9th July 2019

Railway Touring Company
The End of Southern Steam

Locos Used 47245 & steam: 35018 'British India Line'
Stock Used 80217+13320+99121+99712+99371+3143+99347+1861+99328+99723

Route : 
1Z92 : London Victoria to Yeovil Pen Mill
1Z94 : Yeovil Pen Mill to Weymouth
1Z93 : Weymouth to London Victoria

Loco(s) Route
35018 (1) London Victoria - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Brentford - Hounslow - Feltham - Staines - Virginia Water - Chertsey - Addlestone Jn - Byfleet & New Haw - Woking - Farnborough Main - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Andover - Salisbury - Gillingham - Templecombe - Sherborne - Yeovil Junction
47245 Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill
47245 Yeovil Pen Mill - Maiden Newton - Dorchester West - Weymouth
35018 (1) Weymouth - Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole - Bournemouth - Brockenhurst - Redbridge - Southampton Central - St Denys - Eastleigh - Winchester - Worting Jn - Basingstoke - (reverse of outward route) - Feltham - Twickenham - Richmond - Barnes - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria

Notes: 
(1) 47245 on rear.
(2) This tour marked the 52nd anniversary since the end of Southern Steam on 09/07/1967.

Source : Clive Simmons (on the tour from Weymouth to London Victoria)

Photo Review


35018 on arrival at Salisbury (photo Mark V. Pike)


47245 on the rear of the tour at Salisbury (photo Mark V. Pike)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
London Victoria 08.45d [P2] [DCF] 08.47
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/49 08/50
Stewarts Lane Jn 08/56 [RVL] 09/00
Longhedge Jn 08/58 09/03
Clapham Junction 09/02 [P5] [DWF] 09/09
Barnes 09/09 [P3] 09/16
Brentford 09/16½ [P2] 09/23
Hounslow 09/22½ [P2] 09/30
Feltham Jn 09/24½ 09/33
Feltham 09/26 [P2] 09/36
Staines 09/32 [P2] 09/42
Virginia Water 09/42 [P4] 09/52
Chertsey 09/48 09/56
Addlestone Jn 09/53½ 10/00
Byfleet & New Haw 09/56 [P2] [DS] 10/04
Woking 10.03a ~ 10.05d [P5] [DS] 10.15 ~ 10.21 [P4] [DF]
Woking Jn 10/06½ [DS] 10/22
Brookwood 10/12 [P2] [DS] 10/28
Pirbright Jn 10/14½ [DS] 10/31
Farnborough Main 10/19 [P2] [DS] 10/37
Fleet 10/23 [P2] [DS] 10/42
Basingstoke 10.39a ~ 10.41d [P2] [DS] 10.58 ~ 11.02 [P2] [DF]
Worting Jn 10/45½ 11/07
Andover 11.06 ~ 11.15 [P2] 11/21?
Tunnel Jn 11/33 11/36
Salisbury 11w36a ~ 12w05d [P4] 11.40 ~ 12.05 [P4]
Wilton Jn 12/09 12/11
Wilton 12/14 12/19
Tisbury Loop 12*26 ~ 12*32 12.35 ~ 12.39
Gillingham 12*43 ~ 12*53 [P2] 12/54?
Templecombe 13/05 13/03
Sherborne 13/13 [P2] 13/12 [P2]
Yeovil Junction 13.19a ~ 13.21d [P3] ? ~ ?
Yeovil Pen Mill 13.42a [P1] ~ 14.29d [P3] 13.47 ~ 14.26
Maiden Newton 14t55 ~ 15t00 14.50 ~ 15.00
Dorchester West 15/13 ?
Dorchester Jn 15/15 ?
Weymouth 15.25a [P2] ~ 17.39d [P2] 15.25 ~ 18.27
Dorchester Jn 17/52 18/41
Dorchester South 17/53½ [P1] 18/42
Moreton 18/01 [P1] 18/49
Wool 18/06 [P1] 18/53
Wareham 18/13 [P1] 19/00
Poole 18/23 [P1] 19/12
Branksome 18/30 [P1] 19/18
Bournemouth 18/34 [P2] 19/38
Brockenhurst 18w52 ~ 19w20 [P1] 19.58 ~ 20.17 [P1]
Redbridge 19/34½ [P1] 20/31 [P1]
Southampton Central 19/41 [UF] [P1] 20/38
Northam Jn 19/44 [UF] 20/42
St Denys 19/47 [P1] 20/44
Southampton Airport Parkway 19/50 [P1] [UF] 20/46
Eastleigh 19/54 [P1] 20/48
Shawford 20/06 20/52
Winchester 20/10 [P1] 20/58
Wallers Ash Loop 20*19 ~ 20*41 [UPL] 21/06 [UF]
Worting Jn 20/56 [US] 21/17
Basingstoke 21.01a ~ 21.04d [P4] [US] 21.21 ~ 21.24 [P4]
Fleet 21/16 [P1] [US] 21/36
Farnborough Main 21/20½ [P1] [US] 21/39
Pirbright Jn 21/25½ [US] 21/45
Brookwood 21w29 ~ 21w41 [P1] [US] 21.49 ~ 22.05
Woking Jn 21/46½ [US] 22/10
Woking 21.47a ~ 21.49d [P1] [US] 22.12 ~ 22.14 [P1] [US]
Byfleet & New Haw 21/55 [P1] 22/21
Addlestone Jn 21/57 22/23
Chertsey 22/03 22/27
Virginia Water 22/09 [P3] 22/32
Staines 22/19½ [P1] 22/42
Feltham 22/26½ [P1] 22/48
Feltham Jn 22/28½ 22/51
Twickenham 22/32 [P4] 22/56
Richmond 22/37½ [P2] 23/00
Barnes 22/46½ [P1] [UWS] 23/04
Clapham Junction 22/57 [P3] 23/09
Longhedge Jn 23/01 23/13
Stewarts Lane Jn 23/03 [RVL] 23/16
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 23/06 [UCS] 23/18
London Victoria 23.09a [P2] 23.22


