Monday 18 March 2024

Eastleigh Works and T&RSMD, 15th March 2024

 A limited amount of change outdoors.


Köf II 323 539-7 Cheviot,  458428 + 458423, HST power car 43308 and a glimpse of 313201.


Some stripping for spares from 5922 and 6036 took place in January. Following shunting, it can be seen that some windows have been removed,, along with roofline water tanks.

701036, delivered 15th August 2023; 701057, delivered 15th September 2023, stored at Marchwood 19th October to 19th February.

701003, delivered 7th February; 701509, delivered 2nd February 2022. In the background, Eastern Airways Embraer E170LR G-CMLI  was taking off on a positioning move to Luton.

Sunday 17 March 2024

Lunchtime Freight at Eastleigh, 15th March 2024

 A trip to Asda, with some trains thrown in.


66154 ran early with 4O43 06:13 Wakefield Europort - Westernn Docks. Recently repainted in October 2023. The locomotive took over the Wakefield Workings from Toton on 13th, after 66182 was failed.


70007 proceeding to a platform 1 stop with 4M61 12:56 Maritime - Trafford Park.


59205 hauling 6V62 1321 Up Yard - Westbury Tarmac.


70017 threading its way from platform 3 with 4O90 06:04 Leeds - Maritime.

Saturday 16 March 2024

11th - 16th March 2024


66709 Sorrento passing Romsey on 12th, leading 66709 6V41 14:50 Eastleigh -Westbury.

Followed by 59204 with 6V09 13:41 Chichester - Merehead.

Monday 11th March: 73961 + 73963 1Q51 11:15 Derby - Weymouth - Eastleigh Flickr for the day
Tuesday 12th March: 59003 0Z59 08:30 Westbury- Eastleigh Works (seen earlier on 11th?); 73961 + 73963 1Q52 10:47 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour - Littlehampton - Barnham- Portsmouth Harbour - Totton Yard - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Woking - Lymington Pier - Eastleigh Flickr for the day
Wednesday 13th March: 73961 + 73963 1Q53 12:00 Eastleigh - Up Yard - Wimbledon - Up Yard one two three four, 1Q53 18:05 Up Yard - Wimbledon - Totton - Romsey - Eastleigh Flickr for the day; 69008 (+ 458415) 5X64 10:11 Wembley - Southampton Down Loop one two, 5Q64 14:30 Southampton Down Loop - Bournemouth, 69008 (+ 458521) 5Z66 19:37 Bournemouth - Eastleigh Flickr for the day; 69011 0Z69 09:00 Longport - Eastleigh one two Flickr for the day
Thursday 14th March: 73961 + 73963 1Q54 12:55 Eastleigh - Tonbridge; 69008 5Q70 18:32 Eastleigh - Widnes
Friday 15th March:
Saturday 16th March:


Totton: Work begins on £350k revamp of railway station

The former railway building on Southampton Road, Eastleigh, just south of Campbell Road bridge, was once again for sale by auction, on 12th March, outcome not known.

66791 is now hired to Colas, and has been seen on the Eastleigh - Hinksey - Bescot work70009 has migrated to Lindsey Oil Refinery workings.

70012 out on test.  It does not have the vent modifications for the reliability improvements.

Thursday 14 March 2024

Snapshots at Eastleigh, 13th March 2024

 Four images from the camera of Ian Knight.


69008 Richard Howe passing with 5X64 10:11 Wembley - Southampton Down Loop


458424 running as 5Q91 13:20 Basingstoke - Bournemouth T&R.S.M.D


Two pictures of 69011 (rebuilt from 56032) as it ran through platform 3 as 0Z69 09:00 Longport - Eastleigh Works.



Tuesday 12 March 2024

In the Yards at Eastleigh, 10th March 2024

 


66101, 66023 in DB Cargo Coronation scheme, and 70814.


More detail of 66101, which has worn this DB Schenker scheme since 2011.


153311 now running as Network Rail VIU1.

66717 Good Old Boy, 66741 Swanage Railway, 66750 Bristol Panel Signal Box (with 66764 obscured at the other end of the SITT), and 66744 Crossrail.


66744 again, and 66779 Evening Star.


MXA wagon 965066, originally B 947812 42t Boplate Wagon, built 1957 by RY Pickering, then rebuilt at BREL Shildon in 1981, and into its current form by Marcroft in 2015.

Monday 11 March 2024

Eastleigh Works and T&RSMD, 10th March 2024

 


08567 and 01508 coupled outside of the Works.


DR 78702 YJA(F), the power wagon from a Harsco New Track Construction machine.


57302 Chad Varah tends to be rather camera shy. A year ago, it was thought that some work was commencing, but no progress to note, and it has spent the winter outdoors.


44078, now configured as a TGF, which arrived on 2nd November. The nearest large window appears to have been replaced.


10416, a Buffet Standard, which arrived on 11th January.

701510, 701003 and 701014.

Sunday 10 March 2024

NMT at Romsey, 7th March 2024

43062 + 977984 + 975814 + 977993 + 975984 + 977995 + 43013 1X23 15:28 Salisbury - Redbridge - Salisbury


43062 John Armitt leads the working into Romsey.


975814 is a Conference Coach, originally a prototype HST TF coach 11000, later 41000, built to Lot 30848 at Derby in 1972. Converted to Test Car 10 in 1981.


After turning around at Redbridge, the train returned, now led by 43013 Mark Carne.CBE.


977984 Staff Coach (HST catering vehicle 40501, as a TRUK once part of 253001 from November 1976).