Friday 12 July 2019

Test Train at Eastleigh, 9th July 2019


73965 + 73962 1Q52 10:37 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour - Littlehampton - Portsmouth Harbour - Totton Yard - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Woking - Lymington Pier -Eastleigh

73965 arrives at Eastleigh from Fareham.

Former Royal Train coach 2906 was originally Mk2b BFK 14112 completed at Derby in May 1969 as part of Lot 30790. Withdrawn July 1975 and into Royal Train service from January 1977 as  Staff Sleeper / Power Brake. Some vagueness over the period from 2000, then took up became 977969 in February 2004. 

1256 was built as Mk2f FO 3296 at Derby to Lot 30845, and entered traffic in April 1973. Converted to a RFB and renumbered in March 1991, and now fitted for Plain Line Pattern Recognition.

999550 is the 125 mph track recording coach completed at Derby as Lot 3830 in the freight series, emerging in 1975

6261 was built as a BG by Pressed Steel as M81284 to Lot 30323 in 1957.  Converted to 100 mph 92088 in December 1983 and renumbered 92988 in April 1992. Again converted, into the current Generator Van in September 2003.