Locomotive Services ECS to Eastleigh Works, Eastleigh, 8th December 2023

47712 (+ 10411 + 3438 + 13227 + 5366 + 1203 + 5991 + 5912 + 9513) 5Z42 10:09 Crewe - Eastleigh

47712 Lady Diana Spencer approaching the station.

At 15:15, the light was starting to fade, with sunset formally about 16:00.

The first coach was InterCity Executive liveried 10411. Built at BREL Derby in 1977 as HST TRUK 40519, ;later Mk3a RFB 10200, then Buffet Standard 10411 for Greater Anglia, but now again upgraded as a First.

FK 13227 (BR Swindon, Lot 3038, 1959) is a rarer type on the mainline.

Ml2f BSO 9513 (BREL Derby, Lot 30861 , March 1974)