A tour ticket courtesy of Rob Fraser (above)
and a child one from John Debens (below)
20th April 1955
Ian Allan
(Locospotters
Excursion to Swindon & Eastleigh Locomotive Works)
| Locos Used | 30719 & 76017 |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 30719 | (09.00d) London Victoria - Stewarts Lane - Clapham Junction - Ascot - (via Frimley Curve) - Basingstoke - Eastleigh (1) |
| 76017 + 30719 | Eastleigh - Andover |
| 30719 | Andover - (via M&SWJ Line) - Swindon (1) |
| 30719 | Swindon - Old Oak Common East Jn - Kensington Olympia - London Victoria (between 19.00a & 20.00a) |
Notes :
(1) For works visit.
(2) This trip was fully booked and as a result Ian Allan organised,
for those who booked too late, to travel as a small group by service trains
following a similar route and participate in the works visits at Eastleigh &
Swindon. Travel for this option was as follows;
| Loco | Route |
| Lord Nelson class | London Waterloo - Eastleigh |
| 316xx Mogul | Eastleigh - Reading |
| 70025 | Reading - Swindon |
| 5000 | Swindon - Paddington ('Merchant Venturer' service) |
A tour ticket courtesy of Rob Fraser (above)
and a child one from John Debens (below)
Sources : Rob Fraser, Terry Jackson (on the
service train 'option') & John Debens
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