Thanks to Jim Burton for his interesting logs
Among the first things to strike me about my jaunts to the Southern Region over the years was the realistic nature of its schedules. Whilst not expecting mass heroics, they were well within the capacity of a loco in reasonable condition always given good operating practice!!. This resulted in most services being within the railway definition of “right time” (even if I happened to disagree with the official definition!!). Despite the incidence of suburban traffic, it always seemed easier to have an unchecked run into Waterloo from Clapham Junction than was the case from Finsbury Park into King’s Cross!!
To star the ball rolling, we have details of a 73 electro–diesel on the morning Weymouth Quay departure from Waterloo……..
DATE :- Thursday August 05, 1982
TRAIN :- 1W15 0954 Waterloo-Weymouth Quay
LOCOMOTIVE :- 73112 (SL)
LOAD :- 7 vehicles, 234 tons tare
TIMING LOAD :- ED 350
DEPT WATERLOO :- TIME
ARR BASINGSTOKE :- 2.5 minutes early
0.00. Waterloo 0 0. 00 –
1.30 Vauxhall 2. 59 18.5/40
3.89. Clapham Junction 7 6. 01 46/64/61.5/*38
5.51 Earlsfield 8. 06 43/55/62
7.19 Wimbledon 9 48 61/5/60
8.59. Raynes Park 11. 15 55.5
9.73. New Malden 12. 16 66/69
SIGNALS
10.90 Berrylands 13. 18 66/859
11.99. Surbiton 14. 26 62.5
13.28. Hampton Court 18 15. 34 69/73.5
Junction
14.31. Esher 16. 26 75
15.85. Hersham 17. 38 78/78
17.03. Walton-0n-Thames 18. 29 78/78
19 09. Weybridge 20. 02 78/78
20.36 Byfleet and New Haw 20. 59 86/84
21.59. West Byfleet 21. 51 86
24.27. Woking 24. 04 83.5/78.5/66/67.5
24.67 Woking Junction 27.5 24. 26 70/5/70/5
27.95. Brookwood 27. 02. 70.5/74.5 75/75
30.94. Milepost 31 29 26 76.5/76.5/76.5
33.16. Farnborough 31. 05. 77/78/81.5/82
36.41. Fleet 33. 26 84/85/85/87.5
39.75 Winchfield 35. 44 86/87.5/88.5
42.13. Hook 37. 28 83.5/67.5
SIGNALS *60/62
SIGNAL STOP
46.78. Barton Mill 42. 04) 66/72 66/43
43. 07) *0
47.69. Basingstoke. 48 45. 23 32/37.5/-
Now, whilst we are on non-stops Waterloo-Basingstoke……..
DATE :- Thursday July 30,1981
TRAIN :-1L89 1638 Waterloo-Salisbury
LOCOMOTIVE : 33009 (EH)
LOAD :- 8 vehicles, 274 tons tare
TIMING LOAD :- D315
DEPT WATERLOO :- 0.75 minutes late
ARR BASINGSTOKE :- TIME
0.00. Waterloo 0 0. 00 –
1.30 Vauxhall 2. 28. 33/40
3.89. Clapham Junction 6.5 6. 13. 43/50/*38
5.51 Earlswood 8. 22. 43/50/57.5
7.19. Wimbledon 10. 00. 61/63.5
8.59. Raynes Park 11. 18 67.5
9.73. New Malden 12. 15 69/73.5
10.90. Berrylands 13. 11 72/73.5
11.99. Surbiton 14. 05 72
13 23. Hampton Court 16.5 15. 07 76.5
Junction
15.85. Hersham 17. 07 76.5/78/78
17.03 Walton-on-Thames 17. 59 78
19.09. Weybridge 19. 35 75/75/75
21.59. West Byfleet 21. 54 80/78/78/78
24.27. Woking 23. 39 76.5/75/75/72
24.67. Woking Junction 26 5 24. 01. 72
27.93. Brookwood 26. 41 72/70/5/70.5
30.94. Milepost 31 29. 18. 70.5/69/69/69
33.16. Farnborough 31. 07 69/70.5/74.5/74.5
PWS *50
36.41. Fleet 33. 51 75/76.5/72/*60
39.75. Winchfield 36. 51 62/64/67.5/67.5
42.13. Hook 38. 54 66/69/69/70.5
47.69. Basingstoke 45 43. 53 66/51.5/-
I don’t suppose that any study of SR loco performance would be complete without a 50 run…..so……
DATE :- Wednesday, April 15, 1981
TRAIN :- 1V13 1310 Waterloo-Exeter St David’s
LOCOMOTIVE :- 50044 EXETER (LA)
LOAD :- 9 vehicles, 293.5 tons tare
DEPART WATERLOO;- 1 minute late
ARRIVE WOKING :- 1 minute late
DEPART WOKING :- 2.5 minutes late
ARRIVE BASINSTOKE :- 1.25 minutes late
DEPART BASINGSTOKE :- 2 minutes late
ARRIVE ANDOVER JUNCTION :- 0.25 minutes late
