Southampton Maritime, possibly 16th January 2000

A sample from a stored box of photographs, about a year before my transition to digital. No specific dates, but it feels like it may have been a bike ride, on a day with a low winter sun, and there is an earlier shot of 73101 crossing Canute Road with a return VSOE - possibly a working of Sunday 16th January 2000. I may have put the shot of 35028 as 35002 into an album, as I seem to recall it.

47372 is the main subject here, built as D1891 at Brush Loughborough, and new to traffic on 6th August 1965. Renumbered to 47372 about February 1974, then put in storage by Freightliner in December 2000. It entered the 57/3 programme, arriving at Brush in November 2002, becoming 57314 in October 2004, and now in the West Coast fleet.

At left, 08077 was a regular for Freightliner in that period. It had been new from BR Derby in February 1955, as 13102, later D3102, and 08077. Withdrawn in November 1977, but entered a second life, and was eventually stored in April 2007. There was then a collision at Maritime in July 2008, leading to removal in August 2008 and disposal at Barton under Needwood in May 2014.

47349 was over the pit. New as D1830 from Brush on 18th March 1965, renumbered to 47349 in October 1973. It was stored at Eastleigh in February 2000, but reinstated in May that year, once again stored at Maritime from May 2001 with wheelset defects. Returned to traffic in July 2001, it was stored at Crewe in November 2001. Moved to Brush, Loughborough by road in November 2002, it became 57603 in late 2003.

47376 Freightliner 1995 was new from Brush as D1895 in September 1965. renumbered to 47376 in February 1974. Stored in July 2001, it is preserved at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, and has been active at many diesel galas in subsequent years.

47303 Freightliner Cleveland was new from Brush as D1784 on 7th November 1964, renumbered to 47303 in February 1974. and then stopped and stored in December 2005. Disposed of to TJ Thompson, Stockton in July 2007, and scrapped in December that year.

A cab end view of 47349.

47283 was next in line after 47303. 47283 was new from BR Cewe as D1985 in January 1966, renumbered to 47283 in April 1974. It was stored in October 1999 at Crewe and was moved to Southampton about this while in stored status. It did not work again, and was removed to MoD Longtown / Smalmstown in February 2003. To Kingsbury in June 2004, and scrapped in September of that year.

Stripped 47283 seen just before removal, with adjacent 47207, 8th February 2003.

At that time, perfectly regular, two Class 442 5-WES pass by. Along the yard, another Class 47 is coupled ready for an outward working. The gasholder remained in usage for a further few years, eventually removed about 2022.

20th - 25th July 2026

 

Another angle of 69008 Richard Howe and 56051 Survival at Eastleigh, 21st July.

66513 4M61 12:54 Maritime - Trafford Park, Eastleigh, 21st July.

Monday 20th July: 47830 + 47810 5Z09 11:45 Eastleigh - Southall one two
Tuesday 21st July: 802113 5X82 1137 Eastleigh - Reading; 56051 + 66549 0O24 09:26 Hinksey - Eastleigh
Wednesday 22nd July: 47848 + 47237 1Z94 08:46 Victoria - Weymouth one two three four, 1Z95 17:38 Weymouth - Waterloo one; 800111 5X80 12:21 Eastleigh - Reading one; 20205 + 20007 5O19 08:05 Kings Norton - Eastleigh one two three; 73212 + 73128 0Y68 09:39 Tonbridge - Eastleigh one two, 73128 + 73212 + 73107 0Y71 14:37 Eastleigh - Tonbridge one two three four five
Thursday 23rd July: 20007 (+ 395008) + 20205 7Q95 08:22 Eastleigh - Ashford one two three four five six seven eight; 68012 + 68015 + 68014 0N42 11:01 Eastleigh - Crewe (DRS to prepare for Cloas RHTT hire) one two three four; 43013 + 43062 1X23 15:28 Salisbury - Southampton - Salisbury (afterwards one)
Friday 24th July: 800004 5X81 13:16 Reading - Eastleigh one two
Saturday 25th July:

PCA wagons BCC (Blue Circle Cement) 10835 (BREL Ashford 1981) and BCC 11035 (Powell Duffryn 1984-87) were part of a set of 46 of these wagons moved to North Blyth for disposal on 22nd July one two three. Seen above at Chesterfield on 5th September 2023.

