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Whitsun at Eastleigh..1960 (2)
 
    DAY 2: SUNDAY 5TH JUNE 1960:  Our day started with a visit to Eastleigh shed, and included a short footplate ride on 30782 Sir Brian. Then a brief lunchtime spell linesiding at Otterbourne, followed by further Bullied pacific journeys from Winchester to Bournemouth and back. And in the late evening another spell at Otterbourne. 
 
    EASTLEIGH SHED (71A):  
   
34040 Crewkerne 30764 Sir Gawain
34064 Fighter Command 30768 Sir Balin
34071 601 Squadron 30771 Sir Sagramore
34093 Saunton 30772 Sir Percivale
34094 Mortehoe 30773 Sir Lavaine
30781 Sir Aglovale
30851 Sir Frances Drake 30782 Sir Brian
30852 Sir Walter Raleigh 30783 Sir Gillemere
30860 Lord Hawke 30788 Sir Urre of the Mount
30862 Lord Collingwood 30790 Sir Villiars
30863 Lord Rodney 30800 Sir Meleaus de Lile
30865 Sir John Hawkins 30802 Sir Durnore
30803 Sir Harry le Fise Lake
73086 The Green Knight
 
75066   Std 31618   U 76016   Std 30117   T9 30028   M7 41293   4MT
75068 31619 76019 30120 30029 41295
75076 31791 76026 30287 30251 41297
75079 31794 76027 30288 30357 41305
31801 76028 30300 30375 41319
30475    H15 31804 76059 30479
30476 31808 76065 30306   700 2200   Collett
30521 31809 30316 30096   B4
30530   Q 30350 15231 Shunters
30496    S15 31813   N 30531 80012   Std 15235
30501 30536 30517   H1 80038 15236
30507 76006   Std 30539 80041 11222
30508 76009 30542 32510   E4 D2289
30830 76011 30543 32559 82012   Std D2291
30833 76012 30546 82014 D3012
76013 30223   O2 82015 D3013
76014 33023   Q1 82016 DS681   Deptl
DS35
Total 110
 
  SHAWFORD (OTTERBOURNE): 12.45pm to 1.45pm:  
 
UP TRAINS (EASTBOUND):

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12.46: 75079 passed on the 12.42pm Eastleigh-Waterloo (v+6)
 
DOWN TRAINS (WESTBOUND):
1.01: 30856 Lord St Vincent passed on the 11.30am Waterloo-Weymouth (9) 
1.10: 30904 Lancing passed on the 10.54am Waterloo-Bournemouth West (5+2v)
1.42: 35020 Bibby Line passed on the 12.30pm Bournemouth Belle (12P)
 
Next, up the road to Winchester, park the car at the station, and off to Bournemouth on Rebuilt West Country no 34010 Sidmouth. At Bournemouth Central, 34007 Wadebridge took over for the short run round to Bournemouth West. The same loco took us back to Central a couple of hours, and a meal, later. We returned to Winchester on the 6.57pm service, which was a through train from Weymouth. The loco was 35014 Nederland Line.
 
  WINCHESTER-BOURNEMOUTH-WINCHESTER: 2.50pm to 8.05pm:  
 
Eastleigh Yards, 3.00pm: 73110, 73115, 31803. Bournemouth:  35005 Canadian Pacific, 35008 Orient Line, 35023 Holland-Afrika Line, 35024 East Asiatic Company, 34007 Wadebridge. 34046 Braunton, 34055 Fighter Pilot, 34105 Swanage, 73019, 73050, 73087 Linette, 73113 Lyonesse, 75067,30690 (700 class 0-6-0), 30058, 30060, 30108, 30125, 30127 (All M7 class 0-4-4T), D2275, and 6915 Mursley Hall. 35029 Ellerman Lines worked the 4.00pm Bournemouth West-Waterloo, and 35014 worked the 5.50pm Weymouth to Waterloo (Bournemouth Central 6.57pm)
 
  SHAWFORD (OTTERBOURNE): 8.35pm to 9.15pm:  

