schedule. After leaving Bournemouth there was T.P.W.S. activation but this did not delay us too much. On the Swanage Railway 'U' class no. 31806 had been running. However, I joined the 15.20 departure for a run to Norden and back. At 15.20 the train to Norden train departed….backwards and pushed the Cl.08 into the buffers! In view of this an inspection of the train and loco was required, so no more Swanage Railway trains ran that day. The return journey was running OK but there was a further T.P.W.S. activation outside Southampton Central. We continued onwards and stopped at Eastleigh West Jn as there had been a points failure at Eastleigh station. We sat outside the station for 10 minutes during which time we saw the following pass: 15.27 Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth (8 minutes late), 19.05 Basingstoke - Northam Depot empties (14 minutes late) and 18.35 Waterloo - Weymouth and Poole (8 minutes late). Once away from Eastleigh there were no further problems. I left the train at Haslemere. Fortunately for me we had got in front of the 20.15 Portsmouth Harbour – Waterloo which took me back to London.


45212 is seen arriving at Swanage (photo: Andrew P.M. Wright)

Sources : John Clifford (on the tour Clapham Junction - Swanage - Haslemere) & Nigel Benning

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford & Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
West Brompton 07.39d [P3] 07.40   23.00a [P4] 23.00
Latchmere Jn 07/44 07/43   22/55 22/56
Clapham Junction 07.48a ~ 08.06d [P17] [DS] 07.47 ~ 08.06 [P17] [DS]   22.48a ~ 22.51d [P16] 22.51 ~ 22.53
Balham 08/12 [P1] 08/12 [P1] [DS]   22/42 [P2] 22/46
Streatham North Jn 08/15 08/16   22/35 [US] 22/42
Streatham South Jn 08/17 08/17½   22/27 22/40
Mitcham Junction 08/21 08/23 [P2]   22/22 22/34
Sutton 08/32 [P2] 08/34 [P2]   22/16 [P1] 22/29
Cheam 08.36a ~ 08.39d 08.37 ~ 08.39 [P2]   22.11a ~ 22.13d 22.23 ~ 22.26
Epsom 08/50 [P1] 08.47½ ~ 08.52 [P1]   22/07 22/18
Leatherhead 09/01 [P2] 09/03 [P2]   21/58 [P1] 22/11
Effingham Junction 09.07a ~ 09.11d 09.15½ ~ 09.17½ [P2]   21.47a ~ 21.50d 22.00 ~ 22.03
Guildford 09.31a ~ 09.37d [P3] 09.35 ~ 09.42 [P3]   21.28a ~ 21.31d [P3] 21.39 ~ 21.42
Shalford Jn 09/40 09/46   21/24 21/34
Farncombe 09/43 [P2] 09/50 [P2]   21/21 [P1] 21/31
Haslemere 09w58a ~ 10w09d [P1] 10.12 ~ 10.35½ [P1]   20w53a ~ 21w07d [P3] 21.00 ~ 21.16 [P3]
Petersfield 10/23 [P2] 10/51 [P2]   20/38 [P1] 20/41½ [P1]
Havant 10/43 [P2] 11/07 [P2]   20/20 [P1] 20/26 [P1]
Farlington Jn  10/47 11/11   20/15 20/22
Cosham Jn 10/48 11/12   20/13 20/21½
Cosham 10/49 [P1] 11/13 [P1]   20/11 [P2] 20/21 [P2]
Fareham 10/58 [P1] 11/22 [P1]   20/02 [P3] 20/12½ [P3]
Fareham North Jn - -   20/00 20/11½
Botley - -   19/48 [P2] 20/05 [P2]
Eastleigh South Jn - -   19/41 19/58
Eastleigh - -   19.34a ~ 19.39d [P2] 19.52½ ~ 19.55 [P2]
Eastleigh West Jn - -   - 19.39 ~ 19.49
Southampton Airport Parkway - -   19/27 [P1] [UF] 19/33 [P1] [UF]
Netley 11/14½ 11/36   - -
St Denys 11/25 [P4] 11/43½ [P4]   19/23½ [P1] 19/30 [P1]
Northam Jn 11/28 [DS] 11/46 [DS]   19/21½ [UF] 19/28 [US]
Southampton Central 11.33a ~ 11.46d [P3] [DS] 11.49½ ~ 11.52½ [P3] [DS]   19.16a ~ 19.19d [P3] 19.22 ~ 19.24 [P2]
Near MP 80½ - -   - 19.14 ~ 19.16
Redbridge 12/02 [P2] 12/01 [P2]   19/04 [P1] 19/11 [P1]
Beaulieu Road 12w13a ~ 12w26d [P2] 12w10 ~ 12w22 [P2]   18/57 [P1] 19/01 [P1]
Brockenhurst 12/32 [P3] 12/29 [P3]   18/52 [P2] 18/55 [P2]
Bournemouth 12.51a ~ 12.53d [P3] 12.47½ ~ 12.53 [P3]   18.29a ~ 18.33d [P2] 18.30½ ~ 18.33 [P2]
Near MP 109¼ - 12.57 ~ 12.59   - -
Branksome 13/00 [P2] 13/03 [P2]   18/23 [P1] 18/24½ [P1]
Poole 13/05 [P2] 13/09 [P2]   18/16 [P1] 18/17½ [P1]
Wareham 13t16a ~ 13t18d [P2] 13t20 ~ 13t21 [P2]   18t03a ~ 18t05d [P1] 18.03 ~ 18.03½ [P1]
Worgret Jn 13/22 13/24½   17/58 17/59½
Furzebrook 13/30 13/31   17/51 17/53½
Norden Gates 13/35 13/37   17/46 17/48½
Corfe Castle 13.37a ~ 13.40d [DM] 13.40 ~ 13.41½ [DM]   17.40a ~ 17.43d [UM] 17.43 ~ 17.44½ [UM]
Harmans Cross 13/47 [DM] 13/50 [DM]   17/35 [UM] 17/36½ [DM]
Swanage 13.57a [P2] 14.00 [P2]   17.25d [P2] 17.25 [P2]


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z67 : (45212 with 33207 on rear) : Southall to West Brompton
5Z69 : (45212 with 33207 on rear) : West Brompton to Southall

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Southall Depot 05.51d 23.54a
Southall Yard 06.01 ~ 06.11 23.31 ~ 23.44
Southall East Jn 06/12 23/30
West Ealing 06/15 23/26
Acton West 06/19 23/23
Acton Main Line 06.25 ~ 06.31 23/21
Acton Wells Jn 06/34 23/18
Willesden SW Sidings 06.37 ~ 07.20 23/14
Mitre Bridge Jn 07/25 23/10
North Pole Jn 07/27 23/09
Kensington Olympia 07/30 23/05
West Brompton 07.34a [P3] 23.03d [P4]


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