Sunday 7 June 2015

The Alpine Sunbeam, Eastleigh, 6th June 2015

1Z84 15:50 Ardingly - Waterloo, UK Railtours

73136 + 73128 OVS Bulleid CBE lead the train into Eastleigh.
73136 (English Electric Vulcan Foundry, September 1966) has been through a chapter of preservation, when it was Perseverance. Initially sold for scrap to Booth, Rotherham.
Similarly 73128 was also in preservation, via Booth's scrapyard, at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway.
2014 delivered 66752 The Hoosier State on the rear. 73107 and 66707 in the background.