Miscellany at Eastleigh, 21st March 2025

69003 The Railway Observer + 66307 Ipswich Town 6O41 10:14 Westbury Down T.C. - Eastleigh East Yard.

69003 appears to have been sent to Westbury and back again for driver training ahead of Class 69 being assigned to these workings.

99.70.9319.013-7 ZOA (DRK 81614) a Kirow 1200 tonne crane.

66142 Maritime Intermodal Three 4O43 04:28 Wakefield Europort - Western Docks.

458402 + 458404 5Q90 11:19 Bournemouth - Basingstoke.

66206 4O39 09:43 Cowley - Eastern Docks.

08511 continues to work the yards, as we already forget the pair of Class 18s.


387211 1Y30 12:13 Brighton - Southampton.

50008 on a GWR sleeper drag, Eastleigh, 22nd March 2025

50008 Thunderer (+ 10589) 5O50 12:25 Reading Traincare Depot - Didcot - Eastleigh Trsmd.

50008 had run through platform 2.

In the approach line for the T&RSMD.

Passing the Works Offices (Parkway House), now more substantially boarded up.

SLEP 10589 built at BREL Derby to Lot 30960 c. 1982 

Class 70s at Eastleigh. 21st March 2025

 

70807 arrived in the East Yard with 6X24 09:25 Hinksey - Eastleigh.

70005 arriving with 4O14 05:08 Garston - Maritime.

70001 PowerHaul departed early with 4M61 12:56 Maritime - Trafford Park, but was held to time outside the station.

70016 4O90 06:04 Leeds - Maritime.

70015 4M65 13:12 Maritime - Lawley Street.

17th - 22nd March 2025

 

The new paint scheme on 69014, with covered nameplates, running through platform 3 at Eastleigh, 20th March, heading for Longport, where the name should be revealed on 26th. Image by Roger Homan.

59102 Village of Chantry running through the woods at Crampmoor with 6O68 09:11 Westbury Tarmac - Crawley, 20th March.

Monday 17th March: 802102 5X81 0946 Eastleigh - Reading
Tuesday 18th March: 69009 (+ 701503 + 701504) 5Q89 12:34 Long Marston - Eastleigh one two three, 5Q92 18:17 Eastleigh - Wimbledon Park, 0Z90 21:19 Wimbledon Park - Eastleigh Flickr for the day; Rubbed down D9000 / 55022 shunted at Eastleigh one two
Wednesday 19th March: 69014 first appearance; 66601 0Z66 12:28 Eastleigh - Maritime, then 70002 + 66601 6M99 14:57 Maritime - Basford Hall one two three Flickr for the day; 802103 5X81 15:17 Reading - Eastleigh one two
Thursday 20th March: 69014 0M45 10:20 Eastleigh - Longport one two three Flickr for the day
Friday 21st March: 69003 0Z69 08:19 Eastleigh -Westbury (worked back with 66307 on 6O41 - driver training?); 455869 + 455734 5Z50 09:15 Wimbledon Park - Eastleigh Works (for wheelsets) one
Saturday 22nd March: 50008 (+ 17174) 5V50 08:07 Eastleigh - Reading one, 50008 (+ 10589) 5O50 12:25 Reading - Eastleigh one, 50008 0E50 16:17 Eastleigh - Knottingley (rumour is of 33012 taking over these turns)

08530 at Maritime has been replaced by 08785.

56105 has been taken out of traffic by Colas. Flickr for March. Last noted in Eastleigh on 17th - 20th January.

59003 returned to Eastleigh Works on 11th March. There was a 0Z59 path to Westbury on 21st, but it did not run.

69014 looks remarkably like HS4000 Kestrel, but is said to be EMD demonstrator influenced, possibly this SD70ACe example seen in 2012.

"SWR's Class 701s delayed again - operator admits introduction is "not going as planned"", and an ITV report. Oh dear.

Flickr search - reports suggest that Search functions are being restricted for non-registered users. I may revert to more manual individual images going forward.

Eastleigh, 18th March 2025

08511 , with 66017 and the crippled 66107 in the background.

66103 4O39 09:43 Cowley - Southampton Eastern Docks.

70001 PowerHaul 4M61 12:56 Maritime - Trafford Park.

70016 4O90 06:04 Leeds - Maritime.


387227 1Y30 12:13 Brighton - Southampton.


458402 5Q91 13:20 Basingstoke - Bournemouth.

153311 2Q30 14:00 Eastleigh - Brighton - Eastleigh.

66601 is rolled out at at Eastleigh Works, 18th March 2025

 

08567 hauled 66601, finished in the green 'Freightliner 60' scheme, out of the paintshop, at 12:40.


The loco bore no numbers at that point, nor The Hope Valley nameplates.


Numbers being applied at 13:37.


The '1965 - 2025' lettering being applied, at 13:43.

All numbers now applied, at 14:03.

D9000 / 55022 Royal Scots Grey has been rubbed down for repaint.

37409 on driver training duties, Dunfermline, 3rd March 2025

37409 Loch Awe 0Z31 09:19 Carlisle Upperby Tmd Lsl - Edinburgh (three passes of Stirling - Alloa - Kincardine - Dunfermline)

37409 has just run through Dunfermline City (once Dunfermline Lower) station.

The driver kindly paused at this point, it seems that there is a signal out of sight here.

Having run around at Townhill sidings, 37409 heads for Charlestown Junction, and the second pass of the line to Alloa.