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Locomotive Performance |
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Southern Railtours in the 1960's |
Here you will find details of Southern Railtours that I travelled on during the 1960's. Either on the Southern Region, or elsewhere where the motive power included Southern locos. The performance of the locomotives varied from superb to dreadful. In the former category, I would commend 30861 from Exeter to Salisbury on 2/9/1962, 34050 from Paddington to Weymouth on 22/9/1962, 73022 on the Southern Wanderer of 28/3/1965, 44777 from Birmingham to Bath Green Park on 12/6/1965, and 35022 from Waterloo to Exeter, and return, on the 3/10/1965 Exeter Flyer. |
But on this page you will also find Southern M7 0-4-4T's, a 700 class 0-6-0, Isle of Wight O2 0-4-4T's, a Q1 0-6-0, an S15 4-6-0, a U1 2-6-0, a Midland 4F 0-6-0, a S & D 7F 2-8-0, a Stanier 2-8-0, and a Black 5, an ex GW 0-6-0 panniers tank, BR Standards of the Britannia 4-6-2, 9F 2-10-0, Class 4 2-6-4T's, and a class 2MT 2-6-0. And of course the more traditional Southern motive power in the form of Bulleid Pacifics, both original and rebuilt, a Lord Nelsons, and a King Arthur. And a Castle, a couple of Halls, and a 2-6-0 from the Western Region. |
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principal Railtour Operator on the Southern routes in the 1960's was
L.C.G.B (The Locomotive Club of Great Britain), followed by S.C.T.S
(Southern Counties Touring Society) Ian Allan Railtours, and from the
Midlands the Warwickshire Railway Society, and the S.L.S (Stephenson
Railway Society).
The picture to the left shows "Standard 5" no 73022 during a photo stop at Horsham on the S.C.T.S Southern Wanderer tour of 28th March 1965. |
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