Saturday 31 December 2011

Inverkeithing, 31st December 2011

Hogmanay - a grey day in central Scotland, but with temperatures around 10°C
170460 with a Fife Circle train for Newcraighall
Strathclyde colours 170477 arrives with a train for Edinburgh Waverley
Over the tunnel mouth, 158725 is coming downhill from the Forth Bridge and North Queensferry. West Lothian is seen in the distance beyond the Firth.

26th - 31st December 2011

Monday 26th December: 67025 0Y85 21:26 (actual 00:10 Tue) Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh, 57310 0Y83 Eastleigh - Staines - Windsor - Staines - Woking - Guildford - Woking - Eastleigh,
Tuesday 27th December: 73204 + 68501 8Y86 02:15 Eastleigh - St Denys - Fratton - Haslemere - Fratton - St Denys - Eastleigh
Wednesday 28th December: 66542 + 66549 + 66555 + 66559 + 66598 0Z32 09:11 Stoke Gifford - Maritime (then working north T+T on various trains from Southampton, to reverse at Didcot for west curve), 57303 + 57312 0Z57 14:53 Eastleigh - Basingstoke - Eastleigh
Thursday 29th December: 57303 0Z57 14:52 Eastleigh - Tonbridge, 31465 3Q55 22:25 Hither Green - Eastleigh
Friday 30th December: 67025 + 60163 T+T 5Z27 04:05 Eastleigh - Paddington, 67025 5Z28 19:20 Paddington - Eastleigh (60163 detached at Southall), 31465 3Q06 22:00 Eastleigh - Salisbury - Exeter - Salisbury - Eastleigh
Saturday 31st December: 66846 + 66849 0Z66 12:22 Rugby - Eastleigh, 66714 + 66738 + 68504 + 73141 ~12:00 5Y19 Tonbridge - Eastleigh, 67019 + 67025 T+T 1Z11 19:15 Victoria -  Southampton - Redbridge -Whitchurch
Sunday 1st January 2012: 67019 + 67025 1Z12 00:20 Whitchurch - Victoria

Sunday 18 December 2011

19th - 24th December 2011

Now with Colas, on 2nd February 2002 47739 Resourceful arrives at Westbury with 1Z81 07:15 from Paddington, to come off and hand over to 60009 Union of South Africa which ran on to Plymouth.

Monday 19th December: 60163 5Z31 06:11 Eastleigh - Basingstoke, 5Z34 23:23 Basingstoke - Eastleigh (tour to Norwich), 47739 + 47749 5Z25 10:03 Eastleigh - Carlisle Yard, 31285 1Q06 13:11 Eastleigh - Romsey - Westbury - Weymouth - Westbury
Tuesday 20th December: 60024 6O26 10:19 Hinksey - Eastleigh, 60024 + 66077 6V38 11:00 Marchwood - Didcot (from Eastleigh)
Wednesday 21st December: 67025 5M61 21:26 Eastleigh - Wembley
Thursday 22nd December: 67025 5Z37 22:15 Euston - Eastleigh
Friday 23rd December:
Saturday 24th December:

