Saturday 2 July 2022

27th June - 2nd July 2022

 


59205 returns to Merehead following repairs after its derailment on 6th March. Romsey, 27th June.


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.


47804 on the rear of the train, with 66415 shunting.

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 day47749 (+ 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
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
Thursday 30th June: 43290  + 43257 1X23 1513 Salisbury - Southampton UGL - Salisbury one two three
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.

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:

DEPT ELEIGHRNC  0852 28                                                        
 09 SETOUT 87201  VICTORIA                                                     
    66720 GBLT A 3300 127 68 7 075 0 G M PG X00?1304  0000C 0000C   13         
                                                                               
 09 SETOUT 87201  VICTORIA                                                     
7045240980 E FEA 70 75 1 020.850 13 72E 87201 735    P1614H 88753    NTWKR VIC 
7045240642 E FEA 70 75 1 020.850 13 72E 87201 735    P1618H 89735    NTWKR VIC 
7045240709 E FEA 70 75 1 020.850 13 72E 87201 735    P1616H 89735    NTWKR VIC 
7045240667 E FEA 70 75 1 020.850 13 72E 87201 735    P1614H 89735    NTWKR VIC 
7059322849 E MLA 56 75 1 024.000 19 72E 87201 735    P1622H 86090    NTWKR VIC 
7059321676 E JNA 46 75 1 024.450 16 72E 87201 73     P1612  86090    NTWKR VIC
    66729 GBLT A 3300 127 68 7 075 0 G M PG X00?1808  0016C 0016C   82        
   0 LDS   7 MTYS   259 TONNES  452 FT/ 138MTR   89 POTENTIAL  AIR BRAKE FORCE