UKRailtours: Railtours using the LU 4TC - Summer 2019

UKRailtours are using the LU 4TC for a number of railtours over the summer. These include:

Swanage Sunday Special Sundays 28 July, 4, 11 & 18 August.
The train runs from London Waterloo to Swanage, calling at Woking and Basingstoke.
The 4TC is top and tailed by two GBRF class 73 locos.
More info & booking:

• 28 July https://www.ukrailtours.com/product/swanage-sunday-special-number-one/
• 4 August https://www.ukrailtours.com/product/swanage-sunday-special-number-two/
• 11 August https://www.ukrailtours.com/product/swanage-sunday-special-number-three/
• 18 August https://www.ukrailtours.com/product/swanage-sunday-special-number-four/

By Routemaster to the Lost Village of Imber Saturday 17 August.
The train runs from London Waterloo to Warminster, calling at Woking and Basingstoke. Railtour tickets include rover tickets for the Imberbus event.
More info and booking: https://www.ukrailtours.com/product/by-routemaster-to-the-lost-village-of-imber/
More info on Imberbus: https://imberbus.wordpress.com/

The Quainton Half Century Sunday 25 and Bank Holiday 26 August
The following has not been confirmed by UKRailtours.
Info from the Class 20 Locomotive Society Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Class20locosoc/posts/2294750723918735

 

Anyone else able to get on the UK rail tour site

 

Yes. Were/are you having problems with the above links?
All their tours are listed on: https://www.ukrailtours.com/shop/

 

Metroland and Quainton Sunday 25 August and Bank Holiday Monday 26 August 2019.
The train runs London Marylebone via the Metropolitan Line to Quainton Road. Passengers can then either visit the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre's 50th Anniversary Weekend (More info https://bucksrailcentre.org/product.php/44/50th-anniversary-weekend) or stay on the train for a trip to Watford via the Watford North Curve.
The 4TC is top and tailed by 2 class 20 locos and a class 33 loco.
More info & booking:

• 25 August https://www.ukrailtours.com/product/metroland-and-quainton-sunday/
  
• 26 August https://www.ukrailtours.com/product/metroland-and-quainton-bank-holiday-monday/

 

Timings on RTT for the first three trips to Swanage:

28 July
ECS Eastleigh to Waterloo http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55339/2019/07/28/advanced
Waterloo to Swanage http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55337/2019/07/28/advanced
Swanage to Waterloo http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55338/2019/07/28/advanced
ECS Waterloo to Eastleigh http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55340/2019/07/28/advanced

4 August
ECS Eastleigh to Waterloo http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55339/2019/08/04/advanced
Waterloo to Swanage http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55337/2019/08/04/advanced
Swanage to Waterloo http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55338/2019/08/04/advanced
ECS Waterloo to Eastleigh http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55340/2019/08/04/advanced

11 August
ECS Eastleigh to Waterloo http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55339/2019/08/11/advanced
Waterloo to Swanage http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55337/2019/08/11/advanced
Swanage to Waterloo http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55338/2019/08/11/advanced
ECS Waterloo to Eastleigh http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55340/2019/08/11/advanced

 

Swanage 4, 11 & 18 August
Limited tickets left on all dates.

The latest UKRT e-newsletter states that the train on the 18 August is "likely to be Class 33" hauled

Timings for the 18 August train on RTT:
ECS Eastleigh to Waterloo www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55339/2019/08/18/advanced
Waterloo to Swanage http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55337/2019/08/18/advanced
Swanage to Waterloo http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55338/2019/08/18/advanced
ECS Waterloo to Eastleigh http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55340/2019/08/18/advanced

Imberbus 17 August
Sold out. Confirmed timings on the UKRT website:

• London Waterloo: dep. 0902 arr. 2013
  
• Woking: dep. 0937 arr. 1931
  
• Basingstoke: dep. 10.06 arr. 1858

Quainton Road 25 & 26 August
Sunday sold out. BH Monday only the last first class tickets remaining.

 

Must admit I don't usually go deliberately after non-steam haulage, however I got back to Farnborough just in time (from capturing the 8F at Henley) to see this one, on 28th July 2019. Kind of interesting as 73201 "Broadlands" (as 73142) hauled Prince Charles and Lady Diana out of London (through Farnborough) after their wedding on 29th July 1981.

 

Imberbus 17 August
Timings are now on RTT:

ECS Eastleigh to Waterloo http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U68428/2019/08/17/advanced
Waterloo to Warminster www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U68429/2019/08/17/advanced
ECS Warminster to Westbury http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U68430/2019/08/17/advanced
ECS Westbury to Warminster www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U68431/2019/08/17/advanced
Warminster to Waterloo http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U68432/2019/08/17/advanced
ECS Waterloo to Eastleigh http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U68433/2019/08/17/advanced​

 

I tried to catch the morning ECS, however I didn't plan for them setting off early - oh well, some shots from the actual railtour will have to do instead (Farnborough & Potbridge)

 

Is this movement from Swanage to Eastleigh on 16 August the class 33?
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U68427/2019/08/16/advanced

 

What’s on this please?

 

33012 will be leading, Waterloo - Warminster and Warminster-Waterloo.

 

I'm guessing that this will be the 33 and 4TC going from Eastleigh to West Ruislip on Monday
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K02539/2019/08/19/advanced

 

Is there now a ban on the 4TC being propelled, owing to crash-worthiness issues perhaps? I'm wondering if there is a chance of seeing a main line working with it leading.

 

Yes, and it's gone from 140 to 600 tonnes (I know RTT doesn't provide accurate weights for every train)!

 

It's a lack of modern signalling equipment in the cabs that prevents the 4TC being propelled on the main line.

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Many thanks - I hadn't thought of that!

 

A lovely day for the seaside today! At Hersham in torrential rain.

 

Curiously, it is a lovely day at Swanage today - pure sunshine since the train arrived but somewhat windy.

 

But between 0800 and 0900 looked just like it did in that shot at Hersham.