The Allen Quay Railtour,  Saturday Aug 28th 1993

Organiser: Hertfordshire Rail Tours                                 Headcode: 1Z10

Power: 33116                                                 Load: 4TC sets 410 and 417

Route o/w:  Waterloo – Soton – Fawley – Brockenhurst – Bournemouth West depot – Hamworthy Quay – Weymouth Town

Route r/t: Weymouth Town – Weymouth Quay – Bournemouth – Soton – Waterloo

Destination: Weymouth Quay

Timekeeping: 10 late to 10 early

Ching: Cheap!

Highlights: 1/ Unscheduled run round at Weymouth T gave us the thrash end for 70% of the trip. 2/ Soche, slightly older tour consist. 3/ Welcome hours break in sunny Weymouth 4/Weymouth Quay run 5/ Bincombe bank thrash 6/ Fast return run, 93mph quoted between Basingstoke and Woking.

Farces: None

Rating: 8

Weather: Sunny all day

Photo stops: Waterloo, Weymouth Town, Weymouth Quay, Soton    

33116 looking good at Weymouth Town with the tour

33116 at Weymouth Quay during a chaotic 10 minutes at the Ferry station

Moves and Gen from the day

60006 D Redland – LB

321434}  0631 M.Keynes – Euston                                                                LB-EU

321417}

33116} 0840 Waterloo – Weymouth “Allen Quay” RT                                 WA-WT

417}   (via Soton, Fawley, Bournemouth W depot – Hamworthy Quay},

410}

37421  1630 Weymouth – Bristol

33116} 1605 Weymouth – Waterloo Rtn RT                                                 WT-WA

410}   (via Weymouth Quay)

417}

321432  2054 Euston – Birmingham                                                              EU-LB

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