27th June 1998

Worksop Open Day Committee
The Worksop Wessex Wanderer

Locos Used 58039 & 58047
Stock Used 99000+99001+99002+1813+99356+3110+3100+3144+3131+3133+3132

Route :
1Z58 : Worksop to Weymouth
1Z59 : Weymouth to Worksop

Loco(s) Route
58047 + 58039 Worksop - Kiveton Park - Woodburn Jn - Sheffield - Derby - Water Orton - Dorridge - (via Didcot avoiding line) - Reading West Jn - Southcote Jn - Basingstoke - Winchester - Eastleigh - Southampton - Bournemouth - Poole - Dorchester South (1)
58039 Dorchester South - Weymouth
58047 16.13d Weymouth - Dorchester South
58039 + 58047 Dorchester South - (reverse of outward route) - Dorridge - (?reverse of outward route?) - Derby (?reverse of outward route?) - Worksop

Notes :
(1) 58047 was removed at Dorchester South due to a weak bridge between there and Weymouth.

Sources : Andrew Wilson (Joined train at Poole on the way back, left at Bournemouth)
Steve Marshall (Globe Videos), Richard Rooker, Gordon Lacy (on Worksop to Sheffield only)
& Stephen Marks (joined/left the train at Derby)

Photo Review


58047 waits to leave Weymouth with the return leg (photo: Mark Jamieson)


58039+58047 at Bournemouth with the return leg (photo: Mark Jamieson)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Gordon Lacy)

Location Booked Actual
Worksop 06.05d 06.05½
Shireoaks East Jn 06/07 06/07
Shireoaks 06/09 06/08
Brancliffe Jn 06/12 06/09
Kiveton Park 06/14 06/11½
Kiveton Bridge 06/16 06/13
Woodhouse Jn 06/20 06/17
Woodburn Jn 06/25 06/22
Nunnery Main Line Jn 06/27 06/24
Sheffield 06.29a ~ ??.??d 06.27 ~ ??.??


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