 
UP TRAINS (EASTBOUND):
 
8.37: 34007 Wadebridge passed on a Bournemouth-Waterloo return excursion (8)
8.49: 73112 Morgan le Fay passed on a Bournemouth-Waterloo return excursion (10)
8.55: 73119 Ellaine passed on a Bournemouth-Waterloo return excursion (12)
9.14: 34046 Braunton passed on a Bournemouth-Waterloo return excursion (8)
 
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8.44: 73118 King Leodegrance passed on a down Mail train (17v)
8.50: 30864 Sir Martin Frobisher passed on the 7.30pm Waterloo-Bournemouth West (11)
 
And at 9.15pm, at Otterbourne, our second day came to an end.
 
 
DAY 3: MONDAY 6TH JUNE 1960: Father had to return home (back to work on Tuesday). But my brother and myself decided to stay another day and return home by rail on Tuesday. So father dropped us off at Basingstoke in the morning. Lots of spotting was the agenda, and our only train travel was down to Southampton on 35021 New Zealand Line, in order to catch the 4.09pm Southampton to Waterloo, a dated service booked for a King Arthur. So we came back to Basingstoke on 30788 Sir Urre of the Mount. Then back to Eastleigh on a "Schools", 30905 Tonbridge. 
 
  BASINGSTOKE: 10.20am to 2.30pm:   
 
  UP TRAINS (EASTBOUND): 
 
10.20: 35009 Shaw Savill passed on the 7.30am Exeter Central-Waterloo (12)
10.53/10.56: 34007 Wadebridge called on the 8.35am Bournemouth W-Waterloo (v+6)
10.57: 35005 Canadian Pacific passed on the 9.22am Bournemouth W-Waterloo (10)
11.13/11.20: 34062 17 Squadron called on the 9.03am Templecombe-Waterloo (6+v)
11.15/11.21: 7919 Runter Hall called on the 10.13am Southampton Terminus-Reading (3)
11.32/11.38: 34043 Combe Martin called on the 9.30am Bournemouth W-Birkenhead (12)
11.54: 35008 Orient Line passed on the 9.17am Weymouth-Waterloo (13)
12.11: 34009 Lyme Regis left on the 12.12pm Basingstoke-Waterloo (?)
12.24: 30476 (H15 4-6-0) passed on Up Bananas to Reading line (33+b)
1.07/1.12: 34010 Sidmouth passed on the 11.00am Bournemouth W-Waterloo (v+10)
1.20: 35010 Blue Star passed on the 10.30am Exeter/West of England-Waterloo (13)
1.20/1.24: 34102 Lapford called on the 11.16am Bournemouth W-York (8+v)
1.32: 75077 departed on the 1.33pm Basingstoke-Waterloo (2v+5)
1.34/1.43: 31625 (U 2-6-0) called on the 12.31pm Southampton Term-Reading (3+v)
1.48/1.54: 30830 (S15 4-6-0) passed on Up Bananas to Reading line (26+b)
1.53: 35023 Holland-Afrika Line passed on the 11.30am Weymouth-Waterloo (10)
2.09/2.15: 30796 Sir Dodinas le Savage called on the 12.54pm Salisbury-Waterloo (6+v)
 
DOWN TRAINS (WESTBOUND):

