Saturday 13 May 2023

8th - 13th May 2023

 

33012 and the 4-TC head for Swanage, at the Redbridge Causeway, 11th May. Image by Ian Knight.


66706 leading 6V41 to Westbury, at Romsey on Tuesday 9th. 


The load was MPV DR98917 (closer) + DR98967.


Clayton Type 1 D8568 at Swanage, 12th May. More coverage to come in due course.

Monday 8th May: 73964 + 73965 1Q51 11:15 Derby - Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh one two
Tuesday 9th May: 73964 + 73965 1Q52 10:47 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour - Littlehampton - Barnham- Portsmouth Harbour - Totton Yard - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Woking - Lymington Pier - Eastleigh one two three four five six seven; 47727 0O47 14:27 Kettering - Eastleigh one
Wednesday 10th May:  47727  0Z47 08:14 Eastleigh - Bournemouth one, 47727 (+701041) 5Q47 12.40 Bournemouth - Eastleigh one two three; 73964 + 73965 Q53 12:00 Eastleigh - Up Yard - Wimbledon - Up Yard one two three four, 1Q53 18:05 Up Yard - Farnborough Wimbledon - Totton - Romsey - Eastleigh;  313201 + 313208 5Z01 09:42 Lovers Walk - Eastleigh Flickr for the day; 73107 + 73201 0Y68 13:49 Eastleigh - Swanage Flickr for the day; 40145 + 45108 0Z41 08:27 Castleton Hopwood Gf - Eastleigh one two, 40145 + 50021 + 50026 + 45108 0Z42 18:48 Eastleigh - Swanage Flickr for the day; 47830 4Z47 14:54 Southall - Laverstock - Maritime one Flickr for the day
Thursday 11th May: 47727 (+701010) 5Q12 07:33 Eastleigh - Worksop one; 33012 (+ LU 4TC) 5Z34 11:12 Eastleigh - Havant - Guildford - Swanage one Flickr for the day; 73964 + 73965 1Q54 12:55 Eastleigh - Tonbridge one two; 47830 0Z47 16:35 Maritime - Swanage one
Friday 12th May: ASLEF Strike Day- no GWR services, nor SWR Romsey trains
Saturday 13th May: RMT Strike Day, Eastleigh and Southampton stations closed

73202 has entered traffic for GBRf.

66307 and 66308 repainted, and noted outside at Eastleigh Works, 11th May.

Network Rail are reported to now plan to retain 150 COALFISH wagons after the current ongoing round of scrapping. Currently there are about 500 of these wagons, still regularly seen at Eastleigh.

Space is understood to be being cleared at Eastleigh Works for more incoming Class 313s for storage / disposal, with one week to go to the timetable change.

Landslip at Wallers Ash, Tuesday 9th, affecting down line, then re-opened Wednesday afternoon.

Nuneham Viaduct updates one two and from Network Rail three