Saturday, 13 January 2024

8th - 13th January 2024


66597 leading 6O68 09:11 Westbury - Crawley, passing Crampmoor, 8th January. Image by Roger Homan.


69010 drags 701527 through Eastleigh, 9th January. Image by Roger Homan.


Newly repainted 59201 passing through the wood at Crampmoor, with 6O68 09:11 Westbury - Crawley, 11th January. Image by Roger Homan.


68003 + 88002 at Redbridge, 9th January. Video by Ian Knight,
 
Monday 8th January: 59201 (G&Y colours) 0Z59 09:00 Eastleigh - Merehead Flickr for the day
Tuesday 9th January: 68003 + 88002 6Z62 01:00 Crewe -Winfrith one two three four, 6Z95 15:51 Winfrith - Crewe (68 led in both directions) Flickr for the day; 69010 (+ 701527) 5Q20 09:09 Derby - Eastleigh one two Flickr for the day
Wednesday 10th January: 69010 (+ 701523 + 701525) 5Q75 09:21 Eastleigh - Bicester one two three four
Thursday 11th January: 20107 + 20096 (+ 3122 + 10416 + 3140 + 1203) 5Z97 09:16 Crewe - Eastleigh Flickr for the day; 43013 + 43257 1X23 15:28 Salisbury - Southampton - Salisbury (earlier in the day)
Friday 12th January: 37409 + 20096 + 20107 0Z97 10:27 Eastleigh -- Crewe Flickr for the day
Saturday 13th January:

Class 701 entered into service !!!! Operated by701037.

37409 has been repainted at Eastleigh Works in a ScotRail scheme, with reinstated name Loch Awe.

West Coast Railway Company exemption for CDL on hinged door rolling stock was revoked effective 10th January - Rail Magazine (published before revocation) - Rail Advent - WCRC statement.

37667 returned former DRS Mk2f coaches 6173, 5919 & 6046, recently fettled up at Eastleigh, to ERS at Great Yarmouth on 11th January.