Tuesday 29 January 2019

Freightliner Class 70 locomotives at Eastleigh, 26th January 2019


Currently 9 of the Freightliner Class 70 locomotives are in traffic, leaving 10 in storage.
In traffic: 70002 / 03 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 10 / 15 /20 .

The last three of these were on workings through Eastleigh on Saturday 26th. Also 70006 & 70007 were believed to be at Maritime.

Rumours continue that Freightliner will need the Class 70s to be assigned to the Mendip stone flows in the later 2019 period.

Two views of 70015 taken while paused at Campbell Road with 4B06 11:10 Maritime - Eastleigh. Another angle.


70015 ran around its train, and appears to be in position for 08:54 working back to Maritime on Monday. 66082 to the right had arrived with 4O43 04:11 from Wakefield Europort. On the left 70010 arrives with 4O27 05:21 Garston - Maritime.

The Garston did not have a crew change and ran to the end of the platform before proceeding. Another view of the departure.

4O90 05:27 Leeds - Maritime ran in a different path from typical, and sat for an hour earlier at Bescot, arriving at Eastleigh at 14:46½. 70020 seen from Campbell Road upon the departure for the remaining leg to Maritime.

Sunday 27 January 2019

Eastleigh Works and Depot, 26th January 2019


LNER 800102, which arrived at Eastleigh on 22nd December, has been moved closer to the airport - is it now ready for collection?

In an order which is uncertain, there are 800104, 800106 and 800108, with 442405 to the right. 800102 is further off to the right.

D1944 (47501) CRAFTSMAN outside at the works. Is it now ready for return to Crewe? A path on Friday 25th was not used.

TIP 78207 is a TDA built by Marley Industrie in the 1991 period. It arrived into East Yard on 15th September, moved onto the works on 26th, where attention appears to have been completed to the bogies, now sporting freshly painted springs. 

BSO 9494 in the works scrapping area is no longer visible from Campbell Road ???

Saturday 26 January 2019

21st - 26th January 2019


73962 Dick Mabbutt leads 1Q51 over the level crossing at Bedhampton, at 13:21 on 22nd.

73965 on the rear of the train.

Monday 21st January: 47853 (+ 17080) 5Z80 08:19 Crewe - Severn Tunnel - Salisbury - Romsey - Eastleigh one two; 47815 0O86 10:00 Leicester - Eastleigh one two; 73962 + 73965 1Q51 11:15 Derby - Eastleigh -Weymouth - Eastleigh one two; 37219 0Y69 10:37 Derby - Eastleigh one two
Tuesday 22nd January: 37219 0C01 09:46 Eastleigh - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Eastleigh one two three four five six seven; 73962 + 73965 1Q52 10:37 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour - Littlehampton - Portsmouth Harbour - Totton Yard - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Woking - Lymington Pier -Eastleigh one two three; 37116 3Q01 23:39 Woking - Eastleigh
Wednesday 23rd January: 50007 0Zxx 05:00 Eastleigh - St Philips Marsh HSTD (believed to have run); 37219 0Z37 09:13 Eastleigh - Derby one two; 73962 + 73965 1Q53 11:48 Eastleigh  - Southampton Up Yard - Wimbledon Park - Southampton Up Yard - Wimbledon Park - Totton Yard - Eastleigh - Romsey - Eastleigh one; 66167 6Y34 13:54 Holybourne - Long Marston (former Holybourne tanks for clean out at Long Marston, then for scrap) one two three four five; 37116 3Q03 22:54 Eastleigh - Brighton - Eastleigh one two
Thursday 24th January: 73962 + 73965 1Q54 12:27 Eastleigh - Hither Green one two; 37116 3Q04 21:18 Eastleigh - Reading Triangle
Friday 25th January: 
Saturday 26th January: 800108 (5Q40 22:00 Merchant Park Sidings - Doncaster, 5X40 00:36 Doncaster - Acton), 5X41 04:03 Acton Main Line - Eastleigh  - first main line run, now four Class 800/1's at Eastleigh

Video for Eastleigh on Wednesday.