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10.20: 73110 The Red Knight passed on down Empty stock (9)
10.34/10.37: 73114 Etarre called on the 9.30am Waterloo-Bournemouth W (12)
10.44: 31628 (U 2-6-0) departed on the 10.45am Basingstoke-Salisbury (8)
11.12/11.37: 73112 Morgan le Fay called on the 9.54am Waterloo-Southampton Term (9)
11.15: 35029 Ellerman Lines passed on the 10.30am Waterloo-Weymouth (12) (note)
11.24: 4958 Priory Hall passed on X22 Birmingham-Portsmouth Excursion (11)
11.42/11.57: 6934 Beachamwell Hall called on X21 Wolverh'ton-Portsmouth Excursion (11)
11.52/11.54: 35018 British India Line called on the down Atlantic Coast Express (13) (note)
12.13: 34013 Okehampton passed on a Waterloo-Bournemouth relief (10)
12.16/12.19: 30852 Sir Walter Raleigh called on the 10.54am Waterloo-Salisbury (6)
12.25/12.29: 30861 Lord Anson called on the 11.30am Waterloo-Bournemouth W (11+2v) 
12.25/12.34: 30802 Sir Durnor called on a Reading-Portsmouth service (3+v)
1.00: 33008 (Q1 0-6-0) passed down Light engine
1.11/1.16: 34051 Winston Churchill called on the 11.54am Waterloo-Salisbury (5+2v)
1.20: 35016 Elders Fyffes passed on the 12.30pm Bournemouth Belle (12P)
1.53: 35006 Peninsular & Oriental passed on the 1.00pm Waterloo-Exeter/West (12)
1.55: 30476 (H15 4-6-0) passed Light engine from Reading line (see 12.24 up Bananas)
2.12: 30911 Dover arrived on the 12.54pm Waterloo-Basingstoke (6)
2.17: 30765 Sir Gareth called on the 1.48pm Reading-Portsmouth (3)
2.26/2.29: 35021 called on the 1.30pm Waterloo-Bournemouth W (10)
 
Notes re above:
35029 was through Basingstoke in 45 minutes from Waterloo, load 12. Some going!
35012 on the down "Atlantic Coast Express", non stop from Waterloo to Salisbury, pulled up in Basingstoke station at 11.52am. The fireman rushed over to Basingstoke shed and returned with a shovel. His original shovel had gone into the firebox.
 
We travelled down to Southampton on 35021 New Zealand Line on the 1.30pm Waterloo to Bournemouth, had a snack on Southampton station, and returned to Basingstoke on 4.09pm Southampton to Waterloo, a 10 coach load hauled by 30788 Sir Urre of the Mount.
 
  BASINGSTOKE: 5.05pm to 5.45pm:  

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UP TRAINS (EASTBOUND): 
 
5.02/5.10: 30788 Sir Urre of the Mount called on the 4.09pm Southampton-Waterloo (10)
5.17/5.24: 73114 Etarre called on the 3.05pm Bournemouth W-Waterloo (v+11)
5.20/5.38: 30852 Sir Walter Raleigh called on the 4.05pm Salisbury-Waterloo (5+3v)
5.38: 35004 Cunard White Star passed on the 2.30pm Exeter Central/West-Waterloo (13)
 
DOWN TRAINS (WESTBOUND):
 
5.11: 73116 Iseult arrived on the 3.54pm Waterloo-Basingstoke (5+3v) 
5.19/5.29: 34062 17 Squadron called on the Clapham-Exeter Milk empties (8m+v)
5.24: 35008 Orient Line passed on the 4.35pm down Royal Wessex (13)
5.42/5.45: 30905 Tonbridge called on the 5.10pm Reading-Southampton Term (5)
 
Then it was back to Eastleigh on Schools class 4-4-0 no 30905 Tonbrige, then the whole evening on Eastleigh station watching the procession of reliefs from the Bournemouth line returning to Waterloo at the conclusion of the Bank Holiday.
 
    EASTLEIGH STATION: 6.25pm to 10.05pm: 
 
UP TRAINS (EASTBOUND):
 
