Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Loco workings at Eastleigh, 8th July 2025

 


33012 (D6515) Lt Jenny Lewis RN departing 0V33 17:08 Eastleigh Trsmd - Reading Traincare.


About to run under the Campbell Road bridge. There is a small Hanson + Hall headboard.


33012 later returned after dark with SLEP 10590.


Three minutes later, 37501 Teesside Steelmaster + 57602 Restormel Castle 0O86 13:45 Reading Traincare - Eastleigh.


Rail Operations Group 37501 was previously running as 37601, and earlier was D6705 and 37005, thus the oldest mainline Class 37.


Some detail of 57602, which was rebuilt from 47337. It was dragged from Plymouth (?) to Paddington and then Reading with the Cornish Sleeper on Monday 7th. An alternator failed at Penzance on Friday 4th, and will be replaced by one from 57605, which is under overhaul at Laira.