Saturday 23 April 2022

50s at Eastleigh, 22nd April 2022

"The Honeybourne Hoover"
50008 Thunderer + 50007 Hercules [50034 Furious on one side] 1Z50 11:02 Burton - Eastleigh, 5Z51 15:38 Eastleigh - Eastleigh Trsmd

The pair of locos approaches Eastleigh. The timetable said platform 2, so platform 3 it was.

50008 leads to go under the bridge. The pair of sequentially delivered locomotives entered traffic in March 1968.

1970s style froth and adulation.

50008, in Hanson+Hall / Rail Adventure colours, leads away to the carriage sidings.

The fake identity of 50034 Furious.

The rake was of 8 Riviera coaches, led by TSO 4998 (BR Wolverton, Lot 30690, August 1962).

The RMB was 1813 (BR Wolverton. Lot 30520, March 1961)

FO 3110 (BR Swindon, Lot 30697, ~January 1963)
 
Mk2f BSO 9526 (BREL Derby, Lot 30861, June 1974)