Saturday 24 September 2011

19th - 24th September 2011

47802 + 47841 with Eastern Docks - Glasgow 'Cruise Saver Express' passing Mount Pleasant, 18th September. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 19th September: 67020 + 47815 5Z28 11:03 Bristol - Eastleigh, 31465 3Q01 23:21 Selhurst - Eastleigh
Tuesday 20th September: 31465 3Q01 04:01 Eastleigh - Bournemouth - Eastleigh, 3Q02 20:45 Eastleigh - Weymouth - Selhurst, D6515 (33012) 08:50 Barrow Hill - Stewarts Lane - Swanage 1 2
Wednesday 21st September: 73138 + 73107 1Q85 06:08 Woking - Southampton DGL - Southampton - Southampton UGL - Grove Park
Thursday 22nd September: 47500 + 35005 5Z77 14:21 Alton - Eastleigh 1 2, 47500 19:45 5Z78 Eastleigh - Southall (coaches for MNR), 43013 + 43062 NMT 1Q21 13:53 Salisbury - Redbridge - Eastleigh - Romsey - Salisbury - Westbury - Salisbury - Andover - Old Oak Common
Friday 23rd September:
Saturday 24th September:

66425 seen on hire to Freightliner 1 2

Sunday 18 September 2011

Lee Drove Bridge Replacement to Commence 10th October

October 10th is seen to be the start day. Closure and diversion information. Bridge as seen in February. New parapets to be 1.5m high when this reopens - photos only for taller people.

Saturday 17 September 2011

Special Train Workings at Eastleigh, 17th September 2011

 47841 + 47802 Pride of Cumbria arrive at Eastleigh as 0Z58 09:04 from Crewe Gresty Bridge
 47841 departs the carriage sidings with the Cruise Saver rake. It will be working inside tomorrow - word is that it isn't over reliable.
 47802 also hasn't worked much recently - could have had multi problems? Leaving Eastleigh for Eastern Docks with 5Z60 Eastleigh - Eastern Docks.
 67030 at one end of 5Z89 16:30 Eastleigh to Chichester (for Goodwood Festival).
The train was timetabled to sit in Eastleigh Yard for over an hour. 67016 on the rear, with 57310 to the right.

12th - 17th September 2011

57306 now de-named and awaiting repainting, Eastleigh, 11th September. Image by Ian Knight.
70013 Oliver Cromwell leads the 'Dorset Coast Express' at Southampton, 13th September. Image by Ian Knight.
47500 on the rear of the train. Image by Ian Knight.
'4492' returns to Eastleigh after its visit to Swanage, 13th September. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 12th September: 67028 5O61 10:26 Wembley - Eastleigh
Tuesday 13th September: 4492 (60019) 5Z92 14:00 Swanage - Motala - Eastleigh, 70013 + 47500 T+T 1Z94 08:45 Victoria - Weymouth 1 2 3 4, 1Z95 16:35 Weymouth - Southampton - Redbridge - Laverstock - Waterloo 1 2 3
Wednesday 14th September: 4492 5Z86 04:50 Eastleigh - Poole, 1Z87 08:05 Poole - Eastleigh - Westbury (failed - lack of coal, none loaded at Poole) 1 2, 67020 pilot to Bristol , 4492 (60019) 1Z88 15:35 Bristol - Eastleigh - Poole 1 2 3 4, 5Z89 20:13Poole - Eastleigh, D6515 (33012) 0Z33 Swanage - Barrow Hill (for Thur move to NYMR) 1 2 3 4 5
Thursday 15th September: 67030 5Z88 04:30 Eastleigh - Woking, 5Z91 23:19 Woking - Eastleigh (with 60163 to Basingtoke), 4492 (60019) 5Z36 11:50 Eastleigh - Southall
Friday 16th September:
Saturday 17th September: 47841 + 47802 0Z58 09:04 Crewe Gresty Bridge - Eastleigh, 5Z60 15:25 Eastleigh - Eastern Docks
Sunday 18th September: 47802 + 47841 10:30 1Z60 Eastern Docks - Glasgow

