This Steam service is organised by the Railway Touring Company, and should be steam hauled from London Victoria. The service leaves London Victoria station at around 08:45 and travels westwards, crossing the River Thames at Barnes Bridge, through Kew and Feltham.
Further stops at Staines and Woking to pick up further passengers. At Winchfield, a pause for our steam locomotive to take on water before continuing to our final pick up point at Basingstoke. We leave the South Western Main Line at Worting Junction and take the Bournemouth Line, heading south through Winchester and Southampton.
Next stop at Bournemouth to set down those passengers wishing to visit this coastal resort, a spa town famous for its parks and pine trees. After leaving Bournemouth, there are spectacular views of Poole Harbour. We continue to Wareham and Dorchester travelling through classic Dorset countryside and delightful scenery. We arrive at Weymouth around 13:45 and have almost three hours there to discover much of what this seaside town has to offer. The railway station is close to the beach and shops.
We return from Weymouth diesel hauled at around 16:35 with the steam locomotive at the rear of the train. We return through the Dorset countryside to Bournemouth where we stop to collect those passengers who left the train there on the outward journey. We continue to Southampton, where the steam locomotive takes over the hauling of the train again, and then through Andover to Basingstoke, where we stop to set down passengers and for our steam locomotive to take on water. We can expect a fast run along the main line from Basingstoke to Woking, where we stop to set down passengers, and on to our final destination at London Waterloo.
The following steam locomotives will be used on this day trip:
No. 60009 Union of South Africa [Left] an ex LNER A4 class steam locomotive, built in 1937.
These trains provide plenty of opportunity to visit the beautiful Dorset coast and relive the ‘golden age’ of steam. Passengers have the option of spending time at the celebrated seaside resorts of either Bournemouth or Weymouth, where both have fine sandy beaches. Each train will be hauled by a steam locomotive that was built for express passenger train work.
Train Timings;
Station Outward Return
London Victoria 08:43 21:18*
Staines 09:35 -------**
Woking 10:06 20:42
Basingstoke 10:53 19:52
Bournemouth 12:51 17:50
Weymouth 13:45 16:35
Saturday 12th August 2017
ADDRESS;
Oakgrove School, Brickhill Street,
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK10 9JQ
OPENING TIMES: 10.00am-4.00pm
ADMISSION: Adults £6.00 Children £2.00
SilverFoxDCC is a DCC-focused model railway club in Milton Keynes. This will be their 7th Exhibition and it's growing proving that the hobby and skills in modelling are still thriving around the country.
The club was founded in 2010 and is based in Wolverton in North Milton Keynes with a focus on Digital Command Control (DCC) operation of model railways. We currently have a membership of about 30 and growing.
More space at the same venue as last years exhibition, with 19 traders(some new) plus 34 layouts, featuring 48' Warton Road Gauge 3, also outdoor train rides provided by the Milton Keynes Model Engineering Society, 1st Cheddington Scouts Train Simulator and a Classic Car Display, something for all the family.
The following layouts are booked to attend (alphabetical within ascending order of scale):
Z Gauge
(1:220, 1.6mm per foot)
Oberammergau
Sankey Valley
Silbeeke (Left)
N Gauge
(1:160 (US) or 1:148 (UK), 2mm per foot)
Bettws Road
Harpers Ferry
Helston Central
Kilwinnoch (right)
Kirkdale Road
Oakridge Yard
Oberdorf
Rosneath
Wellmich am Rhein
Williams Curve
H0 Gauge
(1:87, 3.5mm per foot)
Dobris
St Marks Yard
Stoney Hill West
009 Gauge
(1:76, Narrow Gauge 4mm per foot on 9mm N gauge track)
Mirkwood
Strathbogle
Timber Valley
00 Gauge
(1:76, 4mm per foot)
Byway MPD
Crocklemouth
Earl's Court Railway (Left)
Fenmoor Shed
Harbourne
Loddonside
NENE Wharf
The Brick
Thomas at Silverfox Island
0-16.5 Gauge
(Narrow Gauge 7mm per foot on 00 gauge track)
Mulldale
0 Gauge
(1:48 - 1:43.5, 7mm - 6.35mm per foot)
Blackshaw Yard
Hobbs Warren
Docklands
OAP Central
Gauge 3
(1:22.6, 64mm (2.5”) gauge)
Warton Road (Below)
Sat 5th August 2017 - Sun 6th August 2017
Tinkers Park
Main Road, Hadlow Down
East Sussex TN22 4HS
OPENING TIMES: SAT and SUN 10am-5pm
ADMISSION: Adults £6.00 Children £2.00
Concessions £6.00
The entrance fee includes rides on steam/diesel hauled passenger trains on Great Bush Narrow Gauge railway; mini passenger carrying railway and traction engine trailer rides.
Harveys beer tent, light refreshments, fairground/dance organ museum. Free bus service both days.
Model Railways plus is now in its ninth year. The layouts will be exhibited in two halls providing over 11,000 square feet of space with easy access. Our aim is to provide a friendly, interesting show for all. In addition to the model railway layouts the show includes a 2' passenger-carrying railway, 7.1/4" gauge miniature railway (both featuring live steam) and full size traction engines. There is also a fair organ museum on site We will operate a vintage bus service connecting to Buxted railway and Uckfield bus stations.
On the Sunday only, we are delighted to welcome our local bus enthusiasts, who will be organising free rides to local town on their classic buses. Light refreshments and real ale will be available. Any profits from the show will go to the Claude Jessett Trust and go towards restoration of the Collection and the Tinkers Park site's facilities..
Tinkers Park is situated on the A272 to the east of Hadlow Down village in East Sussex.
List of Layouts Attending :
Eldon's Sidings
7mm Finescale Layout, Standard Gauge + 3' 9” Gauge, Modelled in the Edwardian Period. Featured in Railway Modeller April 2007
Shillingstone Light Railway
7mm Scale narrow gauge lLayout, modelled in the 1960's period.
Happisburgh Goods
7mm (O Gauge) Finescale, depicting an ex-Great Eastern goods yard in the British Railways era of the 1950's.
Broke Brick Mountain
G Scale. A Mining/logging town in the American Mid-West - Back again by popular demand.
Cuttinglye Wharf
Scale/gauge 0-16.5, Set in the 1930's with all buildings built from scratch.
Southeastern Tar Distillers
Scale/gauge 0-16.5 Narrow Gauge. A small tar distillery served by a 2' 3” Narrow Gauge Railway.
The Glyn Valley Tramway
OO9. (00, 4mm Narrow Gauge) A compressed model of Glynceiriog Station.
Sand Point OO9.
A small narrow gauge terminus somewhere on the south west coast.
Priory Lane 16mm Scale
Featuring live steam along with battery powered diesels.
Spirit of Welshpool OO9 Gauge.
Recreates the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway through the town of Welshpool.
Lakeside.
Depicts a tourist line in Southern California in the late 1950's.
London SW 999 N Gauge.
A typical street set somewhere in South-West London.
Lower Shalford
7mm/ft Standard Gauge. A fictitious Southern Railway terminus in the Guildford, Surrey, Area.
Maxwell N Gauge.
Featuring steam to early diesels during operation, Including specials such as the Royal Train and engineering coaches.
Frimley North
A new layout presented by a Tinkers Park volunteer.
Lookout Mountain N Gauge American.
A fictitious Rail Road set in the coal district of the Appalachian Mountains.
Aldingbourne Central
00 Scale 16.5mm Gauge. Have-A-Go fun for young and old!
Trumpers Halt
Garden Style Railway.
