Built by the British Railways Southern Region in 1948 to the design
of O.V.S. Bulleid, and rebuilt in 1959, Clan Line was the antepenultimate
member of the Merchant Navy class. In his book "Bulleid Power: The Merchant
Navy Class", A.J. Fry (no relation, AFAIK), states "Fitted with a speedometer
in July 1961, on the down Atlantic Coast Express on September 23rd of that
year it attained 104 mph near Axminster". She was purchased by the Merchant
Navy Locomotive Preservation Society when withdrawn from Nine Elms
in July 1967, the only member of the class not to be sold for scrap, and
returned to the main line in April 1974. This programme shows her at work
on the main line between 1990 and 2001. I'm very grateful to Adrian &
Jackie Pallant for permission to include some of their footage taken in
2000 and 2001.
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Pre 1990:
Stills showing Clan Line at Marylebone, Stratford Upon Avon, Salisbury, on the West Of England main line, and at Waterloo. |
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1990
28th April: Marylebone - Derby and return 7th July & 6th Oct: The White Rose: Didcot - Sheffield 26th Aug: MNLPS Open Day at Southall depot |
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1994
6th Sept: Test run, Eastleigh - Yeovil Junction 15th Oct: 1st public tour after overhaul - London - Yeovil - Weymouth 4th Dec: Paddington - Newbury - Bristol - Didcot - Paddington |
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1995
4th Feb: London - Portsmouth - Salisbury - London 9th March: Derby - Didcot 24th March: Woking - Salisbury - Clapham; Waterloo - Woking 25th March: Woking - Portsmouth 17th May: west of Westbury, Manchester Pullmans 11th June: The Strong Countryman |
| 1996
3rd March: VSOE to Portsmouth 12th Oct: Bert Hooker Memorial: GWR - Yeovil J - Weymouth and back |
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1997
25th Jan: "The Treacle Eater" B&H - Yeovil J -Salisbury 17th May: "The Waterloo Sunset" with 34027: Waterloo - Andover - Southampton - Poole - Winchester - Waterloo |
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1998
11th March: VSOE to Bath 26th March: Waterloo - Salisbury - Bristol - Badminton - Waterloo 21st Nov: The Solent & Sarum |
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1999
23rd Jan: London to Stratford 10th March: VSOE to Bath 27th March: The William Shakespeare: London to Stratford 24th April: London - Salisbury - Westbury - Reading - Waterloo 2nd Oct: "The Treacle Eater" Waterloo - Salisbury - Yeovil |
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2000
15th March & 1st Nov: VSOE to Bath 25th March: The Mendip Merchant: London - Salisbury - Westbury - East Somerset Railway - Newbury - London. 7th April: VSOE Surrey Hills dining train 21st Oct: The Mayflower: Bristol - Exeter - Plymouth & return |
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2001
4th March: VSOE to Portsmouth 24th March: London - Salisbury - Exeter - Weston Super Mare - London |