West Sussex Railway Touring Trust Specials

The West Sussex Railway Touring Trust was set up by Trevor Tupper and John Vaughan who ran special trains from Chichester and Worthing, twice a year, from 1970 until 1981.

Normal rolling stock was the Brighton - Exeter set in early days with later trains being provided from Clapham Yard. Motive power was usually a brace of Cromptons for the whole journey or as far as Western Region frontier controls or EDLs as far as Willesden Junction. One train to Margate was formed of ICBC stock and the overnight trains to Edinburgh were 12Vep as far as Victoria and 16 bogies from there.

Trevor is quite proud to have stopped road traffic in Chichester for 30 minutes after arrival of the Edinburgh service.

I would like to thank Trevor for making contact and giving us details of trains that undoubtedly kept us busy at the time.

	20th May 1970 THE TORBAY LIMITED 08 20 Worthing to Kingswear with D6506 and D6583 photographed at Churston
	30th August 1970 THE ATLANTIC COAST LIMITED 18 00 Ilfracombe to Worthing (return) waiting to depart behind D6566 and D6558.
	31st May 1971 07 20 Chichester to Llandudno nearing its destination behind D1620.
	29th August 1971 D6553 and D6597 back onto the empty stock of the Worthing to Weston Super Mare train - at Hove
	29th May 1972 East Anglian Limited 07 35 Chichester to Yarmouth waiting to depart behind D6572 and D6584.
	27th August 1972 TORBAY 2 LIMITED 18 10 Paignton to Lancing (return) hauled by D6559 and D6562
	28th May 1973 07 05 Chichester to Blackpool North E3012 backing onto the train at Mitre Bridge Jn
	27th August 1973 Hove to Tenby D1670 heading the train at Basingstoke
	27th May 1974 07 40 Hove to Plymouth 33031 and 33037 running round at Exeter St Davids
	26th August 1974 Chichester to Morecambe (with connecting DMU to Carnforth) Intrepid passengers at Carnforth with 45407, 44871 and a saddle tank in the background.
	26th May 1975 Chichester to Llandudno (with connecting DMU to Blaenau)
	22nd to 24th August 1975 Chichester to Edinburgh
	31st May 1976 Worthing to Penzance
	30th August 1976 Chichester to York (with optional extra to Scarborough)
	6th June 1977 Chichester to Margate
	28th August 1977 Worthing to Weston Super Mare
	27th May 1978 Worthing to Paignton
	23rd August 1978 Worthing to Swansea
	27th August 1979 Chichester to Yarmouth

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