47805 stock move from Eastleigh Works, 7th February 2025

47805 D1935 Roger Hosking MA 1925 - 2013 (+ 17056 + 3384 + 3229 + 3231 + 41059) 5Z55 09:48 Eastleigh - Crewe.

47805 was repainted while on Eastleigh Works, having arrived on 22nd October. 47593 remains on the Works, and is understood to be next for a repaint. The first  4 coaches were repainted as part of the 2025 refurbishment of 'The Statesman', and appear to also have received attention to the bogies. The Mk3 TF came onto the Works on 23rd September, and has been outside the Works for the past two months.

Ex-works style 47805 running into platform 3. D1935 was new from Brush, Loughborough, on 18th March 1966, allocated to 82A Bristol Bath Road.


Mk2a 17056 was built at BR Derby to Lot 30775 in 1967.

Mk2e FO 3229 SNOWDON was new from BREL Derby to Lot 30843 in 1972.

HST Mk3 TF 41059 BREL Derby,  Lot 30896, 1977.

Onward to Crewe, arriving mid-afternoon.