Steam at the Swanage Railway, 11th September

'4492 Dominion of New Zealand' approaches Norden  from Corfe Castle and Swanage
GNR N2 1744enters Swanage station
34053 Sir Keith Park in the final stages of restoration at Herston Works. The boiler was adjacent and has been retubed.
34070 Manston near Norden

Monday 12 September 2011

A4 departure from Swanage, 11th September

"4492 Dominion of New Zealand" makes an 11:10 departure from Swanage, admired by many onlookers.
More pictures from Swanage in due course.

Saturday 10 September 2011

Saturday excursions to Portsmouth, 10th September 2011 (return)

43181 leads the return to Hereford, seen here at Crampmoor.
70000 leads support coach 35465 (Wolverton 1963) at Crampmoor, with the return "Pompey Pacific" to Taunton
A side view of 70000 in action. It has handrails on the smoke deflectors, reflecting its early 1950s condition, but has AWS and an air brake pump in this 2011 guise. Not all Britannias had the smoke deflectors removed in BR service days.
Study of crew members in the cab.

Saturday excursions to Portsmouth, 10th September 2011 (outward)

43030 Christian Lewis Trust leads 1Z30 Hereford - Portsmouth "Cotswold Portsea Express" past Romsey. 43030 was built at Crewe and was new to traffic in September 1976.
43181 on the rear, which went into traffic in December 1981.
 10 minutes later, running 8 minutes early, came BR Class 7 4-6-2 70000 with the "Pompey Pacific" 1Z34 Taunton - Portsmouth.
Two "Brits" through Romsey in one week! 70000 was also built at Crewe and was new in January 1951.

Ashfield Bridge

Ashfield Bridge carrying the A27 over the railway to the south of Romsey, originally built in 1865. An interesting skew bridge, this is due to be replaced in the bridge works, now rescheduled into 2012, for which there will be considerable road disruption. Despite the opportunity being presented, it seems that there is no plan to make value-add by providing an underpass for cyclists and pedestrians to make Lee Lane access safe from Romsey. Why cannot Network Rail and the councils engage in joined-up government, and where is there any return to the communities whose lives will be disrupted for weeks by this rebuilding? More imported goods in our shops, I don't really see as  a positive return.

5th - 10th September 2011

73141 + 73208 +3417 + 73206 at Mount Pleasant, 8th September. Image by The Image Team.
70013 on the Dorset Coast Express at Test Lane, 6th September. Image by Ian Knight.

Sunday 4th September: 34067 + 70000 1Z92 10:24 Waterloo - Newquay (34067 replaced by 47500 at Taunton) 1 2 3 4 5 and here is 34067 being towed to Carnforth on 8th
Monday 5th September:
Tuesday 6th September: 70013 +  47580 T+T 1Z94 08:45 Victoria - Weymouth, 1Z95 16:35 Weymouth - Southampton - Redbridge - Laverstock - Waterloo,  47500 1Z96 16:40 Exeter - Victoria
Wednesday 7th September:
Thursday 8th September: 73141 + 73208 +3417 + 73206 5Z73 11:28 Bournemouth - East Grinstead  1 2 3
Friday 9th September: 57306 + 57310 + 57312 0O57 12:09 Wembley - Eastleigh (Works) 1 2 3
Saturday 10th September: 43030 + 43181 1Z30 06:39 Hereford - Oxford - Swindon - Westbury - Portsmouth, 1Z31 16:40 Portsmouth - Westbury - Swindon - Oxford - Hereford, 70000 1Z34 07:00 Taunton - Portsmouth Harbour, 1Z36 16:52 Portsmouth Harbour - Taunton

66417 running for Freightliner

66411/412/413 which were off-lease from DRS have been taken on by Freightliner, and were moved by DRS to Crewe on Wednesday 7th

Sunday 4 September 2011

The Atlantic Coast Express, 4th September 2011

1Z92 10:24 Waterloo - Salisbury - Westbury - Bristol - Taunton - Exeter - Plymouth - Par - Newquay

While booked for 30777 to Westbury and then 34067 + 70000 through Castle Cary to Exeter, 30777 is reported to have an ashpan spark arrestor defect which caused fires alongside ECML on Friday. The planned double headed working of 34067 + 70000 was extended to start from Waterloo and rerouted via Bristol to avoid turning at Westbury.
 34067 Tangmere and 70000 work the Atlantic Coast Express through Andover, passing on time.

