Saturday 3 July 2010

3rd July 2010 - 30777 returns with "The Swanage Belle"

30777 Sir Lamiel passes growing wheat just south of Romsey with the return 1Z87 17:05 Swanage - Waterloo
At this point the train was 30 minutes late, following delays to other trains in the Weymouth area.
37706 was making lots of "tractor" noise leaving Romsey, the instructions were understood to be to work the diesel to reduce fire risk.