0.00. Waterloo 0 0. 00 –
1.30 Vauxhall 2. 46 26/40/41.5
3.89. Clapham Junction 6.5 6. 57 44/51.5/58/W*20
TO DOWN SLOW
5.51. Earlsfield 9. 47. 34.5/52.5/61
7.19. Wimbledon 11. 40 59/W*22
TO DOWN FAST
8.59. Raynes Park 13. 21 51.5/63.5
10.90. Berrylands 15. 17 69/72.5/77
11.99. Surbiton 16. 06. 83.5
13.28 Hampton Court 16 17. 03 86
Junction
15.85. Hersham 18. 45 88/86/90/92.5
17.03. Walton-0n-Thames 19. 29 91
19.09. Weybridge 20. 49 90/92.5
21.59. West Byfleet 22. 26 92.5/95/95/95
90/85/74.5
24.27. Woking 25 25. 04 54.5/33/-
0.00. 0 0. 00
35.5/46/54
3.66. Brookwood 4. 59. 59/67.5/64.5/69
6.67. Milepost 31 7. 29. 70/72/73.5/75/75
8.89. Farnborough 9. 04 81/85/85
12.14. Fleet 11. 18 90/86/88/91/87.5
15.48. Winchfield 13. 39 85/82/82/84/83.5
17.86. Hook 15. 18 89/86/86/88
23.42. Basingstoke 21 19. 39. 90.5/86 80/44/-
0.00. 0 0. 00. –
2.53. Worting Junction 4 3. 36 36/48.5/54.5/58
4.60. Oakley 5. 28 62.5/69/75
7.75. Overton 7. 52 73.5/78/78/82
11.36. Whitechurch 10. 15 87.5/88/91/92.5
13.20 Hurstbourne 11. 45 90/90/90
88/92.5 91/79
18.49. Andover Junction 17.5 15. 49 69/57.5/36/-
For the last of Volume 1…….one of my problems, having recently achieved my 80th. birthday and having logged my first train on 1960 is that many of my memorable runs were with steam power. Over the years since I have been contributing to the Lsts, I feel I have detected a slight anti-steam bias!!! Now this is quite understandable, given the amount of twaddle spoken, and written, about steam by enthusiasts, who were not even born in 1968 and whose only contact with steam has been with the pampered beasts which have survived into preservation. It was not like that prior to 1968, I assure you!!! However, there were good runs made with steam, and I feel that this is one of the many
DATE :- Saturday, 28 September 1965
TRAIN :- 1535 SO Waterloo-Bournemouth West
LOCOMOTIVE ;- 73088 JOYOUS GARD (70A)
CLASS :- Standard 5 4-6-0
LOAD :- 12 vehicles, 402 tons tare,(approx)
DEPART WATERLOO :- TIME
ARRIVE WOKING ;- 0.5 minutes early
0.00 Waterloo. 0. 0. 00. –
1.30 Vauxhall 3. 43. 40
3.89. Clapham Junction. 7 7. 03 46
5.51. Earlsfield 9. 33 45
7.19 Wimbledon 11. 34 51/57
8.59. Raynes Park 13. 05 55
10.90. Berrylands 15. 28 55/59
11.99. Surbiton 16. 32 60/59
13.28. Hampton Court 18 17. 45 60/64
Junction
15.85. Hersham 20. 05. 68
17.03. Walton-on-Thames 21 05 66/63
19.09. Weybridge 22. 56 63
21.59. West Byfleet 25. 11 65
24.27. Woking 28. 29 –
And finally one from my own logs, 33102 going nicely in Jan 92
33102 1213 Salisbury – Waterloo 8ab 130192
| Station/Milepost | Sched arr/dep | Actual dep/arr | Passing time | variance | Av speed |
| Basingstoke | 1300 | 1303.45 dep | +4 | 29.99 | |
| 47 | 1305.15 | 55.55 | |||
| 45.75 | 1306.36 | 65.85 | |||
| 45 | 1307.17 | 70.58 | |||
| 44 | 1308.08 | 73.46 | |||
| 43 | 1308.57 | 74.99 | |||
| 42 – Hook | 1309.45 | 75.26 | |||
| 41 | 1310.31 | 79.99 | |||
| 40 | 1311.16 | 81.81 | |||
| 39 | 1312.00 | 83.72 | |||
| 38 | 1312.43 | 85.71 | |||
| 37 | 1313.25 | 83.72 | |||
| 36 | 1314.08 | 85.71 | |||
| 35 | 1314.50 | 83.72 | |||
| 34 – Farnborough | 1315.33 | 83.72 | |||
| 32 | 1316.59 | 83.72 | |||
| 31 | 1317.42 | 83.72 | |||
| 30 | 1318.25 | 85.71 | |||
| 29 | 1319.07 | 87.8 | |||
| 28 | 1319.48 | 87.8 | |||
| 27 | 1320.29 | 66.66 | |||
| 26 | 1321.10 | 50.26 | |||
| 25 | 1322.04 | 49.88 | |||
| Woking | 1323 arr | 1322.57 arr | 1322.57 | 0 | —- |
More to follow, thanks again to Jim Burton for his logs
