JB's save the day for GBRf. After some operational difficulties, involving 66706, in the Tonbrige area, 73109 Battle of Britain 80th Anniversary + 73136 Mhairi make their first working on the Mountfield, the pair later gaining time after a late start on the loaded return journey. Image by Ian Knight.
57314 Conwy Castle leading 1Z67 09:31 Victoria - Bournemouth "Tribute to the Bournemouth Belle", at Redbridge, 2nd July.
57314 Conwy Castle leading 1Z67 09:31 Victoria - Bournemouth "Tribute to the Bournemouth Belle", at Redbridge, 2nd July.
Monday 27th June: 59205 0Z59 07:12 Eastleigh - Merehead one; 802003 5X70 (or 5Q70 ?) 10:46 North Pole - Eastleigh one two; 43465 + 43468 0Z43 10:27 Kings Norton - Eastleigh one Flickr for the day; 47749 (+ 701048) 5Q10 08:51 Derby - Eastleigh one two Flickr for the day; 313121 5Z14 12:34 Hornsey - Eastleigh one
Tuesday 28th June: 66720 (now in a Wascosa scheme) + 66729 4Z99 0934 Eastleigh - Victoria one two three,4O99 16:00 Victoria - Eastleigh one two Flickr for the day (with demo set of Wascosa FEA-W wagon configurations, for media event - one two three ); 47749 (+ 701043) 5Q12 13:26 Eastleigh - Derby one two three; 68016 + 37069 DIT (reportedly for load bank testing) (+ PFA 4 wheel DRSL 92798) 6Z28 10:23 Crewe - Eastleigh one Flickr for the day; 66074 (+ Pullman 245 IBIS) 5Z80 15:20 Stewarts Lane - Eastleigh one two, 66074 (+ coach 6313) 5Z81 19:40 Eastleigh - Stewarts Lane one two
Tuesday 28th June: 66720 (now in a Wascosa scheme) + 66729 4Z99 0934 Eastleigh - Victoria one two three,4O99 16:00 Victoria - Eastleigh one two Flickr for the day (with demo set of Wascosa FEA-W wagon configurations, for media event - one two three ); 47749 (+ 701043) 5Q12 13:26 Eastleigh - Derby one two three; 68016 + 37069 DIT (reportedly for load bank testing) (+ PFA 4 wheel DRSL 92798) 6Z28 10:23 Crewe - Eastleigh one Flickr for the day; 66074 (+ Pullman 245 IBIS) 5Z80 15:20 Stewarts Lane - Eastleigh one two, 66074 (+ coach 6313) 5Z81 19:40 Eastleigh - Stewarts Lane one two
Wednesday 29th June: 68016 (+ 2 PFA wagons) 6Z29 11:14 Eastleigh - Crewe one two; 73109 + 73136 4Y19 12:30 Mountfield - Western Docks one two, 6Y83 18:22 Western Docks - Tonbridge one two Flickr for the day
Friday 1st July: 769939 + 769947 5Q10 10:49 Eastleigh - Long Marston; 47593 + 47810 T+T 5Z60 10:22 Crewe - Eastleigh one two three four five six
Saturday 2nd July: 47593 + 47810 T+T 5Z62 0444 Eastleigh - Poole, 1Z60 06:35 Poole - Kingswear, 1Z61 16:35 Kingswear - Poole, 5Z63 23:12 Poole to Eastleigh Flickr for the day: 47593 - 47810; 47804 + 57314 1Z67 09:31 Victoria - Bournemouth, 5Z68 12:56 Bournemouth - Swanage, 5Z69 16:02 Swanage - Bournemouth, 1Z69 17:32 Bournemouth - Victoria Flickr for the day: 57314 - 47804
Sunday 3rd July: 47593 + 47810 T+T 5Z61 13:58 Eastleigh - Crewe
Work at Fareham Tunnel cutting: one two three four five And at aggregates sidings in Eastleigh six seven
Eastleigh Works: 17May - 18May - 24May - 25May - 26May - 31May
A Rail Operations Group drag of a Mk IV set seems to be pending at Eastleigh from Doncaster, did not run on Monday.
A Rail Operations Group drag of a Mk IV set seems to be pending at Eastleigh from Doncaster, did not run on Monday.
Former FastLine, latterly DRS, 66301 - 66305 are expected to transition to a lease from Beacon Rail to GBRf.
The train for the Wascosa demo on 28th:
The train for the Wascosa demo on 28th:
DEPT ELEIGHRNC 0852 2809 SETOUT 87201 VICTORIA66720 GBLT A 3300 127 68 7 075 0 G M PG X00?1304 0000C 0000C 13
09 SETOUT 87201 VICTORIA7045240980 E FEA 70 75 1 020.850 13 72E 87201 735 P1614H 88753 NTWKR VIC7045240642 E FEA 70 75 1 020.850 13 72E 87201 735 P1618H 89735 NTWKR VIC7045240709 E FEA 70 75 1 020.850 13 72E 87201 735 P1616H 89735 NTWKR VIC7045240667 E FEA 70 75 1 020.850 13 72E 87201 735 P1614H 89735 NTWKR VIC7059322849 E MLA 56 75 1 024.000 19 72E 87201 735 P1622H 86090 NTWKR VIC7059321676 E JNA 46 75 1 024.450 16 72E 87201 73 P1612 86090 NTWKR VIC66729 GBLT A 3300 127 68 7 075 0 G M PG X00?1808 0016C 0016C 820 LDS 7 MTYS 259 TONNES 452 FT/ 138MTR 89 POTENTIAL AIR BRAKE FORCE
Wascosa has been acquired by Swiss Life Asset Managers and Vauban Infrastructure Partners.