Saturday 31 December 2011

Inverkeithing, 31st December 2011

Hogmanay - a grey day in central Scotland, but with temperatures around 10°C
170460 with a Fife Circle train for Newcraighall
Strathclyde colours 170477 arrives with a train for Edinburgh Waverley
Over the tunnel mouth, 158725 is coming downhill from the Forth Bridge and North Queensferry. West Lothian is seen in the distance beyond the Firth.

26th - 31st December 2011

Monday 26th December: 67025 0Y85 21:26 (actual 00:10 Tue) Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh, 57310 0Y83 Eastleigh - Staines - Windsor - Staines - Woking - Guildford - Woking - Eastleigh,
Tuesday 27th December: 73204 + 68501 8Y86 02:15 Eastleigh - St Denys - Fratton - Haslemere - Fratton - St Denys - Eastleigh
Wednesday 28th December: 66542 + 66549 + 66555 + 66559 + 66598 0Z32 09:11 Stoke Gifford - Maritime (then working north T+T on various trains from Southampton, to reverse at Didcot for west curve), 57303 + 57312 0Z57 14:53 Eastleigh - Basingstoke - Eastleigh
Thursday 29th December: 57303 0Z57 14:52 Eastleigh - Tonbridge, 31465 3Q55 22:25 Hither Green - Eastleigh
Friday 30th December: 67025 + 60163 T+T 5Z27 04:05 Eastleigh - Paddington, 67025 5Z28 19:20 Paddington - Eastleigh (60163 detached at Southall), 31465 3Q06 22:00 Eastleigh - Salisbury - Exeter - Salisbury - Eastleigh
Saturday 31st December: 66846 + 66849 0Z66 12:22 Rugby - Eastleigh, 66714 + 66738 + 68504 + 73141 ~12:00 5Y19 Tonbridge - Eastleigh, 67019 + 67025 T+T 1Z11 19:15 Victoria -  Southampton - Redbridge -Whitchurch
Sunday 1st January 2012: 67019 + 67025 1Z12 00:20 Whitchurch - Victoria

Sunday 18 December 2011

19th - 24th December 2011

Now with Colas, on 2nd February 2002 47739 Resourceful arrives at Westbury with 1Z81 07:15 from Paddington, to come off and hand over to 60009 Union of South Africa which ran on to Plymouth.

Monday 19th December: 60163 5Z31 06:11 Eastleigh - Basingstoke, 5Z34 23:23 Basingstoke - Eastleigh (tour to Norwich), 47739 + 47749 5Z25 10:03 Eastleigh - Carlisle Yard, 31285 1Q06 13:11 Eastleigh - Romsey - Westbury - Weymouth - Westbury
Tuesday 20th December: 60024 6O26 10:19 Hinksey - Eastleigh, 60024 + 66077 6V38 11:00 Marchwood - Didcot (from Eastleigh)
Wednesday 21st December: 67025 5M61 21:26 Eastleigh - Wembley
Thursday 22nd December: 67025 5Z37 22:15 Euston - Eastleigh
Friday 23rd December:
Saturday 24th December:

60163 is believed to still be at Eastleigh

Saturday 17 December 2011

12th - 17th December 2011

 Brush Power: 47739 Robin of Templecombe and 31285 at Eastleigh Works, 18th December. 31285 is attached to the Structure Gauging Train.
Close up of 47739. New as D1615 from Crewe in August 1964, renumbered to 47035 in February 1974, then to 47594 in September 1983 and 47739 from August 1994. Stored January 2004 and to EMR Kingsbury scrapyard July 2007, from where removed in October 2007 to Eastleigh for overhaul for Colas.
 47749 Demelza and 31285. The barrier coach is 6330 and the ECS train for Kilmarnock is made up ready to move  on Monday. 47749 was new from Crewe in February 1965, and named City of Truro later that year. Renumbered to 47076 in February 1974, 47625 in November 1984, and 47749 in November 1995. Stored March 2004, and moved to EMR in April 2007, being moved to Eastleigh for overhaul for Colas in the next month.
 31285 front end. HST buffet ready for movement to Kilmarnock in background.
 Another view of 31285, new as D5817 in October 1961 to41A (Tinsley, Sheffield) and re-engined to Class 31 in July 1967.
73005, 68501 and 73204. 73005 was built at Eastleigh Carriage Works as E6005 in July 1962.73204 was built at English Electric Vulcan Foundry, completed as E6032 in May 1966, later 73125. 68501 was originally MBSO 61281 in 2-HAP unit 6083 new in July 1959, was converted for Gatwick Express usage as Class 489 9102 from January 1984 and was assigned to departmental usage from July 2000. 