60163 is believed to still be at Eastleigh

Saturday 17 December 2011

12th - 17th December 2011

 Brush Power: 47739 Robin of Templecombe and 31285 at Eastleigh Works, 18th December. 31285 is attached to the Structure Gauging Train.
Close up of 47739. New as D1615 from Crewe in August 1964, renumbered to 47035 in February 1974, then to 47594 in September 1983 and 47739 from August 1994. Stored January 2004 and to EMR Kingsbury scrapyard July 2007, from where removed in October 2007 to Eastleigh for overhaul for Colas.
 47749 Demelza and 31285. The barrier coach is 6330 and the ECS train for Kilmarnock is made up ready to move  on Monday. 47749 was new from Crewe in February 1965, and named City of Truro later that year. Renumbered to 47076 in February 1974, 47625 in November 1984, and 47749 in November 1995. Stored March 2004, and moved to EMR in April 2007, being moved to Eastleigh for overhaul for Colas in the next month.
 31285 front end. HST buffet ready for movement to Kilmarnock in background.
 Another view of 31285, new as D5817 in October 1961 to41A (Tinsley, Sheffield) and re-engined to Class 31 in July 1967.
73005, 68501 and 73204. 73005 was built at Eastleigh Carriage Works as E6005 in July 1962.73204 was built at English Electric Vulcan Foundry, completed as E6032 in May 1966, later 73125. 68501 was originally MBSO 61281 in 2-HAP unit 6083 new in July 1959, was converted for Gatwick Express usage as Class 489 9102 from January 1984 and was assigned to departmental usage from July 2000. 


Monday 12th December: 67025 5Z63 03:20 Eastleigh - Chertsey, 31285 1Q06 10:12 Derby - Eastleigh, 1Q06 21:21 Eastleigh - Weymouth - Winchester - Eastleigh 1 2 3
Tuesday 13th December: 67025 5Z66 00:02 Purley - Eastleigh, 68504 + 73213 + 68505 + 73205 5Z73 10:30 Tonbridge - Eastleigh, 5Z73 20:05 Eastleigh - Tonbridge, 67025 5M61 21:26 Eastleigh - Wembley, 31285 1Q06 22:40 Eastleigh - Hamworthy - Winchester - Eastleigh
Wednesday 14th December: 60163 1Z25 08:56 Victoria - Havant - Salisbury - Sherborne (- Yeovil) 1 2 3, (Yeovil -) 1Z34 16:54 Sherborne - Salisbury - Havant - Victoria, 31285 1Q06 19:10 Eastleigh - Romsey - Laverstock - Andover - Ludgershall - Andover - Laverstock - Romsey - Eastleigh - Fawley - Southampton - Lymington, 1Q06 01:20 Lymington - Eastleigh
Thursday 15th December: 67025 5Z27 00:15 Waterloo - Southall - Eastleigh, 31285 1Q06 17:02 Eastleigh - Westbury - Whatley - Westbury - Romsey - Redbridge - Eastleigh, 67005 + 67019 5Z80 12:09 Salisbury - Eastleigh, 5Z81 15:26 Eastleigh - Salisbury (VSOE), Edinburgh - Southampton 'Cruise Saver' does not appear to have run - see below
Friday 16th December: 66085 + 66147 5Z27 07:50 Eastleigh - Paddington, 37087 6Z16 10.03 Ashford - Eastleigh 1 247739 + 47749 5Z47 11:19 St Philips Marsh (Bristol) - Eastleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6, 31285 1Q06 15:19 Eastleigh - Basingstoke - Exeter - Basingstoke - Eastleigh, 73138 + 73201 1Q85 06:08 Woking - Southampton UGL - Waterloo - Woking
Saturday 17th December: 67025 5Z25 01:10 Eastleigh - Ashford, 66098 5Z65 05:11 Eastleigh - Westbury, 5Z67 22:56 Westbury - Eastleigh
Sunday 18th December: 67025 + 60163 5Z81 14:05 Dollands Moor - Eastleigh


31285 1Q06 was the Structure Gauging Train, 1Q85 was a Track Inspection Coach


19th December: 47739 + 47749 5Z25  10:03 Eastleigh - 17:42 Carlisle Yard (for ongoing Tue 5Z25 09:35 Carlisle - Kilmarnock on both Tuesday and Wednesday)


The ship carrying 70013 - 70016 has docked at Newport, and the locomotives were unloaded Sunday 18th December. Original reports were of 70014 - 70017, but there are multiple reports of 70013 being unloaded. Three are for allocation to Freightliner Intermodal, so we may see soon in the Southampton area.


'Cruise Saver' had workings scheduled for 15th December (southbound) and 27th December. These are not in the 'Cruise Saver' brochure, next working expected 21st April. Only southbound working dates are in the brochure.