Holybourne Tanks head for scrap, Romsey, 23rd January 2019


66167 6Y34 13:54 Holybourne Kelt Explratn - Long Marston

66167 leads the formation.

VTG 82204 was built by Standard Wagon in 1980. Also recorded in August 2016.

VTG 82748 built by Procor in 1981.

All 10 of the TEA wagons seen in my "last" coverage in August 2016 were in the formation being sent to Long Marston, where they will be cleaned out before forwarding for scrap. 

These 10 marked * below remained in two sequences in the same order as in 2016.

14 wagons total
VTG 82204 TEA  *
VTG 82750 TEA *
VTG 82756 TEA *
VTG 82752 TEA *
VTG 82751 TEA *
VTG 82748 TEA *
VTG 82749 TEA *
VTG 82753 TEA *
VTG 82754 TEA *
VTG 82755 TEA *
VTG 85939 TEA
VTG 85934 TEA
VTG 85938 TEA
VTG 85931 TEA

Friday 25 January 2019

Empties from Up Yard - Whatley, Crampmoor, 23rd January 2019


59104 Village of Great Elm 7Z52 13:21 Southampton Up Yard - Whatley Quarry

59104 leads the train past  the meadows at Crampmoor.



81.70.5500.164-5 is a much newer JNA built by Astra Rail in Romania in 2016.

17 wagons total
81.70.5500.194-2 JNA
VTG 3202 KEA
VTG 3196 KEA
81.70.5500.180-1 JNA
VTG 3172 KEA
VTG 3175 KEA
VTG 3206 KEA
81.70.5500.198-3 JNA
81.70.5500.167-8 JNA
81.70.5500.185-0 JNA
OK 3279 JYA
OK 3302 JYA
OK 3324 JYA
OK 3315 JYA
OK 3293 JYA
OK 3283 JYA
81.70.5500.164-5 JNA

Tuesday 22 January 2019

Class 166s on Portsmouth workings, 19th January 2019


However no matched 165's which are intended to bring the trains up to 5 coaches.

Blue 166211 1F16 11:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central.

Green 166205 1F18 12:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central.

Sunday 20 January 2019

"The Mountfield" stops at Romsey, 19th January 2019


4Y19 12:02 Mountfield Sidings (Gbrf) to Southampton W Docks (Gbrf). The train stopped at Romsey to take on a driver for the rear locomotive, which would lead from Southampton Central to Western Docks.

66756 Royal Corps of Signals.

81.70.5500.471-4 is a JNA wagon, as introduced from late October.

66710 Phil Packer BRIT on the rear.

Diverts at Dunbridge, 19th January 2019


Another Saturday with poor light. The first "diverts" of 2019, the next session is only two weeks away, on 2nd February.

66514 4O05 07:03 Birch Coppice - Maritime. Seen here a few minutes later at Romsey.

70002 4O27 05:21 Garston - Maritime. Again seen a few minutes later at Romsey.

66562 0O26 10:50 Hinksey - Maritime. Shortly later at Romsey.

66544 4O90 05:27 Leeds - Maritime. Earlier at Oakley.

66534 4O29 08:50 Basford Hall - Maritime. Earlier at Deane.

Saturday 19 January 2019

14th - 19th January 2019


37884 at Eastleigh, 16th January. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 14th January: 
Tuesday 15th January: 50007 0Z20 10:55 Kidderminster - Eastleigh one two three four five - for repaint into GBRf colours; 37884 18:03 Wembley - Eastleigh
Wednesday 16th January: 37884 0Y86 13:15 Eastleigh - Bournemouth one two, 37884 + 442419 (4 car) 5H72 16:13 Bournemouth -  Eastleigh one, 37884 0H72 19:30 Eastleigh - Wembley
Thursday 17th January: 180105 5Q87 09:40 Heaton - Eastleigh
Friday 18th January: 180112 5Q15 10:05 Eastleigh - Heaton; 47501 idling at Eastleigh Works one
Saturday 19th January: 800106 (5X39 22:00 Merchant Park - Doncaster, 5X40 00:17 Doncaster - Acton Mainline), 5X41 04:06 Acton Mainline - Eastleigh (seen on Thursday at origin one two three)

Recently featured 70001 has been placed back into storage on 17th after apparently being dragged by 66558 on 4E48 Maritime - Leeds, last workings appear to have been Tuesday into Wednesday, it was pictured in traffic on Monday.

