Saturday 30 July 2011

25th - 30th July 2011

4492 Dominion of New Zealand (60019) passing Redbridge with the down 'Dorset Coast Express', 26th July. Image by Andy Worrall.

Monday 25th July: 73212 + 3417 5Y66 12:36 Tonbridge - Bournemouth, 31465 3Q01 23:.21 Selhurst  - Eastleigh - Bournemouth - Eastleigh
Tuesday 26th July: 4492 (60019) + 37516 T+T 1Z92 08:45 Victoria - Weymouth 1 2, 1Z95 16:35 Weymouth - Southampton - Laverstock - Waterloo 1 2 3 4, 31465 3Q02 22:56 Eastleigh - Brockenhurst - Selhurst, 73138 + 73107 T+T 1Q40 13:00 Grove Park - Eastleigh
Wednesday 27th July: 73138 + 73107 T+T 07:48 Eastleigh - Weymouth - Hamworthy - Eastleigh
Thursday 28th July: 31465 3Q08 03:34 Basingstoke - Wimbledon - Eastleigh, 3Q15 22:31 Eastleigh - Eastbourne - Eastleigh, 73138 + 73107 T+T 1Q44 04:15 Eastleigh - St Denys - Romsey - Fareham - Eastleigh - Southampton UGL - Selhurst, 57009 0Z80 09:00 Norwich - Eastleigh, 57009 + 47712 0Z81 15:55 Eastleigh - Gresty Bridge, 70000 5Z98 23:10 Salisbury - Eastleigh (loco + support coach)
Friday 29th July: 67020 + 67029 T+T 5Z88 12:00 Chichester - Eastleigh, 5Z89 17:05 Eastleigh - Chichester
Saturday 30th July: 67020 + 67028 5Z41 04:16 Eastleigh - Victoria, 5Z44 23:10 Victoria - Eastleigh


66303 seen on several Freightliner workings, 66305 only northbound on 25th. Both reported for return to DRS shortly.

Tuesday 26 July 2011

Dorset Coast Express - 19th and 26th July 2011

Images by Ian Knight
 70000 Britannia passes Redbridge with the down working, 19th July
 34067 Tangmere returns past Redbridge, 19th July. Interesting umber and cream Pullman in formation.
 4492 Dominion of New Zealand (60019 Bittern) passes St Denys, 26th July
4492 returns past Test Lane - again can see that umber and cream Pullman Second.

Saturday 23 July 2011

18th - 23rd July 2011

 66849 (formerly 66576) outside Eastleigh Works, 18th July. Image by Ian Knight.
67020 passing Redbridge with VSOE ECS, 22nd July. Image by Ian Knight.

Saturday 16th July: 47832 + 47712 returned with 1Z35 16:15 Carlisle - Eastleigh, although 47712 is reported to have failed in the Oxford area. 47832 reported into Eastleigh Works for Northern Belle scheme repaint, and 47712 in works yard.

Sunday 17th July: 67019 + 67028 5Z52 22:55 Victoria - Eastleigh
Monday 18th July: 66544 reinstated to Freightliner usage following repair at Eastleigh depot (ran as 0Z66  from Eastleigh - Maritime on 16th July)
Tuesday 19th July: 70000 1Z94 08:45 Victoria - Weymouth 1 2 3 4 5 , 34067 1Z95 16:35 Weymouth - Waterloo (banked to Wareham by 70000) 1 2 347501 + 47818 0Z19 09:50 Gresty Bridge - Eastleigh, T+T 5Z56 16:14 Eastleigh - Western Docks
Wednesday 20th July: 47818 + 47501 T+T 1Z56 10:45 Western Docks - Glasgow 1 2
Thursday 21st July: 37423 + 975025 2Z02 09:30 Waterloo - Southampton - Salisbury - Exeter, 66731 + 508211 + 508208 5O08 10:00 Donnington - Eastleigh
Friday 22nd July: 67020 + 67011 T+T 5Z92 07:00 Stewarts Lane - Bournemouth, 1Z92 11:32 Bournemouth - Basingstoke, 1Z93  13:13 Basingstoke - Laverstock - Bournemouth, 5Z94 15:38 Bournemouth - Eastleigh, 1Z94 18:55 Eastleigh - Victoria, 66731 5Z44 07:26 Eastleigh - Acton, 67028 + 67019 5Z45 05:16 Eastleigh - Victoria, 1Z45 08:45 Victoria - Eastleigh, 1Z46 15:56 Eastleigh - Fareham - Victoria, 5Z46 19:16 Victoria - Eastleigh
Saturday 23rd July:

