Saturday 11 April 2020

6th - 11th April 2020


Monday 6th April: 142056 + 142007 5Z43 07:27 Gascoigne Wood - Eastleigh
Tuesday 7th April:
Wednesday 8th April: 60055 + 12027 12041 12151 11094 12019 12115 12026 12012  5Z56 09:33 Norwich - Eastleigh one two three four five (entered T&RSMD, former Greater Anglia coaches said to be for Chiltern)
Thursday 9th April: 60055 0Z60 09:36 Eastleigh - Willeseden one two three; 43014 + 43062 1X23 15:13 Salisbury - Millbrook - Salisbury
Friday 10th April: 
Saturday 11th April:

Eastleigh Works: 16Mar - 17Mar - 18Mar - 19Mar - 20Mar - 24Mar - 06Apr

Stone trains to Chichester don't appear to have run, all other local destinations have been served this week.

Gypsum traffic has ceased.

Monthly test train from Derby did not run.

4O95 12:18 Leeds - Southampton on 8th April "dragging Brakes on fire has caused several lineside fires and loss of signalling near Swinton" & "Train was inspected by the driver at Barrow Hill and found GERS 97743 to have been dragging brakes" but recovered time, only to lose it again and was not recorded after Aynho although loco was recorded as at Maritime on Thursday morning.

Storage: Most Colas 56s are in some degree of storage, although some allowed out this weekend for engineering duties. Various DB Cargo, Freightliner and GBRf 66s are stored, including 66778 stored at Eastleigh Yard.

One more class 142 delivery expected to Eastleigh on Monday 13th.

Rail journeys at 5% of normal levels as UK stays home.