Monday 12th December: 67025 5Z63 03:20 Eastleigh - Chertsey, 31285 1Q06 10:12 Derby - Eastleigh, 1Q06 21:21 Eastleigh - Weymouth - Winchester - Eastleigh 1 2 3
Tuesday 13th December: 67025 5Z66 00:02 Purley - Eastleigh, 68504 + 73213 + 68505 + 73205 5Z73 10:30 Tonbridge - Eastleigh, 5Z73 20:05 Eastleigh - Tonbridge, 67025 5M61 21:26 Eastleigh - Wembley, 31285 1Q06 22:40 Eastleigh - Hamworthy - Winchester - Eastleigh
Wednesday 14th December: 60163 1Z25 08:56 Victoria - Havant - Salisbury - Sherborne (- Yeovil) 1 2 3, (Yeovil -) 1Z34 16:54 Sherborne - Salisbury - Havant - Victoria, 31285 1Q06 19:10 Eastleigh - Romsey - Laverstock - Andover - Ludgershall - Andover - Laverstock - Romsey - Eastleigh - Fawley - Southampton - Lymington, 1Q06 01:20 Lymington - Eastleigh
Thursday 15th December: 67025 5Z27 00:15 Waterloo - Southall - Eastleigh, 31285 1Q06 17:02 Eastleigh - Westbury - Whatley - Westbury - Romsey - Redbridge - Eastleigh, 67005 + 67019 5Z80 12:09 Salisbury - Eastleigh, 5Z81 15:26 Eastleigh - Salisbury (VSOE), Edinburgh - Southampton 'Cruise Saver' does not appear to have run - see below
Friday 16th December: 66085 + 66147 5Z27 07:50 Eastleigh - Paddington, 37087 6Z16 10.03 Ashford - Eastleigh 1 247739 + 47749 5Z47 11:19 St Philips Marsh (Bristol) - Eastleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6, 31285 1Q06 15:19 Eastleigh - Basingstoke - Exeter - Basingstoke - Eastleigh, 73138 + 73201 1Q85 06:08 Woking - Southampton UGL - Waterloo - Woking
Saturday 17th December: 67025 5Z25 01:10 Eastleigh - Ashford, 66098 5Z65 05:11 Eastleigh - Westbury, 5Z67 22:56 Westbury - Eastleigh
Sunday 18th December: 67025 + 60163 5Z81 14:05 Dollands Moor - Eastleigh


31285 1Q06 was the Structure Gauging Train, 1Q85 was a Track Inspection Coach


19th December: 47739 + 47749 5Z25  10:03 Eastleigh - 17:42 Carlisle Yard (for ongoing Tue 5Z25 09:35 Carlisle - Kilmarnock on both Tuesday and Wednesday)


The ship carrying 70013 - 70016 has docked at Newport, and the locomotives were unloaded Sunday 18th December. Original reports were of 70014 - 70017, but there are multiple reports of 70013 being unloaded. Three are for allocation to Freightliner Intermodal, so we may see soon in the Southampton area.


'Cruise Saver' had workings scheduled for 15th December (southbound) and 27th December. These are not in the 'Cruise Saver' brochure, next working expected 21st April. Only southbound working dates are in the brochure.

