Saturday 28 March 2015

23rd - 28th March 2015


59003 YEOMAN HIGHLANDER in the Arlington paint facility at Eastleigh Works, 28th March.
Mk 2F TSO 5937 from Lot 30846 at Derby in 1973. Recently delivered to Eastleigh, and expected to join the ScotRail Fife Circle fleet after repaint.
70802 has an intermittent marker light, seen at the start of this video at dusk on 27th March.

Monday 23rd March: 67007 + 67023 T+T 5O61 09:53 Wembley - Eastleigh one two
Tuesday 24th March:
Wednesday 25th March:
Thursday 26th March:
Friday 27th March: 68009 0Z70 01:00 Crewe - Eastleigh one two three, 5Z68 12:34 Eastleigh - Willesden Brent; 08650 removed from Eastleigh Works by road to the Isle of Grain.
Saturday 28th March:

TTA final moves

Tuesday 24th March: 66137 6B41 06:56 Eastleigh - Fawley, 6B62 09:13 Fawley - Eastleigh one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve
- 16 TTAs from Fawley, 10 then were worked forward in 6V38 to Didcot.

Thursday 26th March: 6B93 09:53 Eastleigh - Fawley, 0B94 12:05 Fawley - Eastleigh - not sure if this was TTA traffic being returned empty to Fawley.

Fuel was supplied to railway fuel depots at Eastleigh and Ipswich. It appears than an Immingham to Ipswich rail alternative is being arranged using TEAs.

Eastleigh Works and coaches for ScotRail. The coaches are understood to be for Fife Circle duties, which will return to operation of two loco hauled diagrams. Those going north on Friday were 5945 + 6183 + 5965 + 5976 + 9521. The BSO was in DRS colours, and the remainder in the ScotRail scheme. Most of these were recently in Riviera traffic. 68009 and the coaches worked forward to Kingmoor on Saturday. one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen

Others have been repainted at Derby. one  6177 two three

At Carlisle, 68006 has also been repainted into the ScotRail scheme.

47828 does appear to be at Eastleigh for parts removal. 47805 has been reinstated to traffic following exam at Crewe, thus DRS have 5 available Class 47 as planned for their current needs.

Elsewhere: 34092 SPAD incident on 7th March.