45118 circle from Salisbury via Southampton, 30th May 2025

45118 THE ROYAL ARTILLERYMAN was rededicated at Salisbury, followed by a private charter 1Z45 11:26 Salisbury - Southampton & 1Z46 12:02 Southampton - Eastleigh - Romsey - Salisbury.

Passing through Redbridge. 45118 was new as D67 in May 1962, and withdrawn in May 1987. Image by Ian Knight.

Running under Horseshoe Bridge, St Denys. Image by The Image Team.

Running through St Denys. Image by The Image Team.

26th - 31st May 2025

 

66312 Nigel Harris + 66707 Sir Sam Fay + 69007 Richard Trevithick (train engine) 6O39 10:14 Westbury - Eastleigh, Romsey, 10th May. Image by Ian Knight.


69007 leading on the return 6V41 14:48 Eastleigh - Westbury, with newly repainted 70816, at Redbridge, 26th May. Image by Ian Knight.

69007 rounds the corner at Redbridge with 6O41 10:14 Westbury - Eastleigh. 30th May. Image by Ian Knight.

59204 performing a shunt at Up Yard. Image by The Image Team.

Monday 26th May: 69013 0M50 10:33 Eastleigh - Leicester one two three
Tuesday 27th May: 69008 0Z77 21:52 Wimbledon Park - Eastleigh (earlier worked 701020 from Bicester one)
Wednesday 28th May: 69008 (+ 701026) 5Q54 07:52 Eastleigh - Marchwood, 69008 (+ 701004) 5Q57 10:41 Marchwood - Eastleigh (changed from Wimbledon Park); 50008 0O50 11:53 West Ruislip - Eastleigh one two
Thursday 29th May: 43013 + 43062 1X23 15:28 Salisbury - Southampton - Salisbury one two
Friday 30th May: 69016 + 73128 0Z72 09:13 Eastleigh - Waterloo one two three four five six seven eight nine, 0Z73 13:16 Waterloo - Eastleigh one two, 66722 + 69016 0E45 17:21 Eastleigh one - Doncaster Roberts Road; 45118 1Z45 11:26 Salisbury - Southampton one two three four five six seven eight nine, 1Z46 12:02 Southampton - Eastleigh - Romsey - Salisbury one two
Saturday 31st May: 50008 (+ 10584) 5V50 08:57 Eastleigh - Romsey - Salisbury - Westbury - Swindon - Reading, 50008 (+ 10225) 5O50 15:04 Reading - Swindon - Westbury - Salisbury - Romsey - Eastleigh one two

69016 came out of paintshop at Eastleigh on 27th, in a BTP themed colour scheme one two, and was named British Transport Police on 30th at Waterloo.

67003 has been scrapped at EMR Kingsbury, the first of its class sent for disposal.

67003 at Eastleigh, 25th July 2009, while working the delivery of 395024. Its last working to this area seems to have been in July 2015.

'Britannic Explorer' stock may arrive at Eastleigh Works on Tuesday 3rd (via Westbury)

Sir Bob Reid

35028 at Salisbury, 26th April 2025

 

Arrival of 1Z90 08:44 Victoria - Salisbury.


35028 awaiting the signal to transfer from platform 4 to platform 5, 5Z91 12:53 Salisbury - Salisbury.


In platform 5.


'The Great Britain XVII' headboard.


Running maintenance.


Clan Line.

Whistle.

Craftmanship from Eastleigh Works.

Departure of 1Z92 14:55 Salisbury - Bristol Temple Meads.

Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society

Further 37409 jaunts, 4th and 5th March 2025

 

37409 Loch Awe was out again on 4th March, 0Z32 09:25 Edinburgh - Edinburgh, with two complete passes of Dunfermline - Stirling, via the Fife Circle.

The three pictures show the working passing Aberdour in the morning.





On Wednesday 5th, 37409 as 0Z33 08:54 Edinburgh - Carlisle Upperby, made an unusual reverse manoeuvre at Inverkeithing East junction. Note the shunt signal.

Where it then proceeded around the rarely used north chord of the triangle to proceed to Dunfermline and onward around the Fife Circle. This was used by Class 20 top and tail coal traffic from Seafield Colliery to Longannet, with reversal at Townhill.

Just over an hour later, running through Dalgety Bay, to once again enter the rarely used chord.

This time, 37409 reversed on the chord, then returned around the Fife Circle seen here at Hillend village while approaching Dalgety Bay.

19th - 24th May 2025

66028 with empty rail wagons, 6B23 1054 Eastleigh East Yard - Marchwood, departing from Eastleigh, 20th May. Image by Roger Homan.


69005 Eastleigh +70806 6O41 10:14 Westbury - Eastleigh, about to pass under Campbell Road Bridge, 20th May. Image by Roger Homan. 

66728 Institution of Railway Operators (missing nameplate) with a HOBC rake, in Eastleigh East Yard, 20th May. These wagons moved on to Westbury on 21st. Image by Roger Homan.

Still fresh from Eastleigh Works, and a visit to the Severn Valley Railway Gala, 70020 works 4O57 13:29 Wentloog - Maritime at Crampmoor, 23rd May. Image by Roger Homan.

