27th July - 1st August 2020

159015 takes the route to Marchwood and Fawley at Totton, 28th July. A demo for key persons with interest in reinstatement of service through the Waterside Community Railway Project. 

43014 Railway Observer leads the NMT into Redbridge, 30th July. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 27th July: 800203 5X95 (Bounds Green -)  10:18 Basingstoke - Eastleigh (went into T&RSMD) one two three; 800203 + 801201 5X96 12:35 Eastleigh - Reading (failed coming out of T&RSMD blocking Botley line, then to platform 3, and into T&RSMD again)

Tuesday 28th July: 800203 5X94 09:35 Eastleigh - Bounds Green one; 159015 1Z20 Southampton - Fawley - Southampton Flickr for the day

Wednesday 29th July:

Thursday 30th July: 43013 + 43014 1X23 15:13 Salisbury - Southampton UGL - Salisbury

Friday 31st July: 800208 (Bounds Green -) 5X95 Reading  - Eastleigh one two three four, 800208 + 801201 5X96 12:35 Eastleigh - Reading one two - this may conclude the Azuma programme; 66787 + 701006 + 66787 6X24 06:17 Derby - Eastleigh one two Flickr for the day

Saturday 1st August: 

LSL 'Blue Pullman' HST to emerge from Eastleigh: one two three four

Eastleigh Works: 24Jun - 26Jun - 29Jun - 02Jul - 06Jul - 07Jul - 08Jul (442421 stripped - and now reported as on the scrap line)

Repainted Class 319373 at Eastleigh Works. Destination board 'Whitehaven' would be a challenge for this class. When it arrived the destination was 'Manchester Victoria'.

314204 disposal has been completed.

GBRf have tested the 3rd rail at the Eastleigh carriage sidings using 73141.

Platform 2/3 switch and crossing at Eastleigh were further repaired over weekend of 25th - 26th. 

70001 / 003 / 005 / 010 / 015 / 016 / 017 are now all re-listed on TOPS, but activity seems limited, many have not worked yet. 70017 was on 4M61 on Monday 27th. On Friday 70017 led 70016 on 4M61, and now appears to be at Basford Hall, 70016 having returned south. 70001 was dragged south on Saturday 1st on 4O29.