Saturday 10 December 2011

5th - 10th December 2011

34067 Tangmere passes Lockerley Church with 'The Bath Christmas Market', 10th December


37685 was pushing moderately on the rear, the train was running about 10 minutes late.
66414 (once James the Engine) at Maritime, 10th December. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 5th December: 31285 1Q06 22:19 Selhurst - Havant - Eastleigh
Tuesday 6th December: 31285 1Q06 15:38 Eastleigh - Worthing - Eastleigh
Wednesday 7th December: 60019 (4492) 5Z86 04:50 Eastleigh - Poole, 1Z86 08:57 Poole - Bristol 1 2 3 4 5 6, 1Z88 16:38 Bristol - Poole, 5Z89 21:30 Poole - Eastleigh, 57312 + 73206 + 73208 0Y66 09:19 Eastleigh - Tonbridge, 31285 1Q06 18:28  Eastleigh - Waterloo - Eastleigh
Thursday 8th December: 60019 (4492) 5Z70 11:48 Eastleigh - Southall, 47790 + 47832 T+T 1Z22 11:38 Cardiff - Chandlers Ford - Southampton 1 2, 1Z23 15:02 Southampton - Redbridge - Cardiff, 31285 19:55 Eastleigh - Portsmouth - Woking - Havant - Eastleigh, 67025 5M61 21:26 Eastleigh - Wembley
Friday 9th December: 67025 1Z75 09:10 Hitchin - Winchester, 5Z75 12:45 Winchester - Eastleigh, 5Z76 16:47 Eastleigh - Winchester, 1Z76 17:12 Winchester - Hitchin, 31285 1Q06 21:25 Eastleigh - Derby
Saturday 10th December: 34067 + 37685 T+T 1Z84 07:52 Three Bridges - Bristol 1 2 3 4, 1Z85 Bristol - Three Bridges, 70000 1Z40 09:24 Southend - Eastleigh, 1Z42 17:17 Eastleigh - Southend, 67025 5Z90 19:28 Victoria - Eastleigh

Saturday 3 December 2011

Cruise Saver Express, 3rd December 2011

1Z72 1Z72 10:30 Western Docks - Edinburgh - seen here at Millbrook on exit from the docks. 
47810 Peter Bath MBE 1927 - 2006 + 47501 Craftsman leaving the docks

37604 on the rear of the formation. Understood to have substituted for 37601 itself substituting for 47828, and limiting train speed to 80 mph for the day.

28th November - 3rd December 2011

57301 freshly painted at Eastleigh, 2nd December. Image by Ian Knight.
Recent arrival for Freightliner 66418, still in DRS colours, returns from Bevois Park Sidings to Maritime, 3rd December

Monday 28th November: 47760 + 34067 5Z98 12:00 Swanage - Southall
Tuesday 29th November: 60019 (4492) 5Z70 11:30 Southall - Eastleigh, 0Y01 12:48 Eastleigh - Woking - Eastleigh
Wednesday 30th November: 60019 (4492) 5Z86 04:50 Eastleigh - Poole, 1Z86 08:57 Poole - Bristol 1 2, 1Z88 16:38 Bristol - Poole, 5Z89 21:30 Poole - Eastleigh
Thursday 1st December: 73204 + 68501 8Y85 19:24 Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh
Friday 2nd December: 37604 + 47501 + 47810 5Z72 Crewe - Western Docks
Saturday 3rd December: 47501 + 47810 + 37604 1Z72 10:30 Western Docks - Edinburgh (no separate northbound working for 37604) 1 2, 67025 1Z96 06:34 Eastleigh - Cleethorpes, 67022 + 67025 1Z96 16:30 Cleethorpes - Eastleigh


Friday 2 December 2011

The Bath Spa Christmas Express, 30th November 2011

1Z87 08:57 Poole - Bristol passing Romsey


Sunday 27 November 2011

Eastleigh, 27th November 2011

47810 Peter Bath MBE 1927 - 2006 + 47828 pass Eastleigh with 1Z71 10:30 Eastern Docks - Edinburgh 'Cruise Saver'


47810 in almost in the same position almost a decade ago - the older picture is from 10th February 2002

08495 NOEL KIRTON O.B.E shunting. New as D3610 from Doncaster in March 1958 to shed 31A (Cambridge) and appears to have been there for about 30 years into the 1980s
73205 Jeanette and 73208 Kirsten

