11th November 1962

Home Counties Railway Club
Eastleigh Special

Locos Used 120, 30062, 30072, 30926 'Repton' & 76011

Route :

Loco(s) Route
120 + 30926 London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Surbiton - Weybridge - Woking - Farnborough - Basingstoke - Winchester City - Eastleigh
76011 Eastleigh - Eastleigh Works
76011 Eastleigh Works - Eastleigh
30062 + 30072 Eastleigh - Southampton Central - Milbrook Dock Entrance - Southampton Old Docks - Southampton Ocean Terminal
30062 + 30072 Southampton Ocean Terminal - Southampton Old Docks - Southampton Dock Gates - Eastleigh
120 + 30926 Eastleigh - Fareham - Cosham - Havant - Petersfield - Haslemere - Guildford - Woking - (reverse of outward route) - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) For Eastleigh Works & Shed tour, plus Southampton Docks & Ocean Terminal. Quoting from the tour itinerary; the HCRC '...committee agreed on 'County of Middlesex' to haul this Special but this type of engine was found to be out of the loading gauge so another class had to be chosen, this turned out to be a 'King Arthur' and 30770 was to be kept from scrap for this train but early this month this engine failed and it was taken out of service', hence the Schools and the T9. Bill Armstrong adds 'I find it somewhat strange that the Club asked for a County having regard to the non-appearance on the Southern of the King and Modified Hall in the 1948 exchanges'.
(2) Subsequent HCRC tour itineraries gave the running date for this tour as 4th November but this has been confirmed by Ron Walker and Bill Armstrong as being in error.
(3) Formed in 1955 and originally known as the 'Middlesex Loco Spotters Club', their name was changed in the late 1950's to the 'Home Counties Railway Club' then in January 1963 it changed again, to the 'Home Counties Railway Society'.

Sources : John Clifford, Ron Walker & John Debens

Photo Review


30072+30062 at Eastleigh (photo: The Chris Heaven collection)

From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
 


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from various including Ron Walker)

Miles Location Booked Actual
0 Waterloo 09.15d 09.17
4 Clapham Junction 09/22 09/23
12 Surbiton 09/30 09/33
14½ Esher 09/35 ?
19¼ Weybridge 09/39 09/41½
24½ Woking 09/44 09/46
33¼ Farnborough 10/00 09/55
10 Winchfield 10/06 10/03
48 Basingstoke 10/14 10/14
66½ Winchester City 10/34 10/32
73½ Eastleigh 10L43 ~ 10L50 10.46 ~ ??.??
74 Eastleigh Works 10.55a ~ 12.50d ?
73½ Eastleigh 12.55 ~ 13.10 ?
79¼ Southampton 13/24 ?
80¼ Milbrook Dock Entrance 13/25 ?
? Southampton Old Docks 13/50 ?
?
0.00
Ocean Terminal 13.55a ~ 15.50d ?
? Southampton Old Docks 15/55 ?
? Southampton Dock Gates 16/00 ?
5¾
0
Eastleigh 16L12 ~ 16L20 ?
9½ Fareham 16/40 ?
14 Cosham 16/48 ?
24 Havant 16c55 ~ 16c57 ?
35½ Petersfield 17/20 ?
40 Liss 17/25 ?
48½ Haslemere 17/35 ?
61 Guildford 17w54 ~ 17w58 ?
66 Woking 18/08 ?
78.15 Hampton Court Jn 18/19 ?
87½ Clapham Junction 18/30 ?
91½ Waterloo 18.37a 19.03


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