1st - 6th June 2026

 

D1924 (47810) Crewe Diesel Depot leads with the return 'Dorset Coast Express', 4th June. Image by Ropger Homan.

D1935 (47805) Roger Hosking MA  1925 - 2013, on the rear. Image by Ropger Homan.

Monday 1st June: 73961 + 73964 1Q51 11:50 Derby - Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh one
Tuesday 2nd June: 73961 + 73964 1Q52 10:46 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour - Littlehampton - Barnham - Chichester Havant - Portsmouth Harbour - Totton Yard  - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Woking - Lymington Pier - Eastleigh; 37057 3Q01 23:34 Woking - Eastleigh one
Wednesday 3rd June: 73961 + 73964 1Q53 12:00 Eastleigh - Up Yard - Wimbledon - Up Yard one two, 1Q53 18:05 Up Yard - Wimbledon - Totton - Romsey - Eastleigh; 37057 3Q03 22:47 Eastleigh - Brockenhurst - Salisbury -  Eastleigh - Brighton - Eastleigh one
Thursday 4th June: 47805 + 47810 1Z47 06:40 Peterborough - Weymouth one two three four, 1Z48 15:36 Weymouth - Peterborough; 73961 + 73964 1Q54 12:55 Eastleigh - Reading; 37057 3Q04 2136 Eastleigh - Totton -Reading
Friday 5th June: 37057 3Q40 23:58 Reading Triangle - Southampton - Woking
Saturday 6th June:

47830 was turned out from paintshop at Eastleigh Works in a reapplication of two tone green.

Diesel Miscellany at the Severn Valley Railway, 10th May 2026

 

Class 17 D8568, Class 46 46045, Class 50 50033 Glorious, Class 42 D821 Greyhound, and Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger lined up outside Kidderminster Diesel Depot. Part of the D+EPG's Class 35 Hymek D7018 is just visible between the Warship and the Western.

The Diesel Traction Group's D7029, under a protracted overhaul, with an unidentified Western on the left.

D3586 (08471) at Bridgnorth.

A closer view of D821 and D1013 outside the Diesel Depot.

33108 at Highley, where it resides to be mid-line.

20048 and 13201 (08133) outside the east side of the Diesel Depot.

Ruston & Hornsby 319290, at Bewdley. This locomotive has been on the railway since March 1972.

Class 08 Society
Severn Valley Railway

A visit to Eastleigh, about January 1997

Probably a Sunday afternoon in January 1997, but I have failed to record any details.

33051 Shakespeare Cliff, in 'Dutch' engineers livery. This was exchanged for BR blue by March 1997. This Crompton was a railtour favourite for a while. Withdrawn in August 1998, disposal came in September 2003, at Eastleigh Depot.

33035 was one of two locomotives painted in Network South East colours, the other being 33114. 33035 had been withdrawn in October 1996, and was sold into preservation in March 1997, initially being moved to Crewe Heritage Centre, and has most recently been working in Wensleydale.

47019 had been withrawn in February 1997 while on the Tinsley allocation, and was broken up at Eastleigh Depot in March 1997. Another image from with  the depot.

4-CEP 1620 was withdrawn in mid-January 1997, sent to Eastleigh, and sold to GEC Alstom, for traction package development. There were door lock experiments, and the unit later ran as 932620 as a 'Juniper' emu development test bed. This work finished by 2001, and disposal took place in 2005 - coach 70660 seen in March 2005.

The Cable Drum Train lies beyond 47019.

Two images of D3816 / 08649 G H Stratton, with WTL (Wessex Traincare Ltd) logo, named after Gordon Stratton, a former employee, with nameplates carried from 1993 -2011. The plates were later in the, now closed, Eastleigh Museum.

In 2020, after time at Wolverton Works, it was transferred to Meteor Power of Silverstone, for conversion to hybrid / electric. It eventually went into storage at the former railway location at Brackley (Great Central Main Line) one two, with Meteor Power then entering liquidation, and was relocated to RSS at Wishaw in late October 2025.

D2991 (07007) wearing green colours, with what I believe to be 77398 of 5-WES 2417. 

Statfold 'Spectacle of Steam' 8th March 2026 6: Oak Tree Halt to Workshop Halt

 

Lautoka No.19 (Hudswell Clarke 1056 / 1914) and Sragi No.1​ (Krauss 4045 / 1899).

Fiji / Lautoka No.11( Hudswell Clarke 972 / 1912).

12¼" gauge Carol Ann (Exmoor Railway 250 / 2024) runs around at the terminus of the 'Mease Valley Light Railway', opened here in August 2024.

Carol Ann out in the park.

Carol Ann on the turntable at Works Halt.

25th - 30th May 2026

 

59003 awaiting its future at Eastleigh Works, 29th May. Coach 10211 lies beyond, and 142007 was inside the shed, on the works since 6th April 2020.


I believe that this is 802105, which arrived on Works on 21st May, and appears to be receiving the cosmetic refresh actions. The other GWR IEP in the Works is 800017. which has received a previous cosmetic update.

69016 British Transport Police seen while shunting in the yards at Eastleigh, 29th May.

Monday 25th May:
Tuesday 26th May: 57306 (+ 701027) 5Z50 12:54 Eastleigh - Wimbledon Park one two three four; 43049 + 43055 5O47 08:17 Crewe - Eastleigh one two three
Wednesday 27th May: 43049 + 43055 1Z30 05:39 Eastleigh - Scarborough one, 1Z31 16:35 Scarborough - Eastleigh one two
Thursday 28th May: 43049 + 43055 5Z32 13:50 Eastleigh  - Crewe one; 43013 (?) + 43062 1X23 15:28 Salisbury - Southampton - Salisbury (later one)
Friday 29th May:
Saturday 30th May:

Eastleigh Works: 24Mar - 25Mar - 31Mar (1) - 31Mar (2) - 02Apr

A year after nationalisation, is South Western Railway delivering?

DMUs on the Severn Valley, 10th May 2026

 

Derby Class 108 DMCL 52064 leads away from Highley with the 10:45 Bridgnorth - Kidderminster.

DMBS 51941 on the rear of the train. The centre car is TSL 59250.

Class 101 DMCL 50170 at Bewdley, in a set which arrived in 2024, from the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway.

Centre car TSL 59303, which was allocated to Dundee (DE) in my more youthful years.

DMBS 50253 at the other end of the train.

Later in the day, 52064 departing Arley with the 14:05 Bridgnorth - Kidderminster.

DMU Group (West Midlands)
Severn Valley Railway

56051 + 56049 Marchwood - Westbury, Romsey, 23rd May 2026

56051 + 56049 0Z56 16:57 Marchwood Mod Gbrf - Westbury Down T.C., following the delivery of 56094 and 56302 for export to Ghana. At least 56049 was out later from Westbury, on a Civil Engineering train. These are the two currently operational Class 56s with Colas, mainly working on Civil Engineering trains, or standing by on ECML Thunderbird duties.

56051 Survival leads into Romsey station.

Closer shots running through 'platform 2'.

56049 Robin of Templecombe on the rear.

1970s style smoke from the Ruston Paxman 16RK3CT in 56051.