21st - 26th May 2018

66540 Ruby lays it down thick over Southampton with late running 4M61 13:00 Maritime -Trafford Park, Tuesday 22nd May.

66221 stands in for a Class 59, 7V07 1241 Chichester - Merehead, passing Romsey 22nd May.

Monday 21st May:
Tuesday 22nd May:
Wednesday 23rd May: 4424xx + 4424xx 5Q48 12:15 Poole Signal Pw5200 - Southampton; 5Q49 14:15 Southampton - Bournemouth Depot
Thursday 24th May: 44224xx + 442410 Bournemouth - Wimbledon ? one
Friday 25th May:
Saturday 26th May: 66133 + 66198 T+T 1Z66 05:00 Eastleigh - Liverpool. 1Zxx 17:10 Liverpool - Eastleigh   through the day; 37069 + 37259 + 57305 68025 T+T 5Z53 13:02 Salisbury - Romsey - Eastleigh, 5Z54 15:01 Eastleigh - Romsey - Salisbury    37s for the day    68025 for the day

Freightliner have stored 70004 and 70010, leaving only 9 units in service.
- 70004 was DIT to Leeds on Friday-Saturday 18th-19th, following DIT from Basford Hall on Friday - apparently it has thrown a piston out
- 70010 was DIT to Leeds on Friday 18th, and was assigned this status on Thursday 17th following a tow south, and following a tow from Ipswich on Wednesday 16th.

South Western Railway sees drop in passenger numbers - decline in season ticket sales, possibly since more trek to the office on less days per week.

Reuters: GE to merge transportation unit with Wabtec in $11.1 billion deal