Saturday 5 August 2017

31st July - 5th August 2017


70814 at Romsey as 0O31 17:30 Westbury - Eastleigh.

33207 Jim Martin on the rear of 1Z69 at Romsey.

Sunday 30th July: 37059 + 37069 1Z65 20:43 Caterham (but did not get there, started from Purley) - Eastleigh (arr 00:11 Sunday,  0Z71 14:35 Eastleigh - Willesden Brent (added 37602) - Crewe one two
Monday 31st July: 180108 5O86 09:30 Bounds Green - Eastleigh one two three
Tuesday 1st August:
Wednesday 2nd August:  60009 + 33207 T+T 1Z67 08:43 Victoria - Weymouth, 1Z69 16:35 Weymouth - Southampton - Laverstock - Waterloo (Flickr for the day); 66199 6Z29 09:35 Fawley Esso to Bescot (41 TTAs for scrap) one two three four
Thursday 3rd August:
Friday 4th August: 67012 + 67021 5xxx 12:00 Chichester - Eastleigh one, 5xxx 17:05 Eastleigh - Chichester one two
Saturday 5th August: 66088 1Z60 06:03 Eastleigh - Bristol (change to 60163) - Carmarthen

Eastleigh Works: 04Jul - 05Jul - 06Jul - 07Jul

Freightliner stored Class 66s - pool DHLT:
66955 moved from Leeds to Doncaster Roberts Road (GBRf) for repairs
66956 moved from Leeds to Doncaster Roberts Road (GBRf) for repairs
66957 to Southampton within 4O31 on 31st, but moved on in 4M58 on 1st (one two) for move to Longport (Progress Rail / EMD) for repairs

70008 still waylaid as of Wednesday
 70008  DFGI  SOTNMT MD   SOTON M T                      X          -12D A

GE Transportation to cease production at Erie, PA.
This is where the Class 70's came from.
Bloomberg - Railway Age - International Railway Journal

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