Sunday 18th May: 47739 0Z74 12:50 Leicester - Eastleigh one
Monday 19th May: 47739 (+ 701512 + 701517) 5Q75 08:53 Eastleigh - Long Marston one two three four five
Tuesday 20th May:
Wednesday 21st May: 69008 0Z77 11:19 Wimbledon Park - Eastleigh 
Thursday 22nd May: 69008 (+ 701007) 5Q75 09:20½ Eastleigh -Long Marston one two
Friday 23rd May:
Saturday 24th May:

66107 was moved into Eastleigh Works over weekend of 17th - 18th May, after almost 6 months, following its incident on 28th November.

Colas Class 56s are expected to return to traffic for autumn RHTT workings, as intentions to hire in traction from other freight operating companies appear to have not concluded. The exception is said to be 56087, which needs wheelsets.

SWR: First nationalised train will be replacement bus

Test train, Aberdour, 25th February 2025

43357 + 72612 + 975091 + 72631 + 6262 + 43257 PLPR-1 vice NMT. The same test coaches as worked by the 37s at Romsey on 6th February.
1Q26 13:45 Edinburgh - Carnoustie - Perth - Aberdeen - Slateford Depot

43357 leads under the footbridge at Aberdour.


43357 was new as 43157 in April 1981. Re-engined and re-numbered in 2008.


72612 Radio Survey Coach / Brake Force Runner.


975091 Overhead Line Inspection coach - MENTOR, originally converted for departmental use in 1973.


72631 Plain Line Pattern Recognition vehicle - PLPR1. The PLPR light is visible just below the Network Rail logo.


6262 Generator van

43257, the second power car painted into Colas orange. New on 43057 to Heaton in July 1977 in ECML set 254001, although the fixed formations were not for long. Also re-engined in 2008.

Bo'ness Diesel Gala, 28th December 2024 7: Class 117 DMU

The operational Class 117 dmu arrived after a sale by the Cotswold Diesel Railcar group:
51363 DMBS - on the Mid-Hants 2001 - 2011, then the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway until November 2024
59510 TCL - earlier on the West Somerset, then joined 51363 at the Mid-Hants and similar moves to 51363
51405 DMS - similar moves as 51363.

Class 117 units were built by Pressed Steel Company, at Linwood, Renfrewshire. In later life, some units operated for ScotRail, although not this example.

51363 in the bay platform at Bo'ness.


Driver's desk on 51405.


51363.


51405 working along the foreshore at Bo'ness.

59510.

51405 arriving at Bo'ness.

DRS freight workings, Scout Green, 22nd February 2025

It would appear the southbound workings were running late or extra workings, following a landslip near Lockerbie on the previous day.

88002 Prometheus 4S43 06:40 Daventry Drs (Tesco) - Coatbridge (Drs).


88004 Pandora + 88003 Genesis on STP 4M48 08:30 Coatbridge (Drs) - Daventry Drs (Tesco), running 80 minutes late - 2 pictures.





68034 Rail Riders 2020 4M27 05:38 Coatbridge (Drs) - Daventry Int Rft Recep Fl, running 286 minutes late, after a pause at Mossend - 2 pictures.

12th - 17th May 2025

 
Monday 12th May: 50008 + 47715 + 3417 5Z23 08:20 Swanage - Strawberry Hill one two three four five six; 73128 + 69007 0Y45 09:24 Swanage - Eastleigh - Tonbridge one two three four; 56090 0Z69 15:30 Swanage - Eastleigh one; 69013 0Z76 17:04 Bicester - Eastleigh
Tuesday 13th May: 37706 + 45108 0Z97 05:45 Swanage - Castleton one two three four five (20066 stays for summer in Swanage); 56090 left Eastleigh, probably with 66850 on 6V27 14:30 to Hinksey, later noted as a pair on 0M28 18:10 Hinksey - Bescot; 70020 0W20 11:15 Eastleigh - Maritime one (restyled orange livery) later worked north behind 66590 on 4E96 18:14 Maritime - Leeds one two 
Wednesday 14th May: 802018 5X80 09:28 Eastleigh - Reading one two
Thursday 15th May: 
Friday 16th May: 33012 0W33 15:05 Swanage - Eastleigh one two
Saturday 17th May: 47593 + 57311 1Z72 05:56 Woking - Havant - Eastleigh - Romsey - Kingswear one two three, 1Z74 16:35 Kingswear - Romsey - Eastleigh - Havant -Woking; 33012 (+ 10594) 5V33 12:38 Eastleigh - Reading one two three four five, 33012 (+ 10584) 5O33 16:43 Reading - Eastleigh one two, 33012 0W33 20:27 Eastleigh - Swanage

Yellow coach test trains, including the NMT, are planned to be replaced from February 2027.

KFAs for scrap: 23 of the former Tiphook / Touax flats which were used by Freightliner Intermodal until early 2023, were removed from storage at Barassie on 23rd April, firstly to Carlisle and then on to Crewe. A final move, on 11th May, took them to EMR at Liverpool, for disposal. These Touax KFAs were often overhauled, while the fleet was in use, at Arlington in Eastleigh Works. Included in the formation were:

TIPH 93402, Eastleigh, 24th February 2017.

TIPH 93484 at Millbrook, 6th February 2023, just prior to storage.


TIPH 93456 (nearer) being returned to Maritime by 66509, after attention at Eastleigh Works, 16th August 2018.

RLS 92644,one of the earlier batches built by Standard Wagon at Heywood. Seen at Eastleigh, 19th August 2022.