The Engine House at Highley, 10th May 2026

The Engine House contains many of the stalwarts of the Severn Valley from when I first visited over 40 years ago.

GWR 45xx 4566.,

L95 or GWR 5764, a 57xx Pannier Tank.

Dukedog 9017 Earl of Berkeley, on loan from the Bluebell Railway, and recently swapped with the Vale of Rheidol for 7819 Hinton Manor.

LMS 2MT 46443.

LMS 8F 48773.

WD600 Gordon and 686 The Lady Armaghdale.

A lower level view of Gordon, built by North British in Glasgow in 1943.

The Engine House

15th - 20th June 2026

 

66518 at Winchester with 4E65 13:13 Maritime - Doncaster Europort, 17th June. Image by Roger Homan.

Ermewa owned Greenbrier JNA 81.70.5500.031-6 at Eastleigh Works for repair, 16th June.

Monday 15th June:
Tuesday 16th June: 802105 5X82 09:20 Eastleigh - Reading
Wednesday 17th June: 802113 5X81 13:16 Reading to Eastleigh
Thursday 18th June:
Friday 19th June:
Saturday 20th June:

Investigation into a collision between a passenger train and a portable rail grinding machine near to Redbridge, Hampshire, 19 May 2026.

'Vindication' for Alliance Rail despite regulator rejecting open access plan for second time

Eastleigh, 16th June 2026

 

66514 4M61 12:54 Maritime - Trafford Park.

DR 98958 leading 3Z00 0803 Totton Yard - Guildford - Totton Yard.

66501 Spirit of '65 - Celebrating 60 years of Freightliner 4O90 04:03 Doncaster Europort - Maritime.

59004 PAUL A HAMMOND 6V62 13:21 Up Yard - Westbury Tarmac.

66509 Freightliner Retirement Association 4E65 13:13 Maritime - Doncaster Europort.

'Clan Line' returns to London, 13th June 2026

35028 Clan Line + 47802  1Z61 1608 Portsmouth Harbour - Redbridge - Laverstock - Victoria.
Images by Ian Knight.

35028 passing through St Denys.


47802 on the rear of the train.


After a water stop in Southampton, 35028 is seen running through Redbridge.

Again, 47802 on the rear.

Italian High Speed Trains at Bolzano, 4th - 6th June 2026

 

414 110 arriving at Bolzano, 4th June. The 3000V dc only Class 414s have been converted to work with ordinary coaches after the ETR500 trains needed to be able to run at multi-voltage on high speed lines.

414 134 at the other end of the train.

Frecciarossa 1000 ETR1000 039 arriving to terminate at Bolzano.

'Italo' AGV575 016 of open access operator NTV followed soon afterwards.

414 128 after arrival on Friday 5th.

414 105 at the other end of the train.

Frecciarossa 1000 ETR1000 014, approaching on the 5th.

414 119 upon arrival on 6th.

ÖBB Railjet services, June 2026

Railjet services, operated by ÖBB in conjunction with DB. The Class 1116 'Taurus' locomotives can operate at 15kV and 25KV, but the 1216 variant is needed for operation into Italy, at 3000V dc. The more recent 'Vectron' Class 1293 can also operate these services.

My own journey was from München Ost through Austria and over the Brenner Pass to Bozen / Belzano in Sud-Tirol, under Italian administration. The return Railjet segment was from Bozen / Belzano to Innsbruck. All ticketing was from the DB website, with barcode tickets carried on the DB Navigator app.

 
1116 204 at München Ost, 3rd June.


1216 006, also at München Ost, 3rd June, in a special scheme for 66 years of Roco model railways. This locomotive can be tracked at the ÖBB website.


1116 209 at München Ost, 3rd June.


1216 024 at Bozen / Belzano, 4th June.


Vectron 1293 047 at Bozen / Belzano, 4th June.

Coaching stock 8091.908 with Vectron cab.


The other side of 1216 006, at Bozen / Bolzano, 5th June.


While timetabled as a Railjet, this train arrived with more ordinary stock, including some 'Nightjet' coaches. 1216 012 arriving at Bozen / Bolzano, 5th June.


My train from Bozen / Bolzano to Innsbruck on 6th was delayed by 45 minutes, and arrived with 1216 012 on top of 1293 047, the latter being kaput, and seen here being removed at Innsbruck.

8091.907 at the trailer end of another 'Railjet' at Innsbruck, 6th June.

1116 243 at Innsbruck on 7th June, running as a coupled pair of 'Railjet' sets to Munch.

8th - 13th June 2026

 

Recently repainted for Locomotive Services, 47830 (D1645) was sitting outside Eastleigh Works, 9th June. Perhaps surprisingly, it has reatained its Serck shutters, one of which is defective.

Monday 8th June: 
Tuesday 9th June:
Wednesday 10th June: 37667 (+ 6393 + 44081 + 6394) 5O47 08:17 Crewe - Eastleigh one two
Thursday 11th June: 37667 + 47830 (+ 6393 + 41176 + 6394) 5K47 09:42 Eastleigh - Crewe one two three
Friday 12th June:
Saturday 13th June: 35028 + 47802  1Z61 1608 Portsmouth Harbour - Redbridge - Laverstock - Victoria one two three four five six

56094 + 56302 are on board the RMS FRATERNITY, which arrived at Las Palmas on the 9th, departing on 10th, and expected to dock at Tema, Ghana on 17th, which is one end of the 97km Tema-Mpakadan line. Some pictures of the loading at Marchwood.

09024 has been moved into Eastleigh T&RSMD, and 08871 has been moved back to the East Yard for departure.

Eastleigh Works: 14Apr - 20Apr - 05May - 06May

Europhoenix Rail (EPR), the operating company, haa ceased trading. The parent company, Europhoenix, which owns the fleet, continues to trade.