Saturday 3 April 2021

29th March - 3rd April 2021


66779 EVENING STAR + 59003 YEOMAN HIGHLANDER pass Redbridge with 6O41, 29th March. 59003 had returned to traffic on Friday 26th and has eventually resumed on the Westbury - Eastleigh circuit, where 66779 went onto Eastleigh - Hoo workings from Tuesday. Image by Ian Knight. 

66518 passes Crampmoor with 7V16 11:55 Fareham - Whatley, 29th March.

Monday 29th March: 66752 + 701023  6X24 Derby - Eastleigh one two three four
Tuesday 30th March: 20007 + 20142 Eastleigh - Fareham workings one two three four five six
Wednesday 31st March:
Thursday 1st April:
 
Friday 2nd April: 484002 + 484003 on early hours test Eastleigh -Fareham one two
Saturday 3rd April:

Class 442 will not return to SWR service, it seems that some Class 458 will be allocated to BM instead, being reconfigured to 4 car and re-geared to 100 mph. The Class 442s belong to Angel Trains, who will determine their future, which realistically means scrapping.

Class 483 units being trucked for scrap through Portsmouth one two three four & more updates

58023 is once again operational.

47812, 47813, 47815 and 47848 have been moved to Derby by 57305 as part of their preparation for transfer to West Coast one two three