66303 and 66305 seen on various Freightliner workings

"4492 Dominion of New Zealand" due on Dorset Coast Express on Tuesday.

Saturday 16 July 2011

35028 with the "Blackmore Vale Express" - 16th July 2011

 35028 Clan Line eases into Romsey with 1Z97 16:44 Yeovil Jct to Waterloo
 Enthusiasts have gathered to photograph its passing
12 minutes later passing Redbridge. Image by Ian Knight.
 One hour and 26 minutes later, now running late, approaching Shawford
Shawford

4th - 16th July 2011

66304 at Maritime, 3rd July. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 4th July: 66304 4M55 Maritime - Lawley St
Tuesday 5th July: 34067 + 37516 T+T 1Z94 08:45 Victoria - Weymouth, 1Z95 16:35 Weymouth - Southampton - Redbridge - Salisbury - Waterloo, 66137 + (DIT) 56059 + 56095 6V27 Eastleigh -Hinksey 1 2 3 4 (and onward to Bescot,  from where 56059 was moved to Stockton 13Jul for breaking up)
Wednesday 6th July: 47818 + 47790 5Z53 08:15 Crewe Gresty Bridge - Eastleigh, 5Z54 16:14 Eastleigh - Western Docks
Thursday 7th July: 47790 + 47818 1Z54 10:45 Western Docks - Glasgow Central 1 2 3
Friday 8th July: 47790 + 37608 1Z55 05:45 Glasgow Central - Western Docks 1 2, 5Z55 15:53 Western Docks - Eastleigh
Saturday 9th July: 34067 1Z67 07:55 Waterloo - Weymouth, 37608 + 47790 0Z30 09:25 Eastleigh - Crewe 1 2

Monday 11th July:
Tuesday 12th July: 34067 1Z94 08:45 Victoria - Weymouth, 70000 16:35 Weymouth - Waterloo
Wednesday 13th July:
Thursday 14th July:
Friday 15th July: 67029 + 67011 T+T 5Z87 00:54 Eastleigh - Wolverhampton, 47832 + 47712 0Z47 10:50 Crewe Gresty Bridge - Eastleigh, 37516 + 37685 1Z73 20:07 Paddington - Lymington Pier, 1Z74 23:45 Lymington Pier - Euston
Saturday 16th July: 47712 + 47832 1Z33 05:54 Eastleigh - Carlisle, 1Z35 16:15 Carlisle - Eastleigh, 67029 5Z95 05:00 Eastleigh - Waterloo, 35028 16:44 Yeovil - Salisbury - Southampton - Waterloo

DRS 66305 has made several workings for Freightliner during the period under review 1 2 3

"Cruise Saver Express" - 7th July 2011

Images by Ian Knight
 47790 Galloway Princess between Millbrook and Southampton Central with 1Z54 10:45 Western Docks - Glasgow Central
 More detail of 47790 in 'Northern Belle' scheme
 47818 on the rear of the formation
47790 opens up going past Mount Pleasant sidings - recently seen to be in use by Freightliner for weekend storage of flats

The Travels of 'Tangmere' - 5th - 12th July 2011

Images by Ian Knight
 Passing Test Lane, 'Dorset Coast Express' 1Z95 16:35 Weymouth - Waterloo, 5th July
 Soon after Totton Station, 'Cathedrals Express', 1Z67 07:55 Waterloo - Weymouth, 9th July (44th anniversary of end of SR steam)
Leaving Southampton Central, 'Dorset Coast Express', 1Z94 08:45 Victoria - Weymouth, 12th July

Ashfield Bridge update - A3057 south of Romsey - delayed until Spring 2012


Town traders welcome new spring date for bridge work

- click link for story from the Romsey Advertiser

It isn't clear if this also affects the plans for work at the other bridges, such as that in Lee Drove.

