Saturday 26 June 2010

26th June 2010 - 1Z75 return from Swanage to North Walsham

47804 works hard up the grade from Eastleigh to Shawford with the 1Z75 Swanage to North Walsham


47580 on the rear of the train.

20th - 26th June 2010

47580 approaches Ashurst with 1Z74 "Swanage & Dorset Explorer", 26th June
47580 leads past Redbridge and over the Test. Image by Ian Knight.
47580 passes Ashurst.

 47804 on the tail of 1Z74.

Sunday 20th June: D1015 5Z61 West Ealing - Eastleigh 1 2, 60163 1Z92 17:37 Waterloo - Botley - Waterloo 
Monday 21st June:
Tuesday 22nd June:
Wednesday 23rd June:
Thursday 24th June: 31602 3Q22 21:02 Selhurst - Eastleigh, 5Z39 23:37 Euston - Eastleigh
Friday 25th June: D1015 0Z52 12:45 Eastleigh - Reading - Newbury - Exeter, 31602 3Q10 21:15 Eastleigh - Southampton - Bath - Southampton - Portsmouth - Southampton - Eastleigh, 5Z61 21:22 Eastleigh - Wembley
Saturday 26th June: 47580 + 47804 1Z74 04:59 North Walsham - Swanage 1 2 3, 1Z75 (Swanage -) 18:17 Worgret Jct - North Walsham


57604 Pendennis Castle 

26th June 2010 - 66580 and 66581 in storage at Maritime - both debranded

66581 has been joined in storage at Maritime by 66580, previously at Leeds, which arrived in 4O17 on 8th June. Seen here on 26th.

Sunday 20 June 2010

20th June - 60163 Tornado on The Cathedrals Express

60163 approaches Winchester City with 1Z92 17:37 Waterloo - Botley - Waterloo - running 35 mins late after a late start from London. The Cathedrals Express was running this special for Father's Day.

Saturday 19 June 2010

14th - 19th June 2010



37409 + 37423 seen at Southampton with 975025 Caroline 15th June. Image by Ian Knight.
73212 T+T 73204 with 1Q31 on 16th June. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 14th June: 67029 5O61 10:26 Wembley-Eastleigh
Tuesday 15th June: 37409 + 37423 + 975025 2Z01 09:31 Waterloo - Salisbury - Westbury - Dorchester - Southampton, 67029 5Z82 19:21 Eastleigh - Hither Green
Thursday 17th June: NMT 43014 + 43062 1Z23 14:51 Basingstoke - Weymouth - Old Oak Common
Friday 18th June: D1015 + 66074 5M61 19:21 Eastleigh - Wembley (dep 99min late)
Saturday 19th June: 44871 1Z84 06:52 Three Bridges - Bristol, 1Z85 16:35 Bristol - Three Bridges

19th June - 44871 returns with The Bath and Bristol

Two pictures of 44871 passing Romsey with 1Z85 16:35 Bristol - Three Bridges. The train was running 35 minutes late, understood related to dragging brakes under the kitchen car, which was rectified after at a stop at Kimbridge.
44871 carries a steampipe casing originally built at Vulcan Foundry for 5020 - 5029. This has a large notch which can be seen above the cylinder end. The locomotive was in this condition in 1968.

19th June - 44871 with The Bath & Bristol

Three pictures showing 44871 with 1Z84 06:52 Three Bridges - Bristol passing St John's Church, Lockerley.


16th June 2010 60163 on "The Purbeck Tornado"

60163 passes Totton on the way to Swanage. This and the following images from Ian Knight.
60163 at Millbrook on the return journey (to Up Goods Loop at this stage)
Test Lane heading away from Redbridge
Further images 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Saturday 12 June 2010

7th - 12th June 2010

47854 arrives at Southampton, 17th May 1997. 1O14 1510 Liverpool-Poole

Monday 7th June:
Tuesday 8th June: 66501 + 66580 DIT 4O17 15:44 Lawley St - Maritime, 66580 into storage at Maritime (debranded)
Wednesday 9th June: D444 (50044) + 50026 0O50 08:10 Minehead - Eastleigh 1 2 3, D444 (50044) + 37308 14:15 6V53 Eastleigh - Cardiff (dep 13:30) 1 2
Thursday 10th June: 
Friday 11th June:
Saturday 12th June:

55022 1Z55 Kings Cross to Oxford 1
Eastleigh Works 29th May

Something different! Yolo ShortLine GP9R 131, formerly Southern Pacific 3803 built in October 1957. Seen at Woodland, California, 7th September 1997. Now Sierra Northern Railroad 131 following acquisition. The GP9 is a 1750hp locomotive.

Other images and links for this locomotive 1 2 3 4 5 6

Sunday 6 June 2010

6th June 2010 - 59202 on 5Z59 ECS from Bristol

59202 at Crampmoor with 5Z59 12:00 Bristol East - Eastleigh (running 25 mins early) - not my first choice of location, hut had to dash when I read that it was 35 early at Quidhampton
A bit closer on 59202 "Vale of White Horse". Yesterday's Pathfinder train was "The Powys Chugger"

31st May - 5th June 2010

67022 leads 1Z83 past Redbridge, 5th June. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 31st May: 44871 1Z82 08:35 Victoria - Swanage 1 2, 30777 1Z83 16:11 Swanage - Waterloo 1 2 3 4
Tuesday 1st June:
Wednesday 2nd June:
Thursday 3rd June:
Friday 4th June: 67024 + 67022 5Z82 07:10 Stewarts Lane - Bournemouth 1 2, 1Z82 11:38 Bournemouth - Basingstoke, 1Z83 13:11 Basingstoke - Bournemouth, 5Z94 15:28 Bournemouth - Eastleigh - Southampton Parkway, 1Z94 18:34 Southampton Parkway - Victoria
Saturday 5th June: 59202 (?) 5Z59 03:55 Eastleigh - Bristol (1Z59), 44871 5Z71 Swanage - Castleton (for ELR), 67022 + 670241Z83 16:45 Axminster - Waterloo


08873 shunts Maritime


Eastleigh Works: 28th May

Saturday 5 June 2010

5th June 2010 - Remembering 47150 and 47289

47150 and 47289, latterly owned by Harry Needle, were removed by truck in the past week from Crewe to TJ Thomson at Stockton for disposal. Here we see them in their declining years with Freightliner.
47150 at Millbrook awaiting loading with cars, 30th March 2003
47289 at Maritime, 8th February 2003
47289 at Maritime, 16th February 2003

Recent pictures of the locomotives at Crewe in storage: 47150 47289 47289