70020 at Maritime, 23rd November. Image by Roger Homan. By Thursday morning 27th, no Freightliner Class 70 was present or working in the South, with 70020 working from Earles Sidings.
Monday 24th November: 69006 + 56051 6O31 17:25 Westbury - Eastleigh
Tuesday 25th November: 59003 (+ Britannic Explorer) 6S20 07:30 Eastleigh - Tuebrook (Network Rail did not permit 59003 to go beyond Preston, so changed at Tuebrook to 66732 - Hamilton) one two three four five; 68021 0Z95 Eastleigh - Loughborough one two three
Wednesday 26th November: 59003 0Z59 11:00 Tuebrook - Eastleigh one two three four five
Thursday 27th November: 56051 + 70813 0Z13 08:52 Eastleigh - Westbury
Friday 28th November:
Saturday 29th November:
70009, currently leased to Colas, is not expected to return to the Freightliner Heavy Haul fleet, which will be 18 units ahead of the company transaction.
Freightliner have ordered a further 150 FFA-G Ecofret wagons, to add to the previous 230 in the 81.70.4846.xxx-x series.
Class 455s now seem to be heading to Derby for disposal, as Unimetals' at Newport is in liquidation. 455731 was one of a pair moved on 24th, seen here at Eastleigh Works when being equipped with a Vossloh Kiepe traction package, 23rd September 2016.
Remains of 57007, seen earlier on 12th November, removed in two halves from Eastleigh Works to a local scrap yard, 26th November.
Remains of 57007, seen earlier on 12th November, removed in two halves from Eastleigh Works to a local scrap yard, 26th November.
Clayton Equipment Co, manufacturer of Class 18, is entering administration.




