20th - 25th December 2021

20007 (for repaint) + 20142 arrive at Eastleigh, 23rd December. Images by Roger Homan.

Monday 20th December: 57309 0Z09 03:00 Crewe - Eastleigh; 142003 noted with fresh paint; 73963 + 73965 1Q51 11:15 Derby - Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh; 66776 + 73969 6E15 21:17 Eastleigh - Doncaster (- Scunthorpe)
Tuesday 21st December: 73963 + 73965 1Q52 10:37 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour - Littlehampton - Portsmouth Harbour - Totton Yard - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Winchester - Woking - Lymington Pier -Eastleigh; 37175 3Q01 23:38 Woking -Eastleigh
Wednesday 22nd December: 47727 0D10 06:53 Derby - Eastleigh one two, 47727 + 701034 5Q15 Eastleigh - Derby; 37175 3Q02 21:34 Eastleigh - Poole - Weymouth - Fareham - Fratton - St Denys - Eastleigh
Thursday 23rd December: 20007 + 20142 0Z20 09:51 Leicester - Eastleigh one two three four five six seven eight nine, 50008 (but TOPS recorded as 50007) 0Z50 16:21 Eastleigh - Leicester; 73963 + 73965 1Z54 21:00 Eastleigh - Tonbridge;
Friday 24th December:
Saturday 25th December:

73966 already made its return to Scotland, via the same 6E15 as above, on 30th November.

GBRf have a teaser for Freight Fans, more to come in January 2022. Class 99?

An update on 4-VEP 3417.

Iain Stewart MP Launches Bid To Make Milton Keynes The Home Of Great British Railways - another MP making his case, the train illustrated says "national express" but appears to be in Germany, in the EU. Competency of his effort? GBR may now only be established beyond the term of the current government.

MERRY CHRISTMAS