Saturday 10 December 2011

5th - 10th December 2011

34067 Tangmere passes Lockerley Church with 'The Bath Christmas Market', 10th December


37685 was pushing moderately on the rear, the train was running about 10 minutes late.
66414 (once James the Engine) at Maritime, 10th December. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 5th December: 31285 1Q06 22:19 Selhurst - Havant - Eastleigh
Tuesday 6th December: 31285 1Q06 15:38 Eastleigh - Worthing - Eastleigh
Wednesday 7th December: 60019 (4492) 5Z86 04:50 Eastleigh - Poole, 1Z86 08:57 Poole - Bristol 1 2 3 4 5 6, 1Z88 16:38 Bristol - Poole, 5Z89 21:30 Poole - Eastleigh, 57312 + 73206 + 73208 0Y66 09:19 Eastleigh - Tonbridge, 31285 1Q06 18:28  Eastleigh - Waterloo - Eastleigh
Thursday 8th December: 60019 (4492) 5Z70 11:48 Eastleigh - Southall, 47790 + 47832 T+T 1Z22 11:38 Cardiff - Chandlers Ford - Southampton 1 2, 1Z23 15:02 Southampton - Redbridge - Cardiff, 31285 19:55 Eastleigh - Portsmouth - Woking - Havant - Eastleigh, 67025 5M61 21:26 Eastleigh - Wembley
Friday 9th December: 67025 1Z75 09:10 Hitchin - Winchester, 5Z75 12:45 Winchester - Eastleigh, 5Z76 16:47 Eastleigh - Winchester, 1Z76 17:12 Winchester - Hitchin, 31285 1Q06 21:25 Eastleigh - Derby
Saturday 10th December: 34067 + 37685 T+T 1Z84 07:52 Three Bridges - Bristol 1 2 3 4, 1Z85 Bristol - Three Bridges, 70000 1Z40 09:24 Southend - Eastleigh, 1Z42 17:17 Eastleigh - Southend, 67025 5Z90 19:28 Victoria - Eastleigh

Saturday 3 December 2011

Cruise Saver Express, 3rd December 2011

1Z72 1Z72 10:30 Western Docks - Edinburgh - seen here at Millbrook on exit from the docks. 
47810 Peter Bath MBE 1927 - 2006 + 47501 Craftsman leaving the docks

37604 on the rear of the formation. Understood to have substituted for 37601 itself substituting for 47828, and limiting train speed to 80 mph for the day.

28th November - 3rd December 2011

57301 freshly painted at Eastleigh, 2nd December. Image by Ian Knight.
Recent arrival for Freightliner 66418, still in DRS colours, returns from Bevois Park Sidings to Maritime, 3rd December

Monday 28th November: 47760 + 34067 5Z98 12:00 Swanage - Southall
Tuesday 29th November: 60019 (4492) 5Z70 11:30 Southall - Eastleigh, 0Y01 12:48 Eastleigh - Woking - Eastleigh
Wednesday 30th November: 60019 (4492) 5Z86 04:50 Eastleigh - Poole, 1Z86 08:57 Poole - Bristol 1 2, 1Z88 16:38 Bristol - Poole, 5Z89 21:30 Poole - Eastleigh
Thursday 1st December: 73204 + 68501 8Y85 19:24 Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh
Friday 2nd December: 37604 + 47501 + 47810 5Z72 Crewe - Western Docks
Saturday 3rd December: 47501 + 47810 + 37604 1Z72 10:30 Western Docks - Edinburgh (no separate northbound working for 37604) 1 2, 67025 1Z96 06:34 Eastleigh - Cleethorpes, 67022 + 67025 1Z96 16:30 Cleethorpes - Eastleigh


Friday 2 December 2011

The Bath Spa Christmas Express, 30th November 2011

1Z87 08:57 Poole - Bristol passing Romsey