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

5Z92 : (35018 with 47245 on rear) : Southall to Willesden No.7 Jn
5Z92 : (47245 with 35018 on rear) : Willesden No.7 Jn to London Victoria
5Z95 : (47245 with 35018 on rear) : London Victoria to Southall

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Southall Depot 05.36d 00.44a
Southall Yard 05.46 ~ 05.56 00.24 ~ 00.34
Southall East Jn 05/57 00/23
West Ealing 06/00 00/19
Acton West 06/04 00/16
Acton Main Line 06/09 00/13
Acton Wells Jn 06/13 00/10
Acton Canal Wharf 06/15 -
Willesden No.7 Jn 06.21 ~ 06.27 -
Acton Lane Reception Sidings 06*30 ~ 07*20 -
Willesden SW Sidings - 00/03
Willesden West London Jn 07/25 00/01
Mitre Bridge Jn 07/30 23/58
North Pole Jn 07/31 23/57
Kensington Olympia 07/35 23/53
West Brompton 07.38 ~ 07.40 23.50 ~ 23.51
Latchmere Jn 07/46 23/45
Longhedge Jn 07/52 23/39
Stewarts Lane Jn 07/57 23/29
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/11 23/25
London Victoria 08.15a [P2] 23.21d [P2]

0Z95 : (35018) : Yeovil Pen Mill to Yeovil Junction
 (Loco turned at Yeovil Railway Centre)

Location Booked
Yeovil Pen Mill 13.57d [P3]
Yeovil Junction 14.02a

5Z93 : (47245) : Weymouth to Jersey Sidings

Location Booked
Weymouth 15.35d [P2]
Jersey Sidings 15.40a

0Z96 : (35018) : Yeovil Junction to Weymouth Jersey Sidings

Location Booked
Yeovil Junction 15.55d
Yeovil Pen Mill 16.01 ~ 16.03 [P1]
Maiden Newton 16t22 ~ 16t27
Dorchester West 16/41
Dorchester Jn 16/43
Weymouth 16.52 ~ 16.54 [P2]
Jersey Sidings 16.57a

5Z94 : (47245 with 35018 on rear) : Jersey Sidings to Weymouth

Location Booked
Jersey Sidings 17.25d
Weymouth 17.28a [P2]


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