Saturday 9 July 2011

Archive Shot - 55006, 7th March 1979

55006 The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry seen at Haymarket shed, Edinburgh on the 7th March 1979, on an organised visit on a Wednesday afternoon. We were treated to a start of the Deltic.

31417 is beyond. 31s were relatively rare at Edinburgh, but the locomotive was likely to have worked a slow from Newcastle, often a class 46 turn. The locomotive was allocated to York at the time and the 55 was reallocated to there on the 13th of May that year.

Having said that 31s were relatively rare, they were not unkown in this period. My records show a pattern where I believe the locomotive returned south on 1E29 17:xx Edinburgh - Newcastle, which appears to have stopped with 17th March 1979 Penmanshiel Tunnel collapse.
31192   FP        14/12/78
31217   FP        08/01/79
31403   FP        05/02/79
31173   FP        06/02/79
31404   FP        07/02/79
31201   FP        08/02/79
31417   YK       07/03/79            - in photo
31190   FP        12/03/79

55006 made its last passenger working on 4th February 1981 on 1S77 23:55 Kings Cross - Edinburgh, returning to York on the 6th with ECS from Newcastle, and was withdrawn on the 8th, due for a classified repair. It was cut-up at Doncaster in July that year (30 years ago as I type this)

31417 was withdrawn in July 1996 and was cut up at Ron Hull, Rotherham in January 2006

From my notes the 47 is likely to be 47470.

Sunday 3 July 2011

27th June - 2nd July 2011

 66850 repainted from Freightliner 66577. Eastleigh Works 27th June. Image by Ian Knight.
 66305 recently repainted from FastLine to DRS colours. Millbrook 28th June. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 27th June: 45305 5Z35 06:11 Swanage - Southampton - Redbridge - Salisbury - Crewe 1 2, 67001 5Z22 09:56 Bescot - Eastleigh
Tuesday 28th June: 66305 09:23 4O49 Crewe - Maritime, 4M40 20:40 Millbrook - Trafford Park, 66715 + 306017 5L06 18:49 Eastleigh - Chappel & Wakes Colne
Wednesday 29th June: 48151 5Z95 12:20 Southall - Salisbury - Eastleigh - Swanage 1 2 3 4 5 6
Thursday 30th June: 34067 1Z96 08:45Victoria - Swanage 1 2 3, 34067 5Z97 15:15 Swanage - Salisbury 1 2, 48151 1Z97 16:00 Swanage - Salisbury 1 2 3, 1Z98 19:59 Salisbury - Victoria 1, 66152 + 47799 6V27 Eastleigh - Hinksey 1 2 3 4, 6M28 Hinksey - Bescot 1 2 (& to Crewe 1st July), LT4005 arrives Eastleigh (why? IOW?)
Friday 1st July: 66850 0Z89 Eastleigh - Ashford
Saturday 2nd July: 70007 4O29 08:14 Basford Hall - Maritime (first working to Southampton, not unexpected since in DFGI pool), 66304 4O51 Wentloog - Southampton

'The Cathedrals Express' to Swanage, 30th June 2011

 34067 Tangmere working 5Z97 15:10 Swanage - Salisbury past Millbrook. Image by Ian Knight.
Later 8F 48151 Gauge O Guild passes Redbridge with 1Z97 16:00 Swanage - Salisbury. Image by Ian Knight.

45305 5Z35 Swanage - Crewe, 27th June 2011

45305 passes Test Lane Crossing heading from Redbridge to Nursling and beyond with 5Z35 06:11 Swanage to Crewe which ran around at Southampton DGL. Image by Ian Knight.
Earlier the locomotive and support coach passed Totton. Image by Ian Knight.