Saturday 26 November 2011

14th - 27th November 2011

 34067 Tangmere with Swanage - Euston passing Redbridge, 26th November
 Heading onward towards Southampton
47760 on the tail of the formation

Monday 14th November:  68504 + 68501 + 73213 5Z73 06:20 Wimbledon Park - Eastleigh, 73212 + 68505 5Z73 12:00 Eastleigh - Basingstoke - Eastleigh, 66731 5M65 09:20 Eastleigh - Wolverton, 31465 3Q08 23:28 Eastleigh - Woking - Eastleigh - Fareham - Eastleigh
Tuesday 15th November: 68505 + 73212 5Z73 13:20 Eastleigh - Tonbridge
Wednesday 16th November: 31465 3Q02 01:32 Eastleigh - Selhurst, 47832 + 47790 1Z69 05:50 Edinburgh - Eastern Docks, 5Z69 16:30 Eastern Docks - Eastleigh, 66731 + 508203 + 508205 5O08 10:00 Donnington - Eastleigh
Thursday 17th November: 31465 3Q08 03:36 Basingstoke - Eastleigh, 47832 + 47790 + 47501 5Z69 08:46 Eastleigh - Crewe
Friday 18th November: 
Saturday 19th November:

Monday 21st November: 47790 + 47832 1Z70 05:50 Edinburgh - Western Docks, 47790 0Z70 15:39 Millbrook - Western Docks, 47790 + 47832 T+T 5Z70 16:34 Western Docks - Eastleigh
Tuesday 22nd November: 47790 + 47832 5Z47 09:33 Eastleigh - Crewe (with coach 21272)
Wednesday 23rd November: 66709 +508202 5O08 10:00 Donnington - Eastleigh
Thursday 24th November: 47760 + 34067 T+T 5Z86 05:50 Southall - Poole, 34067 1Z87 10:15 Poole - Bristol, 1Z88 17:36 Bristol - Poole, 47760 + 34067 5Z89 22:08 Poole - Swanage, 67025 5Z33 23:29 Kings Cross - Eastleigh
Saturday 26th November: 67006 5Z31 04:17 Eastleigh - Paddington, 67019 1Z23 06:06 Eastleigh - Bristol1Z27 20:03 Bristol - Eastleigh, 67005 5Z86 06:23 Eastleigh - Basingstoke, 5Z89 23:22 Basingstoke - Eastleigh, , 34067 + 47760 T+T  1Z95 07:55 Swanage - Euston, 1Z97 16:54 Euston - Swanage, 47810 + 47828 0Z47 10:15 Crewe - Eastleigh, 5Z71 16:10 Eastleigh - Eastern Docks
Sunday 27th November: 47810 + 47828 1Z71 10:30 Eastern Docks - Edinburgh, 67006 5Z36 12:35 Southall - Eastleigh

Sorry for the non-appearance of updates last week - various problems, including a 'blue screen' on Windows XP which has created havoc in the file system indexes, CHKDSK /F then reinstate mail from backup (some lost), and Photoshop needed re-install, now completed.

Saturday 12 November 2011

7th - 12th November 2011

56044 passes a private location between Crampmoor and Romsey, evening of Tuesday 14th June 1988. This would appear to be an ARC stone train which may be an empties return to Whatley. 56044 was built at Doncaster, and placed into traffic on 14th May 1978. Withdrawn from Immingham in December 2000 and broken up by Booth, Rotherham in September 2007.

Monday 7th November: 57310 + DR98972 + 98922 6Z20 Northam - Eastleigh
Tuesday 8th November: 57312 in yellow at Eastleigh Works, 57310 1Z99 Eastleigh - Basingstoke, rescued 3S84 DR98914 + 98964 from Basingstoke - Eastleigh
Wednesday 9th November: 47501 + 47828 5Z68 09:48 Crewe - Western Docks, 47501 failed at Banbury, 47828 ran around at Banbury and train terminated at Eastleigh, 66731 + 508204 + 508207 5O08 10:00 Donnington - Eastleigh
Thursday 10th November: 47802 0Z68 04:30 Crewe - Eastleigh, 47802 + 47828 TNT 5Z68 Eastleigh - Western Docks, 1Z68 10:23  Western Docks - Glasgow Central 1 2 3
Friday 11th November: 57306  (yellow) 0Y57 09:26 Eastleigh - Tonbridge 1 2 3, 67005 5Z71 0Y
Saturday 12th November: 67005 5Z76 22:10 (Fri) Northampton - Eastleigh, 31465 3Z08 Eastleigh - Eastleigh, 50026 started at Eastleigh Works