6.24/6.26: 34028 Eddystone called on the 5.09pm Bournemouth Cent-Waterloo (12)
6.32/6.34: 35027 Port Line called on the 3.50pm Weymouth-Waterloo (v+11)
6.56: 30856 Lord St Vincent passed on a Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (10)
7.03: 30858 Lord Duncan passed on a Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (10)
7.12/7.14: 34024 Tamar Valley called on a Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (10)
7.15: 34045 Ottery St Mary passed on a Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (10)
7.21: 30861 Lord Anson passed on a Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (10)
7.30: 34039 Boscastle passed on a Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (10)
7.42: 35029 Ellerman Lines passed on the 5.35pm Weymouth-Waterloo (12)
7.51: 30833 (S15 4-6-0) passed on Up Newspapers (from down yard) (10v)
8.12/8.14: 34071 601 Squadron called on Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (10)
8.27/8.31: 30768 Sir Balin called on Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (8)
8.29: 30765 Sir Gareth arrived on Up Empty Stock (5)
8.30: 30863 Lord Rodney passed on Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (12)
8.47: 30781 Lord Aglovale passed on Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (10)
8.53/8.55: 34053 Sir Keith Park called on Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (11)
8.58/9.00: 30905 Tonbridge called on Up Empty Cunader Stock (2P+2v)
9.14/9.17: 34006 called on the 6.30pm Weymouth-Waterloo (9+2v)
9.19: 34013 Okehampton passed on Relief Bournemouth-Waterloo (10)
9.22: 6934 Beachamwell Hall passed on X21 Portsmouth-Wolverh'n return excursion (10)
9.31: 4958 Priory Hall passed on X22 Portsmouth-Birmingham return excursion (11)
  
DOWN TRAINS (WESTBOUND):

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6.21/6.26: 30905 Tonbridge called on the 5.10pm Reading-Southampton (5)
7.08/7.10: 34009 Lyme Regis called on the 5.30pm Waterloo-Bournemouth W (10)
7.21: 76058 departed on the 7.19pm Eastleigh-Southampton Term (6)
7.43: 30777 Sir Lamiel arrived on the 7.00pm Basingstoke-Eastleigh (5+3v)
7.49: 35023 Holland-Afrikae passed on the 6.30pm Waterloo-Weymouth (13)
8.00: 73115 King Pellinore passed on a Relief Waterloo-Bournemouth W (10)
8.04: 41293 arrived on the 7.35pm Romsey-Eastleigh (3)
8.14: 30850 Lord Nelson passed on Ocean Liner empty stock (12+v)
8.21/8.24: 30770 Sir Prianius called on the 7.00pm Reading-Southampton Term (6)
8.51: 34095 Brentnor passed on a Relief Waterloo-Bournemouth (10)
9.16/9.18: 35002 Union Castle called on the 7.30pm Waterloo-Bournemouth W (10)
 
 
 DAY 4: TUESDAY 5TH JUNE 1960:  Going home day. But as long as we were home by early evening, the rest of the day was ours. So, we went down from Winchester to Bournemouth, the intention being to catch a "2 hour train" from Bournemouth back up to Waterloo. Then, over to Paddington, an hour or so of spotting, and back to Birmingham Snow Hill on either the 4.10pm Paddington-Birkenhead, or the 5.10pm Paddington -Wolverhampton.
But first, a few trains seen at EASTLEIGH: 34013 Okehampton passed at 9.37am on the 8.20am Waterloo to Bournemouth West (11): 75067 arrived on a local service from the Bournemouth line at 9.13, 34024 Tamar Valley passed at 9.20am on a Southampton Docks to Waterloo Boat train (9+3v), and 35005 Canadian Pacific passed at 9.27am on the 7.34am Weymouth to Waterloo, the Royal Wessex (13)
 
At WINCHESTER, we saw 34010 Sidmouth on the Waterloo to Weymouth Quay Boat train, which passed at 9.53am, a Waterloo to Southampton Docks Boat train at 10.03am, with 30856 Lord St Vincent (8+4P+v). 
 
We then caught the 8.30am Waterloo-Bournemouth West as far as Bournemouth Central. 34006 Bude with load 10+v, and shortly afterwards joined the 11.30am Weymouth to Waterloo, 35011 General Steam Navigation, with a heavy load of V+12, 490 tons full. We had a decent run up to London, caught the tube over to Paddington, arriving at 3.40pm, decided to have an extra hour or so spotting, so chose the 5.10pm to travel home (on 6005).
 
And so ended a splendid weekend. Must do it again!. But we never did, though we did do a 10 hour stint at Battledown in 1961, and another in 1965, and yet again in 1966, when steam was very nearly at an end.

  

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