Saturday 16 August 2014

11th - 16th August 2014

 
56301 and 56311 with the Railvac at Totton, 16th August.
08691 Terri at Maritime, 16th August. New as D3858 in October 1959, allocated to 27E Walton on the Hill. While this has come to Southampton in the past month, it may be for storage, as repairs are understood to be incomplete.
70803 is a hire-in by Freightliner, seen here at Maritime, 16th August.
70809 + 70802 lead 6Z30 past Romsey, 13th August

Monday 11th August: 56301 + 56311 6Y57 22:47 Eastleigh - Guildford
Tuesday 12th August: 56301 + 56311 6Y57 05:00 Guildford - Totton (via Liss), 22:29 Totton - Guildford
Wednesday 13th August: 56301 + 56311 6Y57 05:00 Guildford - Totton, 22:29 Totton - Guildford, 73138 + 73201 1Q85 06:08 Woking - Southampton DGL - Southampton - Southampton UGL - Shalford one two
Thursday 14th August: 56301 + 56311 6Y57 04:40 Guildford - Eastleigh, 22:30 Eastleigh - Havant - Guildford, 66740 5Z68 19:22 Parkeston - Eastleigh
Friday 15th August: 56301 + 56311 6Y57 05:00 Guildford - Totton, 31285 3Q05 22:30 Hither Green - Eastleigh, 60091 6B43 09:38 Eastleigh - Western Docks, 6X44 12.07 Western Docks - Eastleigh
Saturday 16th August: 56301 + 56311 6Y57 22:45 Totton - Ashford (Surrey)
Sunday 17th August: 56301 + 56311 6Y57 06:40 Staines - Totton

66848 and 70803 have been seen on Freightliner turns: one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve (at work!). These hires will continue for several weeks as Freightliner cannot use electric traction to Ipswich while the yard there is remodelled, and this also involves FL heavy haul locomotives working for intermodal.