UPDATE: 34067 has been failed at Taunton with a 'cylinder problem' and will be replaced by 47500 to assist across the Devon Banks.

Dorset Deltic Explorer, 3rd September 2011

1Z76 15:36 Weymouth - Crewe

 55022 Royal Scots Grey passing Shawford, with the locomotive running in Autumn 1981 like condition -silver radiator grilles and fuel tanks, D9000 number.
Photography note: The foliage at Shawford continues to grow and photo possibilities are much worse than two years ago.

29th August - 3rd September 2011

 4492 Dominion of New Zealand (60019) passes St Denys on its run to Bristol, 31st August. Image by Ian Knight.
 66848 outshopped for Colas, Eastleigh, 28th August. Image by Ian Knight.
66431 on hire to Freightliner, Martime, 28th July. Image by Ian Knight.
Monday 29th August:
Tuesday 30th August: 4492 1Z94 08:45 Victoria - Weymouth 1 2, 5Z76 19:23 Weymouth - Eastleigh, 34067 1Z95 16:35 Weymouth - Waterloo 1 2
Wednesday 31st August: 4492 (60019) 5Z86 04:50 Eastleigh - Poole, 1Z87 08:05 Poole - Eastleigh - Bristol 1 2 3 4, 1Z88 15:35 Bristol - Eastleigh - Poole 1 2, 5Z89 20:13 Poole - Eastleigh (timed to 35mph, tenders first)
Thursday 1st September: 4492 (60019) 5Z44 12:52 Eastleigh - Motala - Swanage 1 2 3, 67002 + 67028 5Z12 08:45 Victoria - Winchester, 1Z12 11:42 Winchester - Redbridge - Westbury, 1Z13 13:28 Westbury - Didcot - Southampton Airport, 5Z13 15:57 Southampton Airport - Eastleigh, 1Z14 18:18 Eastleigh - Victoria
Friday 2nd September: (37607 + 37608) + 47841 1Z59 05:45 T+T Glasgow Central - Eastern Docks 1 2 3 45Z59 16:08 Eastern Docks - Eastleigh,  0Zxx Eastleigh - Southampton
Saturday 3rd September: 47841 + 37608 + 37607 0Z48 09:00 Southampton - Redbridge - Laverstock - Crewe Gresty Road 1 2 3, 55022 1Z76 15:36 Weymouth - Crewe 1 2 3 4 5 6

66417, 66431 on hire to Freightliner.

DRS seem to have become tight on Class 47s following storage of 47712 (which by all accounts is very run down - needing engine repairs and new tyres) and maintenance required for 47802. 47841 was only used as an ETH locomotive on Friday, and is also believed to be less than trustworthy, although it worked north as lead on Saturday.

Saturday 3 September 2011

Cruise Saver Express, 2nd September 2011

1Z59 05:45 Glasgow Central - Eastern Docks
5Z59 16:08 Eastern Docks - Eastleigh
0Z59?         Eastleigh - Southampton Central
0Z48 09:00 (Sat) Southampton Central - Redbridge - Laverstock - Basingstoke - Crewe Gresty Bridge

 37607 + 37608 lead the train through St Denys. Image by The Image Team.
 47841 on the rear of train supplying ETH. Image by The Image Team.
 47841 with the ECS in Eastern Docks. Image by Ian Knight.
0Z48 makes its way past Test Lane on Saturday morning. Image by Ian Knight.