Also BCC 10754 and following BCC 10875, seen at the same location on 31st May 2022.

Miscellany at Eastleigh, 22nd July 2026

 

Still Freightliner branded, Heavy Haul Rail 59203 crosses over the main lines with 6O68 09:11 Westbury Tarmac - Crawley.

66757 West Somerset Railway arrived from Western Docks, and later worked 6F10 11:48 Eastleigh - Wootton Bassett Civil Engineers train. This locomotive is understood to have re-geared and awaits renumbering to 66667.

Heavy Haul Rail 59101 Village of Whatley, working  0V16 11:55 Fareham-Whatley, has had 'Freightliner' branding removed, although not those for 'Zero Injuries - Our Goal Every Day', which originated with Genesee & Wyoming.

20205, now owned by Romic, approaches with 5O19 08:05 Kings Norton - Eastleigh, operated by Rail Adventure.

20205 entering platform 3. The locomotives and barriers are the same as those which brought coaches of 395008 to the Works for collision damage repair, on 12th December 2025.


20007 on the rear. Both locomotives now have Romic ownership plates.

69011 is now one of the designated super shunters.

66136 runs by with  4O39 09:35 Morris Cowley - Eastern Docks.


73212 Stephen Eaves + 73128 Kent & East Sussex Railway arrive as 0Y68 09:39 Tonbridge - Eastleigh.

Side view of 73128. The pair of locomotives later returned to Tonbridge with 73107 from the Works.

800111 released from Eastleigh Works, 22nd July 2026

LNER Azuma 800111 entered Eastleigh Works on 20th May, and has received the full crack repair programme, noticeable above the yaw dampers. 

5X80 12:21 Eastleigh Works Gbrf - Reading.

800111, lead by PDTA 811111.

A closer view of 800111 as it ran to a stop in platform 2, showing the repair work above the first yaw damper. There is a missing unit number, which should be close to the yaw damper mount, about below the LNER logo.

MS coach 815111.

Detail of the repair above the yaw damper on PDTRBF 819111.


Leaving the station, heading for Allbrook and Shawford, and a return to LNER service on the East Coast Main Line.

The Dorset Coast Express, 22nd July 2026

47848 + 47237 1Z94 08:46 Victoria - Weymouth (retimed for Class 47 operation throughout).

47848 leading as the train passed the Signalling Centre at Eastleigh.

Flying through the station.


47237, believed to have last visited these parts on 26th July 2017, on the rear.

A short distance further along, 47848 passes St Denys. Image by Ian Knight.

47237 on the rear. Image by Ian Knight.

56051 and 69008 at Eastleigh, 21st July 2026

 

56051 Survival and 69008 Richard Howe.


69008 was prepared for 0V30 14:05 Eastleigh - Westbury. This locomotive was built at BREL Doncaster as 56038, and entered traffic in February 1978.


Richard Howe nameplate on 69008.


56051, which had arrived from Hinksay, was also built at BREL Doncaster, and entered traffic on 24th August 1980

A final view for the day, of the pair of classic locomotives.

Eastleigh Works and T&RSMD, 21st July 2026

 

73107 Tracy outside the Works, expected to depart to Tonbridge on 22nd.

Windhoff MPV DR 98931 has arrived. Not a regular in these parts, it seems to spend most time in Kent. Alongside is JNA  81.70.5500.023-3.

142007 and 59003 in similar positions to when previously seen on the 7th.

Two Locomotive Services owned Mk 3 coaches. On the left is former EMR TF 41208 (formerly 12112 and later 42406), which has been at the Works since 2nd August 2023, after which it appeared that parts were removed. More interestingly, on the right, former GWR TC 46006, which now sports its former number "41081 L/F" in chalk, as a TF. 46006 arrived on 11th June 2020, and was noted with cuts in the roof on 19th September 2021. Is it making a comeback? As a Lounge First?

Chiltern 68025 seen on a shunt at the T&RSMD.