Wednesday 21 August 2019

A Freightliner first and further freight at Dunbridge, 21st August 2019


66712 Peterborough Power Signalbox leads 6V44 12:18 Marchwood Mod Gbrf - Kineton Mod Gbrf.

66199 with late running 6V16 11:55 Fareham A.R.C. Sidings to Merehead Quarry. which was a Class 60 working in the preceding days.

66541 hauls 4M65 1346 Southampton M.C.T. to Lawley Street F.L.T.

66610 makes the first working by Freightliner of the"Chi stone", a further increment towards the transition to Freightliner haulage of the Mendip stone contract from November. At this point the working was a one time STP schedule. The returning train seen here was 7V07 12:41 Chichester Recp. - Merehead Quarry. Flickr for the day.

There was a 5th loco hauled within the same hour, 66711 6V40 14:05 Eastleigh East Yard - Westbury Down T.C.