6V25 13:31 Eastleigh - Hinksey and 6O26 10:19 Hinksey - Eastleigh are expected to move from Freightliner to Colas traction.

Tuesday 15 January 2019

Freight and Shunting at Eastleigh, 12th January 2019


 66562 runs mega early as 0O26 10:50 Hinksey-Maritime. Noted working Eastleigh - Hinksey trains through the week.

66587 66587 4O05 07:03 BirchCoppice - Maritime - running in a path where 4O14 normally starts at Lawley Street, although this could always be a change. The wagons appeared to entirely be Shortliner EcoFret FWA, which is not the typical 4O14 consist.

70010 leads 4O27 05:21 Garston - Maritime.

66027 was shunting the yard. Unloaded on 30th November 1998, now more than 20 years old.

66515 arrives with a very late 4B06 11:10 Maritime - Eastleigh flats for storage in the East Yard.

6538 with the new brighter lights (camera set to manual), 4O90 05:27 Leeds - Maritime.

66169 passes with 4O40 10:44 Morris Cowley - Eastern Docks.

Sunday 13 January 2019

On Track Plant, Eastleigh, 12th January 2019


DR 73931 Plasser & Theurer 08-16/4x4C100-RT Tamper, completed by Plasser at West Ealing in August 2002. This had arrived on the preceding day from Rugby.

DR 80217, a Harsco Track Technologies Stoneblower of 2004.

DRP 81505 Plasser & Theurer GPC72 Heavy Duty Diesel Hydraulic Crane, which was new as DB 969002 in 1978.

The crane runner was RRA 400003, a rather rare wagon, although we have seen the FPA container equivalent with DRS from which these were converted, and originally an SAA (here is 400002). Built at BR Ashford in 1970.

At the other end of the rake was OBA 110283 (Lot 3909, Ashford 1977).

Eastleigh Works and Depot, 12th January 2019


D1944 (47501) CRAFTSMAN has been receiving attention in the works since August, and now seems to be being prepared for return to Locomotive Services. On the left, there is a glimpse of 47739, finished since the summer in an undisclosed livery for GBRf, which is covered over, while the locomotive remains parked.

Mk2E FO 3229 SNOWDON (Lot 30843, Derby, December 1972) is being returned to charter service in Locomotive Services' Statesman fleet, following a lengthy period of storage.

Mk 2D TSO 5632 & BSO 9494 remain in the scrapping area. Ominously close again are Geismar VMT 860 PL/UM (MPV / GP-TRAMM) DR98305 (closer to camera) + DR98306.

TEA wagons GERS 89019 (left) and 89018 have been out-shopped and are now in the yard awaiting a move back into traffic. Both arrived on 3rd October 2017, and spent much of 2018 on accommodation bogies.

800102 and 800104 around the staging area at the T&RSMD, but cannot confirm which is which. Work was happening, the coupling hook doors on the left hand unit were open three hours later. 5-WES 'Plastic Pig' 442405 is parked on the right.

Saturday 12 January 2019

7th - 12th January 2019


66082 + 66025 0O12 15:17 Westbury - Eastleigh passing Romsey, running one hour early, as is typical. The locomotives originated at Margam, but the working was split in the system.


Monday 7th January:
Tuesday 8th January:
Wednesday 9th January:
Thursday 10th January: 66158 5Z52 11:59 Eastleigh - Tyseley
Friday 11th January:
Saturday 12th January:

Eastleigh Works: 10Dec - 20Dec -21Dec - 02Jan

Class 385 for ScotRail: Some have been imported through Southampton and moved to Ashford.