Another go for Medstead - Alton?                       Press release

Watercress Line Class 127 DMU appeal

Saturday 5 November 2011

'Four Lanes' Engineering Work - 5th - 6th November

This is the second week of closures between Romsey and Redbridge for the bridge clearance improvement work for 9'6" containers. This seems to be known as the 'Four Lanes', which I believe is Network Rail speak for Spaniards Lane. Further work is expected to continue until December, and will address further lowering of tracks below bridges.

66185 was on 6N03, seen here working away from the worksite with spoil, at Test Lane. Trains entered worksite at Romsey and exited at Redbridge, to work back to Eastleigh. This view was still in the possession which was through to Redbridge.
The new bridge at Lee Drove, which seems to have been craned in last weekend and appears to be one piece. Worksite seen beyond is at Spaniards Lane.
Detail of the Lee Drove bridge worksite. The 1.5m parapet walls appear to be part of the delivered unit with bricks already in place.
Worksite at Spaniards Lane where one track is being lowered this weekend to make effective clearance below the bridge.
66016 awaits with 6N04, a load of new ballast
66080 is seen  further north of Spaniards Lane with the following train 6N05 with track panels.

31st October - 5th November 2011

66420 newly into lease with Freightliner, seen at Maritime, 5th November. 66419 and 66420 were placed into the DFHG pool this week.
An unusual combination of 08873 and 70007 were performing the shunting. I think that the work was done by the class 70.

Sunday 30th October: 47802 + 47828 1Z66 07:00 Glasgow Central - Eastern Docks 1 2, 5Z66 16:25 Eastern Docks - Eastleigh
Monday 31st October:
Tuesday 1st November: 68504 + 73213 +68501 5Z02 13:00 Eastleigh - Tonbridge1 2 3 (and on test next day), 67030 + 56091 + 56115 + 56117 6Z56 15:36 Eastleigh - Bescot (dep 204 min late)
Wednesday 2nd November:  73212 + 68505 5Z01 09:30 Eastleigh - Basingstoke - Eastleigh (not confirmed), 73138 + 73201 1Q08 Woking - Southampton DGL - Grove Park 1 2
Thursday 3rd November:
Friday 4th November: 47802 + 47828 5Z67 10:44 Eastleigh - Winchester, 1Z67 11:14 Winchester - Glasgow Central
Saturday 5th November: 73141 + 73208 5Z73 04:35 Eastleigh - Waterloo, 5Z76 19:00 Waterloo - Eastleigh

Sunday 30 October 2011

Autumn Steam Spectacular, Watercress Line, 28th October 2011

LNER A4 "4492 Dominion of New Zealand" (60019 Bittern) leaves Ropley with 09:47 departure for Alton. The day saw the combination of autumn colours but with a low sun.
Now under cloudier conditions, "4492" arrives at Medstead with 15:55 from Alresford
GNR N2 1744 departs from Ropley with 10:22 departure for Alton - its once daily trip "over the Alps".
LNER pattern 60163 Tornado now in BR green, waiting at Medstead with 14:45 from Alresford
BR Standard Class 7 70000 (Britannia) of 1951 arrives at Medstead with 15:20 from Alresford
SR U 31806 leads BR 9F 92212 away from Ropley with 10:57 departure freight for Alresford.

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Kent 25th - 26th October 2011

 375803 departs from Canterbury East, soon to be part of East Kent Resignalling, 25th October. This signal box was elevated to see over the station awning. 
 3218 at Hothfield on "High Speed 1" (CTRL). This and following pictures all 26th October.
 466029 plods from Maidstone to Ashford through autumn colours at Hothfield
395025 at Hothfield