Fleet Steam

Main Line 2004

87kb	28 February 2004 BR 73096 storms through Fleet in typical fashion heading a Cathedrals Express tour from London Victoria to Weymouth.
115kb	28 April 2004 The 'Standard 5' hauling a Cathedrals Express tour from Waterloo to Salisbury and Yeovil Junction shortly after passing Winchfield Station at 12.27pm.
81kb	27 May 2004 73096 pauses briefly at Winchfield Station in the late evening on its way to Clapham Junction.  The '5' was returning from Weymouth hauling a Sunny South Special for 'Steam dreams'.
111kb	14 July 2004 The '5' seen here in the evening at speed through Farnborough is returning from Bristol with a Cathedrals Express tour at about 7.40pm.
65kb	26 August 2004 BR Class 5MT no 73096 races through Winchfield at dusk returning to Victoria with a Cathedrals Express tour from London Victoria to Bristol.
75kb	14 September 2004 No 73096 stops to take on water at Winchfield just after 9.00pm with a Cathedrals Express tour from Cranmore to London Victoria.
153kb	09 October 2004 Making one of its final ever runs on the mainline before withdrawal, 73096, running tender first at this point on the journey, waits at Aldershot just before sunrise with a Cathedrals Express tour to Gloucester and Newport.

84kb 84kb 75kb	17 April 2004 A sunny day at last and this sequence of pictures shows Tangmere passing through Wokingham fronting a VSOE tour to Worcester at around 10.15am.
206kb	12 June 2004 34067 heads this VSOE tour through Ascot running from London Victoria to Worcester and return.
195kb	05 August 2004 On a warm and humid summer evening and in fading light Tangmere makes good progress through Fleet with a Cathedrals Express tour.  34067 was heading for London Victoria following a trip to Yeovil.

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10 January 2004 No 4472 Flying Scotsman arrives at Fleet for a water stop at 12.26pm with a VSOE Excursion to Southampton E Docks in the first picture in this sequrence.  The other three views show 'Scotsman' during the stop at Fleet.

117kb 90kb 86kb	05 September 2004 Taw Valley (as 34045 Ottery St Mary) runs through Fleet in this sequence hauling a Cathedrals Express tour to Exeter from London Waterloo.  Taw Valley had been delayed near Woking and running about 25 minutes late at this point.  Perhaps making up some time 34027 is really 'motoring' as it passes.
178kb 110kb 67kb	06 December 2004 This first image in this sequence shows Taw Valley (as 34045 Ottery St Mary) approaching Shalford, Surrey.  Next we see 34027 struggling away from Shalford Station following a water stop with this VSOE circular from London Victoria.  Also shown is nameplate detail on this WC Pacific.

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02 October 2004 On this autumn Saturday A4 class no 60009 Union of South Africa hauled a huge train for the VSOE from London Victoria to Southampton Docks and return.  The train, made up of atleast 12 coaches and a class 67 diesel, called at Winchfield for water which is where this sequence of pictures were taken.

02 October 2004 These views were taken on the same day as the above images at Winchfield.  The first picture shows the water tanker used that morning.  Without these services mainline charters would prove very difficult to run. Secondly, is a mural in the booking hall at Winchfield.  This depicts Winchfield Station as the temporary teminus of the fledgling London and Southampton Railway Company between September 24th 1838 and June 10th 1839. Finally, we see a very clean class 67 diesel backing up Union of South Africa as the train departs.

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08 December 2004 At around 11.00pm BR no 71000 Duke of Gloucester has just arrived, tender first, at Alton following a lengthy 12 hour trip from Crewe.  The 'Duke' was due to haul several Steam Dreams tours over the Christmas period.

72kb	11 December 2004 Recently overhauled no 6024 King Edward I hardly disturbs the peace as it glides through Twyford station in the lunchtime fog.  The 'King' was heading the Merchant Venturer from Bristol to London Paddington.